Package containing absorbent articles and inserts
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJerry L. Dragoo, Glen R. Lash
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Abstract
The present invention provides a package containing absorbent articles and inserts. The package includes at least one first absorbent article having a predetermined absorbent capacity, and at least one insert. When the insert is joined with the absorbent article, either before being placed in the package or by the caretaker before being placed on the wearer, the insert and the first absorbent article together form a combined absorbent article having an absorbent capacity which is greater than the absorbent capacity of the first absorbent article.
Claims17
A package comprising:
- (a) a front panel and a back panel connected to one another by a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of side panels;
- (b) a plurality of first absorbent articles comprising a liquid pervious first topsheet, a liquid impervious first backsheet joined to said first topsheet, and a first absorbent core disposed between said first topsheet and said first backsheet, said first absorbent article having a first predetermined absorbent capacity;
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- c) at least one insert adapted to be joined to one of said first absorbent articles to form a combined absorbent article, said insert comprising a liquid pervious second topsheet, a liquid pervious second backsheet joined to said second topsheet, and a second absorbent core disposed between said second topsheet and said second backsheet;
- wherein said package includes a greater number of said first absorbent articles than said inserts.
A method of treating incontinent infirmities of a wearer comprising:
- (a) providing a package of absorbent articles including:
- (i) a plurality of first absorbent articles comprising a liquid pervious first topsheet, a liquid impervious first backsheet joined to said first topsheet, and a first absorbent core disposed between said first topsheet and said first backsheet, said first absorbent article having a predetermined absorbent capacity;
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- (ii) at least one insert adapted to be joined to one of said first absorbent articles to form a combined absorbent article, said insert comprising a liquid pervious second topsheet, a liquid pervious second backsheet joined to said second topsheet, and a second absorbent core disposed between said second topsheet and said second backsheet, wherein said package includes a greater number of said first absorbent articles than said inserts;
- (b) using said absorbent article having said predetermined absorbent capacity on the wearer during a first period having a first expected quantity of bodily fluid discharge;
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- (c) using said combined absorbent article having an absorbent capacity greater than said predetermined absorbent capacity on the wearer during a second period having a second expected quantity of bodily fluid discharge, said second expected quantity being greater than said first expected quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.