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Embossed tissue sheet

Granted 11 Dec 2001 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Wendy Ann Jahner, MeeWha Lee, Lee Delson Wilhelm · Examiner: Doris V. Coles · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
127823
filed 11 Aug 2000
Publication
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US D451682
granted 11 Dec 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a plan view of an…

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embossed tissue sheet illustrating one embodiment of the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the embossed tissue sheet of FIG. 1 taken along line 2—2.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an embossed tissue sheet illustrating one embodiment of the claimed design.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the embossed tissue sheet of FIG. 3 taken along line 4—4.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an embossed tissue sheet illustrating one embodiment of the claimed design; and,

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the embossed tissue sheet of FIG. 5 taken along the line 6—6.

The broken lines define a portion of the embossed tissue sheet and indicate that the pattern continues indeterminately in one or more directions and repeats uniformly throughout the length and width of the fabric. The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

The ornamental design of this invention is for an embossed tissue sheet. The embossed design may be applied to either a single-ply or multi-ply product such as bath tissue, facial tissue, paper towels, wipes and the like. The surfaces or portions of the tissue sheet not shown form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D05/53D50/25

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USthis patentUS-D451682-SS111 Dec 200111 Aug 2000grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
USUS-D461317-SS113 Aug 20023 Oct 2001grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
USUS-D465093-SS15 Nov 200222 Apr 2002grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
USUS-D465338-SS112 Nov 200222 Apr 2002grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
›Other offices — 5 members
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CACA-101733-SS17 Jun 200330 Jan 2001grantedEmbossed two-ply tissue sheet
CACA-96335-SS17 Jun 200330 Jan 2001grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
CACA-98503-SS17 Jun 200330 Jan 2001grantedEmbossed tissue sheet
CACA-98504-SS17 Jun 200330 Jan 2001grantedEmbossed two-ply tissue sheet
CACA-99733-SS17 Jun 200330 Jan 2001grantedEmbossed tissue sheet

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