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Embossed tissue

Granted 20 Apr 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

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Inventors: Jerome Steven Veith, Sandra Ann Enderby, Lee Delson Wilhelm · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 20 May 1998
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US D408152
granted 20 Apr 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an embossed tissue showing one embodiment of our new design. The bottom plan view forms no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view along line 2--2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of an embossed tissue showing an alternative embodiment of our new design. The bottom plan view forms no part of the claimed design. and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view along line 4--4 of FIG. 3.

In both FIGS. 1 and 3, the embossed tissue is shown cut away on each of its four sides to indicate indeterminate length and width. The broken lines form no part of the claimed design and depict one repeat unit of the design which repeats uniformly.

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D05/53D50/37

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