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US 2003/0116462 A1Published application
Pouch configuration for wrapped absorbent articles
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsHeather A. Sorebo, Wendy Benhke, Julie Bednarz, David R. Wagner, Robert J. Koenig
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Abstract
A feminine care absorbent article package includes an absorbent article contained within a pouch having a panel member extending across the back of the pouch. The panel member is alternately pulled over the open top of the pouch to open and re-seal the pouch.
Claims13
An absorbent article package, comprising:
- at least one absorbent article;
- a wrapper material configured into a pouch having a front and back surface, closed bottom and sides, and an open top, said absorbent article carried in said pouch;
- a panel disposed across said back surface, said panel having a top edge contiguous with said open top, a bottom edge, and side edges sealed to said pouch sides, said panel having a length between said top and bottom edges so as to extend less than about half-way down said pouch back surface;
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- wherein to seal said absorbent article into said pouch, said panel is pulled over said open top of said pouch with said panel sides remaining sealed to said pouch sides, and to unseal said pouch to remove said absorbent article, said panel is pulled back over said open top to said back surface of said pouch.
2 more elements
An absorbent article package, comprising:
- a wrapper material configured into a pouch having an open top, said pouch having an absorbent article carried therein;
- a portion of said wrapper material folded at a fold axis co-extensive with said open top, said portion folded away from said open top so as to extend along a back surface of said pouch;
- said portion having sides bonded to sides of said pouch and an edge unbonded to said back surface between said bonded sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.