Packaging box

A box of one or more absorbent articles, the box having a top, a bottom, a plurality of side walls, a longitudinal direction extending from the top to the bottom and a transversal direction that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and comprising:

• a pair of first opposed side walls of the plurality of side walls;
• a pair of second opposed side walls of the plurality of sidewalls;
• a pair of first opposed top flaps foldably connected to the pair of first opposed side walls;
• a pair of second opposed top flaps foldably connected to the pair of second opposed side walls;
• a pair of first opposed bottom flaps foldably connected to the pair of first opposed side walls;
• a pair of second opposed bottom flaps foldably connected to the pair of second opposed side walls;
• a weakened area defined by an external weakened line at one of the first opposed side walls;
• the weakened area comprising a first section and a second section divided by an internal weakened line, wherein the first section comprises a first section outboard edge, and wherein the second section comprises a second section inboard edge;
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• an adhesive tape having a tape width and a tape end, and covering adjacent edges of the second opposed top flaps to seal the top of the box;
• wherein the adhesive tape extends along a portion of the one of the first opposed side walls so that the adhesive tape covers part of the second section so as not to cover the internal weakened line;
• wherein the internal weakened line is no shorter than a width of the first section;
• wherein the internal weakened line is longer than the second section inboard edge;
• wherein the internal weakened line is a straight line that is angled relative to an imaginary line parallel to the transversal direction by an angle of about 90°;
• and
• wherein the weakened area does not extend fully across the adhesive tape in the width direction of the adhesive tape
• wherein a shape of a perimeter of the first section of the weakened area comprises a first corner at a first end of the first section outboard edge and a second corner at a second end of the first section outboard edge;
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• wherein the first corner and the second corner both protrude inward toward a middle of the first section of the weakened area.

A box of one or more absorbent articles, the box having a top, a bottom, a plurality of side walls, a longitudinal direction extending from the top to the bottom and a transversal direction that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and comprising:

• a pair of first opposed side walls of the plurality of side walls;
• a pair of second opposed side walls of the plurality of sidewalls;
• a pair of first opposed top flaps foldably connected to the pair of first opposed side walls;
• a pair of second opposed top flaps foldably connected to the pair of second opposed side walls;
• a pair of first opposed bottom flaps foldably connected to the pair of first opposed side walls;
• a pair of second opposed bottom flaps foldably connected to the pair of second opposed side walls;
• a weakened area defined by an external weakened line at one of the first opposed side walls;
• the weakened area comprising a first section and a second section divided by an internal weakened line, wherein the first section comprises a first section outboard edge, and wherein the second section comprises a second section inboard edge;
• and
• an adhesive tape having a tape width and a tape end, and covering adjacent edges of the second opposed top flaps to seal the top of the box;
• wherein the adhesive tape extends along a portion of the one of the first opposed side walls so that the adhesive tape covers part of the second section so as not to cover the internal weakened line;
• wherein the internal weakened line is no shorter than a width of the first section;
• wherein the internal weakened line is longer than the second section inboard edge;
• wherein the internal weakened line is a straight line that is angled relative to an imaginary line parallel to the transversal direction by an angle of about 90°;
• and
• wherein the weakened area does not extend fully across the adhesive tape in the width direction of the adhesive tape
• wherein the end of the adhesive tape is positioned within the weakened area.