Compartmentalized individual package for absorbent articles
OwnerKimberly Nichole McConnell, David Andrew Dalton +2inventors
InventorsKimberly Nichole McConnell, David Andrew Dalton, Virginia Anne Lenahan, Jeanne Marie Hughes
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Abstract
An individually packaged absorbent article including an absorbent article and a package. The package can also have a dispensing compartment substantially enclosing the absorbent article prior to use that can have an opening provided to access the absorbent article. The package can also have a disposal compartment separate from the dispensing compartment. The disposal compartment can have a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of an absorbent article after use and an opening provided to access the cavity that is separate from the dispensing compartment opening.
Claims20
An individually packaged absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent article;
- a package having a front face, a back face, a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side,
- a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis,
- a dispensing compartment substantially enclosing the absorbent article prior to use and having an opening provided to access the absorbent article,
- a disposal compartment separate from the dispensing compartment, the disposal compartment having a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of an absorbent article after use and an opening provided to access the cavity that is separate from the dispensing compartment opening.
An individually packaged absorbent article comprising:
- an absorbent article;
- a package having a front face, a back face, a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side,
- a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis,
- a dispensing compartment substantially enclosing the absorbent article prior to use, the dispensing compartment having a first layer defining an exterior of the package, and a second layer disposed opposite the first layer, the first layer and the second layer being provided to substantially enclose the absorbent article between the first layer and the second layer;
- the package having a disposal compartment separate from the dispensing compartment, the second layer of the dispensing compartment being adapted to provide a portion of the disposal compartment, the disposal compartment further including a third layer, the third layer defining an exterior of the package, the second layer and the third layer providing a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of an absorbent article between the second layer and the third layer after use.
A method of changing an absorbent article, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a package having a front face, a back face, a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis, a dispensing compartment substantially enclosing the absorbent article and having an opening provided to access the absorbent article, a disposal compartment separate from the dispensing component, the disposal compartment having a cavity being adapted to receive at least a portion of the absorbent article after use and an opening provided to access the cavity that is separate from the dispensing compartment opening;
- b) opening the disposal compartment and disposing at a portion of an absorbent article into the cavity;
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- c) opening the dispensing compartment and removing the absorbent article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.