Hygienic package with a reclosable flap

A generally parallelepipedly shaped package for containing hygienic articles to be dispensed therefrom, said package comprising:

• a generally parallelepipedly shaped container body for holding said hygienic articles, said container body having an opening therethrough, said opening intercepting at least two contiguous walls of said parallelepipedly shaped container body, said opening being cut from said walls and having a first predetermined open area exposing a first exposed area of said hygienic articles;
• a retaining band juxtaposed with said opening and joined to at least one of said walls, said retaining band covering a portion of said first exposed area, thereby decreasing said first exposed area to form an aperture through which said hygienic articles are dispensed, said aperture having a second predetermined open area smaller than said first predetermined open area;
• a cover flap hingedly connected to said container body, said cover flap being articulable between a first open position whereby said hygienic articles can be dispensed and a second closed position whereby said hygienic articles are not exposed outside the package, whereby in said closed position said cover flap covers substantially all of said aperture;
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• refastenable adhesive disposed on said retaining band to maintain said cover flap in said closed position.

A package for containing hygienic articles to be dispensed therefrom, said package comprising:

• a container body for holding said hygienic articles;
• a retaining band joined to said at least one wall, a line of weakness being disposed in said retaining band;
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• a cover flap connected to said body, said cover flap being articulable between a first open position and a second closed position whereby said hygienic articles are not exposed outside said package, said cover flap being joined to said retaining band at said line of weakness prior to dispensing a first said hygienic article through said aperture, said cover flap rupturing said line of weakness in said retaining band when said cover flap is articulated from said closed position to said open position, thereby forming an aperture upon first use, said hygienic articles being dispensable through said aperture when said cover flap is in said first open position, said cover flap overlapping and covering substantially all of said aperture when said cover flap is in said second closed position.