Compressed tissue product

Abstract

The invention discloses tissue products which comprise an expandable dispensing carton and a compressed stack of folded tissues, such as facial tissues, and can significantly reduce costs associated with shipping such low density products. Expansion of the expandable dispensing carton can be activated by the user or the retailer, thereby releasing the compression of the tissue stack and allowing the tissues to be dispensed normally.

Description

Background technique [0001] When shipping folded tissue products such as boxed facial tissues, a significant portion of the shipping costs incurred are spent on transporting air due to the low density of tissue. Therefore, when transported by a truck or the like, the volumetric carrying capacity of the truck is saturated before its load-bearing carrying capacity. Additionally, the bulky tissue products take up shelf space on the retailer's shelves, thereby limiting the amount of merchandise the retailer can stock. Unfortunately, packing more tissues into a given carton to increase shipping cost efficiencies and / or reduce retail shelf space footprint will create compression within the stacked tissues and thus make it difficult for the user to remove from the paper towels. Remove the first few tissues from the box without tearing them. [0002] While retailers often want products that take up less shelf space, there are some downsides to using compressed or condensed products....

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Problems solved by technology

However, when a customer sees a smaller carton for the same price, they may associate the smaller product carton with fewer items in the carton, thus guessing that the product in the smaller carton may not have the larger carton The product is cost-effective

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