Unit dose articles and package therefor

A flexible sealed bag containing a plurality of unit dose articles, said bag comprising:

• a front panel and a back panel marginally joined thereto along at least two opposed edges to be in a confronting relationship and form a closed bag, said front panel and said back panel being joined at the top by a frangible seal, said unit dose articles being distributed from the bottom of said bag to a height therein;
• a bottom panel intermediate said front panel and said back panel, said bottom panel being joined to each of said front panel and said back panel;
• wherein said front panel comprises at least one transparent window and at least one opaque portion, and, providing an empty space above the height of said articles, said articles having a pincushion shape with a major dimension along one side;
• whereby said transparent window of said front panel intercepts said articles and said empty space, said transparent window having a width taken in the horizontal direction, said width being greater than said major dimension of said articles.

A method of providing a flexible sealed bag containing a plurality of unit dose articles, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an open flexible bag comprising:
• a front panel and a back panel marginally joined thereto along at least two opposed edges to be in a confronting relationship to form a closed bag, said front panel and said back panel being joined at the top by a frangible seal;
• a bottom panel intermediate said front panel and said back panel, and joined to each of said front panel and back panel;
• wherein said front panel comprises at least one transparent window and at least one opaque portion;
• (b) filling said bag with a plurality of at least partially water soluble unit dose articles such that said articles are distributed from the bottom of said bag to a height therein;
• (c) providing an empty space above the height of said articles, whereby said transparent window of said front panel intercepts said articles and said empty space;
• and.
• (d) sealing said bag.