Patent ID: 6926655

Claim:
A method of packaging a web comprising: slitting a web to form a slit web of two or more narrower webs; and folding the slit web into superimposed layers by: directing the slit web to a single nip formed by first and second rotating reels, inducing the slit web to move with the first and second rotating reels a length of a predetermined rotational angle to provide simultaneous folding of the two or more narrower adjacent webs of the slit web by holding the two or more narrower webs alternatively against surfaces of the first and second rotating reels to simultaneously form adjacent stacks, the narrower web of each stack having a first end and a second end, and joining the ends of the two or more narrower webs together so that the two or more narrower adjacent webs form a continuous web whose length corresponds to a combined length of the two or more narrower adjacent webs.