Patent ID: 8273443

Claim:
A stack of interfolded absorbent sheet products, comprising a plurality of absorbent sheets each bearing an embossed surface relief of a predetermined pattern or design, wherein each of said absorbent sheets is a rectangular paper napkin, wherein each of said absorbent sheets is entirely detached from all other absorbent sheets within said stack, wherein each of said absorbent sheets has one fold along and coextensive with a longitudinal direction and two folds along and coextensive with a transverse direction, said two folds being parallel to one another and perpendicular to said one fold, wherein each of said napkins comprises at least two panels sandwiched between adjacent panels of another of said paper napkins, wherein said adjacent panels comprise an upper panel positioned above said at least two panels and a lower panel positioned below said at least two panels, and wherein each of said napkins within said stack comprises an uppermost panel whose length and width are approximately equal to an overall length and width of each of said napkins, respectively, and a lowermost panel whose length and width are approximately equal to an overall length and width of each of said napkins, respectively.