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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163132 | Absorbent paper product having printed indicia with a wide color palette An absorbent paper product is disclosed. The absorbent paper product has an MD modulus of less than about 20,000 g/cm at a load of about 15 g. The absorbent paper product further has indicia provided by five or more process colors. The process colors have L*a*b* col... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163130 | Paper product having unique physical properties A paper product having a plurality of tessellating unit cells forming a pattern is disclosed. Each unit cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center and a plurality of pillow areas each surrounded by a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162251 | Hybrid winder A winder for winding continuous webs or interleaved web segments into rolls is disclosed. The winder has first and second rollers, a pressure assist device, a winding spindle, and a continuous belt having first and second surfaces. The belt is disposed about the fir... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162205 | Blanks for making containers and resulting containers having decorated surfaces The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container having at least five interconnected body panels and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that ca... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157200 | Process for winding a web material A method for rewinding a web material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a conveyor belt having opposed first and second surfaces; b) providing a pressure assist device proximate to the second surface of the conveyor belt; c) disposing the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156821 | Apparatus for determining tissue product break-through An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face re... | 04/17/2012 |
| D656322 | Sheet material | 03/27/2012 |
| D656321 | Sheet material | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136474 | Apparatus for the transfer of a fluid to a moving web material The present disclosure provides for an apparatus for transferring fluid. The apparatus has a fluid transfer component, a fluid receiving component, a fluid supply, and a fluid motivating component. The fluid transfer component has a first surface, a second surface, ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135170 | Method for developing three dimensional surface patterns for a papermaking belt A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of: (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure; (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image; (c) performing a first beta image m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127601 | Process for determining tissue product break-through A method for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The method entails the steps of: a) observing a first condition of the tissue product; b) disposing the tissue product between a lower platen and an upper platen; c) disposing at least... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110072 | Through air dried papermaking machine employing an impermeable transfer belt A papermaking machine for making uncreped through air dried paper having a forming section, a press section, and a drying section is disclosed. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-unif... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097109 | Method for the concurrent converting of multiple web materials An apparatus for the concurrent converting of multiple web products includes at least a first unwind station and a second unwind station. The apparatus further includes a first web transformation station associated with a first web material unwound from the first un... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083893 | Embossing process including discrete and linear embossing elements A method for producing a deep-nested embossed product is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing an embossing apparatus having mating first and second embossing members; b) providing the first embossing member with a plurality of discrete embossin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070913 | Soft tissue paper having a polyhydroxy compound applied onto a surface thereof A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of glycerols, polyglycerols, polyethylene glycols (PEGS), polyoxyethylenes, polyoxypropylenes, a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066848 | Absorbent paper product having printed indicia with a wide color palette An absorbent paper product comprising indicia wherein the indicia comprise L*a*b* color wherein the L*a*b* values are outside of the boundary described by the following system of equations: {a*=−29.0 to −5.2; b*=14.0 to 49.5}→b*=... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8038007 | Package of stacked paper products bearing coordinated images A package of two or more stacks of paper sheet products, such as paper napkins or paper towels is disclosed. Each of the paper sheet products is printed with at least a first motif image and a second motif image. An uppermost paper sheet product of one of the stacks... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033436 | Method for separating a web material An apparatus and method for separating a web material are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a bedroll and a chop off roll. The bedroll includes a bedroll blade and a bedroll web pin. The chop off roll includes a pin pad and a plurality of chop off roll blades... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8007640 | Embossing process including discrete and linear embossing elements An apparatus for producing a deep-nested embossed product including a first embossing member and a second embossing member. The first embossing member has a plurality of discrete embossing elements disposed in a first non-random pattern. The second embossing member ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002927 | Process for gluing the tail of a convolutely wound web material thereto A process for sealing the tail of a convolutely wound web material is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (a) providing the convolutely wound web material having a tail portion connectively associated thereto; (b) disposing the tail portion away from an i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976905 | Method for the transfer of a fluid to a moving web material The present disclosure provides for a method for transferring fluid. The method provides for the steps of: a) providing a fluid transfer component comprising a first surface, a second surface, a non-random pattern of distinct pores, the pores connecting the first su... | 07/12/2011 |
| D641174 | Paper product | 07/12/2011 |
| D641172 | Paper product | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972475 | Soft tissue paper having a polyhydroxy compound and lotion applied onto a surface thereof The present invention provides a paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper has a polyhydroxy compound and a lotion applied thereto. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| D639073 | Paper product | 06/07/2011 |
| D638630 | Paper product | 05/31/2011 |
| D638226 | Paper product | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942995 | Method for converting a multi-ply paper product A process for manufacturing a multi-ply web material is disclosed. The process has the steps of: providing an embossing roll having first, second, and third nips disposed about a periphery thereof; providing a first web material; embossing the first web material in ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938635 | Apparatus for producing a web substrate having indicia disposed thereon and elastic-like behavior imparted thereto An apparatus for providing a printed and textured web substrate is disclosed. The apparatus has a printing apparatus and an apparatus for imparting elastic-like behavior. The printing apparatus has at least one rotatable ink roller for transferring an ink to the web... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637412 | Paper product | 05/10/2011 |
| D637411 | Paper product | 05/10/2011 |
| D637410 | Paper product | 05/10/2011 |
| D637407 | Paper product | 05/10/2011 |
| D637406 | Paper product | 05/10/2011 |
| D636609 | Paper product | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926703 | Consumer package having a viewing angle dependent appearance A consumer package flat for forming a package is disclosed. The consumer package flat comprises a plurality of panels. At least one of the panels comprises a compound image attached thereto. The compound image is observable through an opening disposed within at leas... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918972 | Embossing process including discrete and linear embossing elements An apparatus for producing a deep-nested embossed product including a first embossing member and a second embossing member. The first embossing member has a plurality of discrete embossing elements disposed in a first non-random pattern. The second embossing member ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914648 | Device for web control having a plurality of surface features A papermaking apparatus having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and a z-direction. The papermaking apparatus also has a web stabilization device. The web stabilization device has a plurality of surface features that have a feature depth of greater than ... | 03/29/2011 |
| D634936 | Paper product | 03/29/2011 |
| D634556 | Paper product | 03/22/2011 |
