Disposable absorbent products in a stacked arrangement

A package of folded disposable absorbent products arranged in a stack, said folded disposable absorbent products being stacked along a stacking axis, wherein each of said folded disposable absorbent products extends longitudinally between a front longitudinal edge and a back longitudinal edge, and wherein each of said folded disposable absorbent products is folded into at least two panels in which the respective front and back longitudinal edges remain unattached and so as to define first and second edges, in which at least one of said first and second edges is formed by a fold, and front and back oppositely-facing exterior faces, wherein each of the front exterior faces includes identical fastening components, the package comprising:

• a first plurality of said folded disposable absorbent products having respective said front exterior faces facing a common, first direction along the stacking axis,
• a second plurality of said folded disposable absorbent products having respective said front exterior faces facing the first direction,
• at least one of said folded disposable absorbent products at an end of said stack having said front exterior face facing a second direction opposite from the first direction along the stacking axis,
• wherein each of said second plurality of said folded disposable absorbent products is oriented about 180°, about the stacking axis, relative to said first plurality of said folded disposable absorbent products.

A stack of folded absorbent products stacked along a stacking axis, wherein each of said folded absorbent products extends longitudinally between a front longitudinal edge and a back longitudinal edge and has an absorbent core for absorbing fluids secreted by a wearer of said absorbent product, and wherein each of said folded absorbent products is folded into at least two panels in which the respective front and back longitudinal edges remain unattached and so as to define first and second edges, in which at least one of said first and second edges is formed by a fold, and first and second oppositely-facing exterior faces, wherein each of the first exterior faces includes identical fastening components, the stack comprising:

• a first plurality of absorbent products having respective said first exterior faces of said first plurality of said absorbent products facing a common, first direction along the stacking axis;
• and
• at least one of said folded absorbent products having said first exterior face facing a second direction opposite from the first direction along the stacking axis,
• wherein the second ends of said at least one of said folded absorbent products and said first plurality of said folded absorbent products lie generally in a common plane.

A stack of absorbent products stacked along a stacking axis, comprising:

• a plurality of absorbent products, each having first and second oppositely-facing exterior faces;
• a first end absorbent product located at a first end of the stack, said first end absorbent product having first and second oppositely-facing exterior faces and a first rigid component coupled to said first exterior face or second exterior face thereof;
• and
• a second end absorbent product located at a second end of the stack opposite said first end thereof, said second end absorbent product having first and second oppositely-facing exterior faces and a second rigid component coupled to said first exterior face or second exterior face thereof,
• wherein each of said plurality of absorbent products, said first end absorbent product and said second end absorbent product, have respective absorbent cores for absorbing fluids secreted by a wearer of said respective absorbent product, and
• wherein said first and second end absorbent products are respectively oriented in the stack such that said first and second rigid components face toward a center of the stack.