Patent ID: 8703270

Claim:
A napkin comprising: a square sheet ( 1 ) folded multiple times along at least one fold line to form a basic rectangular shape ( 2 ); three knife edge slits ( 7 ) configured for receiving and holding at least a portion of a piece of cutlery, wherein said knife edge slits comprise an uppermost slit, a middle slit, and a lowermost slit, wherein as arranged in the longitudinal direction of said basic rectangular shape ( 2 ), said uppermost slit is disposed in an upper fourth portion, said lowermost slit is disposed in a lower eighth portion, and said middle slit is disposed centrally between said upper fourth and lower eighth portions, wherein said slits ( 7 ) are disposed parallel to one another, wherein each of said slits ( 7 ) extends parallel to one narrow side of said basic rectangular shape ( 2 ) and each of said slits ( 7 ) is spaced from two long sides ( 8 ) of said basic rectangular shape ( 2 ) and from at least one outer edge ( 3 ) of said sheet, and wherein said slits ( 7 ) are formed as cuts through said sheet that separate a material from which said sheet is made without cutting out and removal of the material.