Toilet Paper Sheets Having Alternating Sidewall Indentations

Abstract

Toilet paper rolls are provided with alternating indentions in the left and right sides of the toilet paper sheet wherein the opposite side will retain the straight shape of a normal toilet paper roll. When multiple sheets are folded, the effective area is the same as “normal” toilet paper width. From this, toilet paper sheets may be produced with less material while maintaining wiping performance. For use as a covering for an oval toilet seat, coverage is improved.

1 . A length of toilet paper having parallel sidewalls defining a sidewall width of said paper, wherein said sidewalls are perpendicular at least one perforation spanning the distance between each side, comprising a first indentation in one side of said length of toilet paper. 
     
     
         2 . The paper of  claim 1 , comprising a second indentation in the side opposite the one containing the first indentation, further comprising two or more perforations equally spaced from and parallel to each other, and wherein said two or more perforations define at least one individual sheet of toilet paper. 
     
     
         3 . The paper of  claim 2 , wherein the second indentation does not overlap the first indentation if the length of toilet paper is folded in half parallel to the sidewalls of said paper. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The paper of  claim 2 , wherein the indentations have an overall concave shape. 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The paper of  claim 5 , wherein an endpoint of at least one indentation occurs at or about the intersection of a perforation and said endpoint. 
     
     
         8 . The paper of  claim 5 , wherein an endpoint of said first and an endpoint of said second indentations are located about perpendicular to each other on opposite sides of said length of toilet paper. 
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The paper of  claim 2  wherein the first indentation spans: one individual sheet, two adjacent individual sheets, three adjacent individual sheets, or more than three adjacent individual sheets. 
     
     
         13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . A toilet paper roll having parallel sidewalls defining a sidewall width of said roll, wherein said sidewalls are perpendicular to the long axis of a central core of said toilet paper roll, comprising a length of toilet paper with sidewalls congruent to the sidewalls of said roll, where said length of toilet paper comprises a first indentation in one side of said length of toilet paper. 
     
     
         16 . The roll of  claim 15 , comprising a second indentation in the side of said length of toilet paper opposite the one containing the first indentation, where the length of toilet paper further comprises two or more perforations equally spaced from and parallel to each other, and wherein said two or more perforations define at least one individual sheet of toilet paper. 
     
     
         17 . The roll of  claim 16 , wherein the second indentation does not overlap the first indentation if said length of toilet paper is folded in half parallel to the sidewalls of said paper. 
     
     
         18 . (canceled) 
     
     
         19 . The roll of  claim 16 , wherein the indentations have an overall concave shape. 
     
     
         20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . The roll of  claim 16 , wherein an endpoint of at least one indentation occurs at or about the intersection of a perforation and said endpoint. 
     
     
         22 . The roll of  claim 21 , wherein an endpoint of said first and an endpoint of said second indentations are located about perpendicular to each other on opposite sides of said length of toilet paper. 
     
     
         23 . (canceled) 
     
     
         24 . (canceled) 
     
     
         25 . (canceled) 
     
     
         26 . The roll of  claim 16 , wherein the first indentation spans: one individual sheet, two adjacent individual sheets, three adjacent individual sheets, or more than three adjacent individual sheets. 
     
     
         27 . (canceled) 
     
     
         28 . (canceled) 
     
     
         29 . (canceled) 
     
     
         30 . (canceled) 
     
     
         31 . (canceled) 
     
     
         32 . (canceled) 
     
     
         33 . A method of producing toilet paper rolls or lengths of toilet paper, comprising:
 providing a sheet of tissue paper capable of being formed into individual rolls or lengths of toilet paper, comprising a plurality of cut out areas where the cut out areas intersect lines of separation into individual rolls.   
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein one or more endpoints of each cutout area occur at or about lines of perforation perpendicular to said lines of separation into individual rolls or lengths of toilet paper, and wherein each cut out area is intersected by: at least two, at least three, at least four, or more than four perpendicular lines of perforation. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein cut out areas intersecting adjacent lines of separation are offset from one another. 
     
     
         36 . (canceled)