Absorbent sheet material with wave-like pattern

- Fort James Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an absorbent sheet material with wave-like pattern in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view in elevation and transverse section of the absorbent sheet material of FIG. 1, it being noted that the design on the top of the sheet is repeated, in less prominent form, on the bottom side of the sheet; and,

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bottom of the sheet material of FIG. 1.

The broken line boundary of the claimed design indicates that the absorbent sheet material has indeterminate length and width, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the absorbent sheet material .

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Patent History
Patent number: D434913
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 27, 1999
Date of Patent: Dec 12, 2000
Assignee: Fort James Corporation (Deerfield, IL)
Inventors: Bradley G. Schmidt (Green Bay, WI), Jennifer N. Wergin (Green Bay, WI), Barbara V. Buman (Oneida, WI), Michael P. Bouchette (Sherwood, WI)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Attorney: Michael W. Ferrell
Application Number: 0/104,050
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 5/53; D5/56
International Classification: 0506;