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US 2015/0175345 A1Published application
Package of absorbent articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsIvano GAGLIARDI, Florian Phillip ROUSSELANGE, Uwe Jürgen VAN DE LOO
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Abstract
Packages are described that balance the need for efficient packing of a plurality of absorbent articles within the package and a consumer's ability to easily discern and remove individual articles.
Claims22
A package of absorbent articles, the package comprising:
- a. a container comprising an interior volume;
- b. a first absorbent article disposed within the interior volume;
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- c. a second absorbent article disposed within the interior volume;
- d. wherein each of the first absorbent article and the second absorbent article comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis;
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- e. wherein the first and second absorbent articles are positioned within the interior volume so that the longitudinal axis of the first absorbent article is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second absorbent article.
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A package of absorbent articles, the package comprising:
- a. a container comprising an interior volume;
- b. a first absorbent article disposed within the interior volume;
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- c. a second absorbent article disposed adjacent the first absorbent article and within the interior volume;
- d. wherein the first and second absorbent articles are in an un-folded state within the interior volume;
- e. wherein each of the first absorbent article and the second absorbent article comprises a first end having a maximum transverse dimension that is greater than that of a second end;
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- f. wherein the first end of the first absorbent article is proximate to the second end of the second absorbent article.
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A package of absorbent articles, the package comprising:
- a. a container comprising an interior volume;
- b. a first absorbent article disposed within the interior volume in a first orientation;
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- c. a second absorbent article disposed within the interior volume in a second orientation that is different from the first orientation;
- d. wherein the first and second absorbent articles are in an un-folded state within the interior volume.
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A method for making and packaging a plurality of absorbent articles, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. delivering a layer of absorbent material in a machine direction;
- b. cutting the layer of absorbent material in a cross direction to define a plurality of absorbent cores wherein more than a single absorbent core exists along a line in the cross direction;
- c. arranging the plurality of absorbent cores so that there is only a single absorbent core in the cross direction;
- d. combining the absorbent cores with a topsheet and a backsheet to define a plurality of absorbent articles each of which comprising an article first end having a maximum transverse dimension that is greater than that of an article second end;
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- e. placing the plurality of absorbent articles within a container wherein the article first end of one of the plurality of absorbent articles is proximate to the article second end of an adjacent one of the plurality of absorbent articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.