Patent ID: 8609223

Claim:
A rectangular stack of interfolded rectangular napkins comprising a plurality of napkins, said stack having opposing parallel first and third sides and opposing parallel second and fourth sides perpendicular to said first and third sides, each napkin in said stack comprising a first fold in a first direction, and a second fold in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction and bisecting said first fold and said napkin in said second direction, said intersecting first and second folds dividing said napkin into four panels with a pair of adjacent panels located on each side of said second fold, wherein each of said napkins within said stack comprises at least one pair of panels arranged in the stack at a level between two pairs of adjacent panels of another of said absorbent napkins within said stack, said first fold divides said napkin into a smaller part and a larger part, wherein the area of the smaller part is between ⅕ and ½ of the area of the larger part and wherein said smaller part of said napkin is placed on the outside of the folded napkin, and that said napkins are arranged in said stack with said first folds arranged in an alternating sequence along said first and third opposing parallel sides of said stack such that each napkin is arranged with said first fold opposite said first fold of any adjacent napkin in said stack.