Patent ID: 6752429
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B42D,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of folding a sheet having printed information thereon to form a folded item for providing information to the user of a product, said method comprising:(a) folding said sheet by making a first fold in said sheet, said first fold being made in a direction parallel to a first direction; (b) folding said sheet by making a second fold in said sheet, said second fold being made in a direction parallel to said first direction, said first and second folds resulting in a first folded article, said first folded article having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said first and second folds being accordion-style folds; (c) making a plurality of transverse folds in said first folded article, said plurality of transverse folds being made in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said transverse folds resulting in a second folded article having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second folded article comprising a folded end, said second folded article having a first portion adjacent said first end of said second folded article and a second portion adjacent said second end of said second folded article, said first portion of said second folded article having a thickness and said second portion of said second folded article having a thickness, said thickness of said first portion of said second folded article being greater than said thickness of said second portion of said second folded article; (d) folding said second folded article by making an additional fold in a direction parallel to said second direction, said additional fold being made by folding said first portion of said second folded article in half to produce a third folded article, said third folded article having a first end, a second end and a plurality of intermediate portions disposed between said first and second ends of said third folded article, one of said intermediate portions comprising a folded portion, said second end of said third folded article corresponding to said second end of said second folded article, said third folded article having a first rectangular sheet portion and a second rectangular sheet portion; (e) depositing an adhesive on one of said first or second rectangular sheet portions of said third folded article; and (f) making a final fold in said third folded article in a direction parallel to said second direction to form said folded item, said final fold being made so that a portion of said third folded article is wrapped around said intermediate portions of said third folded article, and said final fold being made so that said first rectangular sheet portion of said third folded article is moved to a position adjacent said second rectangular sheet portion of said third folded article and so that said adhesive holds said folded item together by adhesively bonding said first rectangular sheet portion of said third folded article directly to said second rectangular sheet portion of said third folded article without said adhesive passing through any aperture formed in said folded item and without any intermediate rectangular sheet portion being disposed between said first and second rectangular sheet portions of said third folded article.