Patent ID: 6067775
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B65D,B65H

Abstract:
A package of a strip of sheet material comprising:a strip of material having a first side edge, a second side edge defining a width therebetween, a first surface and a second surface, and the strip being continuous along its length and including no lines of weakness;the strip being folded into a stack having two opposed first sides, two opposed second sides and two opposed ends;the strip being repeatedly folded back and forth to form a plurality of folded strip portions of the strip, with each folded strip portion of the strip being folded relative to one next adjacent folded strip portion about a first fold line transverse to the strip and relative to a second next adjacent folded strip portion about a second fold line transverse to the strip and spaced from the first fold line;the strip portions thus forming a plurality of first fold lines arranged at one of two opposed first sides of the package and a plurality of second fold lines arranged at the other of the first sides;the strip being traversed across the package from one of the first sides to the other of the first sides;the strip being continuous through the stack from an uppermost strip portion of the stack to a lowermost strip portion of the stack;wherein there is provided on the strip in the stack a series of machine readable applied markings that identify fold lines so that the strip can be cut at the fold lines into a plurality of sheet elements.