Pattern for absorbent sheet material

- Irving Tissue, Inc.
Description

The sole FIGURE is a plan view of the pattern for absorbent sheet material showing my new design.

The broken line boundary of the claimed design indicates that the design has indeterminate length and width and defines a portion of the absorbent sheet material to which the pattern is applied, it being understood that the pattern repeats uniformly throughout the design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D431371
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 15, 1999
Date of Patent: Oct 3, 2000
Assignee: Irving Tissue, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
Inventors: Carl W. Ingalls (Wallingford, PA), Julie Yoh (Medford, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Law Firm: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
Application Number: 0/115,526
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 5/57
International Classification: 0506;