Wrapper for absorbent article
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorsElisabeth Lakso, Chatrine Stridfeldt
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Abstract
A wrapper for an absorbent hygiene article including a sheet of flexible wrapping material. The sheet has a first surface arranged to face the absorbent article and a second surface arranged to be facing away from the absorbent article. The wrapper has at least a portion that is stretchable in at least one direction and has a polymeric coating applied to at least the first or the second surface. The polymeric coating contains an odor control agent. The odor control agent has a first non-active state when the wrapper is in a non-stretched state and a second active state when the wrapper is in a stretched state.
Claims13
A wrapper for an absorbent hygiene article comprising a sheet of flexible wrapping material the sheet having a first surface being arranged to face the absorbent article and a second surface being arranged to be facing away from the absorbent article, characterized in that the wrapper (10;
- 30;
- 60;
- 90;
- 120;
- 130) has at least a portion that is stretchable in at least one direction (S) and has a polymeric coating (16;
- 39;
- 66;
- 96;
- 116;
- 136) applied to the first and/or the second surface within the stretchable portion of the wrapper (10;
- 30;
- 60;
- 90;
- 120;
- 130), the polymeric coating (16;
- 39;
- 66;
- 96;
- 116;
- 136) containing an odour control agent (16;
- 39;
- 66;
- 96;
- 116;
- 136), the odour control agent (16;
- 39;
- 66;
- 96;
- 116;
- 136) having a first non-active state when the wrapper (10;
- 30;
- 60;
- 90;
- 120;
- 130) is in a non-stretched state and having a second active state when the wrapper (10;
- 30;
- 60;
- 90;
- 120;
- 130) is in a stretched state.
A wrapper according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the coating contains the odour control agent in microcapsules embedded in the coating.
A wrapper according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wrapper is a wrapper for a single sanitary napkin, panty liner or incontinence protector.
A wrapper according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wrapper (130) is in the form of a bag.
A wrapper according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wrapper is provided with at least one pull tab (110;
- 127, 128).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.