Patents Assigned to Fort James Corporation
  • Patent number: 7037406
    Abstract: A method of embossing an absorbent web with a machine direction undulatory structure is described. The web has a plurality of ridges extending in its machine direction occurring at a frequency, F, across the web and the method includes providing the web to an embossing station where the web is embossed between a first and second embossing roll, each of which rolls may be provided with a plurality of embossing elements configured to define a plurality of embossing nips. At least a portion of the embossing nips are substantially oriented in a cross-machine direction with respect to the web and have a cross direction length, L. The product F×L is from about 0.1 to about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas N. Kershaw, Dale Gracyalny, Paul Ruthven, Galyn Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060086748
    Abstract: A tabletop dispenser for inter-folded napkins includes a housing with a front panel, a back panel, a pair of sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall for dispensing a stack of inter-folded napkins each of which napkins has a width, W, and a folded length, L?, of its lead panel, the dispenser having an elongate dispensing aperture on its front panel and further characterized in that the distance between the front and back panels of the dispenser is equal to or less than about the folded length, L?, of the lead panels of the inter-folded napkins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Burns, David Maroney, Joseph Kirchberg
  • Patent number: 7032773
    Abstract: There is provided a container having both male and female sealing regions disposed about its periphery in a pattern making it possible to seal a container with another container having substantially identical sealing regions. The male sealing regions used in the practice of the present invention may take the form of a U-shaped ridge which is undercut along at least one leg of the U in a radial direction. Typically, a container will be thermoformed from lightweight thermoplastic material giving the U-shaped ridge considerable flexibility. The female sealing regions used in the practice of the invention may take the form of an undercut channel adapted to receive and match the undercut U-shaped ridges found in the male portion of the container wherein the walls and base of the channel are sufficiently flexible that the undercut portions of the U-shaped ridge are urged into engagement with the undercut portions of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome G. Dees, Rebecca E. Whitmore, Gerald J. Van Handel, Mark B. Littlejohn, Luther A. Gross, Mark A. Cruz
  • Publication number: 20060081633
    Abstract: A reclosable cup lid thermoformed from a polymeric material includes a domed member and an elongate closure panel. The thermoformed domed member is provided with a sidewall and a top wall, the top wall having upper and lower surfaces and a drinking aperture at a periphery of the top wall. The top wall further defines a pair of slide tracks depending from the lower surface of the top wall and also defines a post aperture disposed inwardly with respect to the drinking aperture. The elongate closure panel has opposed engagement edges, an upper surface provided with a post projecting upwardly therefrom, and a drinking aperture sealing area. As assembled, the domed member and elongate closure panel are configured such that the opposed engagement edges of the elongate closure panel are slidingly mounted in the slide tracks for generally radial displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Alois Schmidtner, Jonathan Rush
  • Patent number: 7028860
    Abstract: A dispenser for inter-folded sheet includes a replaceable cartridge. In preferred embodiments, the replaceable cartridge includes a generally planar rectangular core having a stack of inter-folded food service sheets wrapped around the core in a U-shape and retained in position by shrink wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Janica S. Behnke, Kathleen R. Rigotti, Katie L. Thomas, Timothy P. Hartjes, Michael R. Kilgore, Gregory D. Budz
  • Publication number: 20060057365
    Abstract: An improved paperboard has been bulk enhanced by retaining a substantial portion microspheres in a suitable distribution within the paperboard. As in one embodiment, the high retention of the bulk enhancing additives is believed to result from the incorporation of suitable retention aids. The paperboard is able to be formed into suitable paperboard containers without loss of integrity. The resulting containers have increased hold times when they contain hot or cold food or drink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Swoboda, Anthony Swiontek, Timothy Hartjes, Kenneth Shanton, Erland Sandstrom
  • Publication number: 20060042767
    Abstract: A paper product with absorbency and moisture strike through resistance is disclosed. More particularly, a multi-ply paper product with improved strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein at least one ply is a wetting resistant ply comprising at least one wetting resistant compound and at least one ply is an absorbent ply possessing greater absorbency than the wetting resistant ply. In addition, a two-ply paper napkin with improved moisture strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein the wetting resistant ply comprises alkyl ketene dimer and the two plies are separately microembossed, glue laminated together in a point to point configuration, and macroembossed with coin edging. Furthermore, a multi-ply paper product with improved strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein a first ply comprises at least one wetting resistant compound and a second ply possesses greater absorbency than the first ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Dinesh Bhat, Daniel Sumnicht
  • Publication number: 20060032595
    Abstract: The present invention is a through-air-drying process for producing a fibrous web that possesses not only softness and absorbency but also strength. The method of the present invention monitors and controls the overall charge in the headbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Yeh, Gary Worry, Thomas Kershaw, Henry Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 6998016
    Abstract: The present invention is a through-air-drying process for producing a fibrous web that possesses not only softness and absorbency but also strength. The method of the present invention monitors and controls the overall charge in the headbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Chang Yeh, Gary L. Worry, Thomas N. Kershaw, Henry S. Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 6969443
    Abstract: A process for making absorbent sheet material from recycle furnish includes treatment with a synergistic debonder composition. The debonder is capable of reducing tensile strength by 40 percent or more by way of a quaternary ammonium surfactant component and a nonionic surfactant component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce J. Kokko
  • Patent number: 6964349
    Abstract: An auto-start dispensing container for sheet products includes a sealing member secured to a first sheet to be dispensed from the container. In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an auto-start dispenser for dispensing moistened inter-folded wipes which includes: (a) a container provided with a dispensing aperture for receiving a plurality of moist wipes; (b) a removable sealing member affixed to said container to seal the aperture wherein the sealing member and the container form an enclosure adapted to retain moisture; and (c) a lead sheet engaged with the plurality of moist wipes and secured to said removable sealing member, the removable sealing member and the lead sheet being adapted to draw a moist wipe partially through the aperture upon removal of the sealing member from the container. Preferably, the lead sheet is affixed to the removable sealing member by way of a hot-melt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Charles W. Sears, Elizabeth J. Larson, Bradley G. Schmidt, Edward J. Yock
  • Patent number: 6948633
    Abstract: A drink-thru lid for a drinking cup including an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the drinking cup, wherein the annular mounting portion includes a downwardly extending annular skirt. The lid further includes a tear-back section extending from the annular skirt to a hinge portion located in a medial portion of the lid. The tear-back section includes a raised protrusion extending outwardly from an upper surface of the lid. A recess is further formed in a medial portion of the lid on the opposite side of the hinge portion from the raised protrusion, wherein the tear-back section may be torn away from the lid on its sides and pivoted about the hinge portion until the raised protrusion is received within the recess for holding said pivotal flap open. The raised protrusion and the recess are shaped such that the raised protrusion is frictionally engaged by the end walls of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Freek, Michael Thomas
  • Publication number: 20050199761
    Abstract: Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration of the adhesive into the tissue. The dry tensile strength of the projecting folded over tail tab exceeds 400 g/in and the caliper thereof exceeds one mil The adhesive bonds are spaced away from lines of perforation joining sheets in the initial sheets of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Teresa Redmann, Richard Huss, Brian Schuh, Terry Witkowski
  • Publication number: 20050199759
    Abstract: Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration of the adhesive into the tissue. The dry tensile strength of the projecting folded over tail tab exceeds 400 g/3? and the caliper thereof exceeds one mil The adhesive bonds are spaced away from lines of perforation joining sheets in the initial sheets of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Teresa Redmann, Richard Huss, Brian Schuh, Terry Witkowski
  • Publication number: 20050192171
    Abstract: An improved apparatus for making pressware features a vacuum belt feeder which accelerates and decelerates a feed blank for controlled insertion into a forming die as well as retainers to limit bounce back of the blank off of forward stops. A pneumatic ejector on the forming ram facilitates product removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Grigory Grischenko, Alois Schmidtner, Paul England, Albert Johns, Thomas Zelinski
  • Publication number: 20050184136
    Abstract: An adjustable portion cup includes a bottom and a sidewall defining a scooped perimeter about the upper aperture of the cup. The sidewall is provided with an invertible sidewall panel which defines, in part, the contained volume of the cup in a first position and is operative to reinforce the opposite portion of the sidewall in a second position. The invertible panel is configured so that when displaced from a first position to a second position, it is detached from a lower portion of the sidewall to which it is joined and is in contact with an opposing portion of the cup sidewall, whereby the contained volume of the cup is reduced and the opposing portion of the cup sidewall is reinforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Fort James Corporation
    Inventor: James Baynum
  • Patent number: D515824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie T. Leisch, Reginald L. Milbern, Galyn A. Schulz
  • Patent number: D517816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Dwiggins, Brian J. Schuh, Julie A. Gerrits, Taiye Philips Oriaran
  • Patent number: D518298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Martin A. Hynnek, Jamie T. Leisch, Michael Paul Van Handel, Galyn A. Schulz
  • Patent number: D519739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Schuh, John H. Dwiggins, T. Phillips Oriaran, Galyn A. Schulz