US 6,669,676 B1Granted

Hygiene article having an individual wrapping

AssigneePaul Hartmann AG

InventorEnno Gause

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Abstract

The invention relates to a hygiene article, with an individual wrapping. The wrapping comprises a longitudinal section of a tubular, flatly folded strip provided with a flat side forming an outer side, and which forms an inner side of the wrapping, and having a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hygiene article. One longitudinal end is sealed in liquid-tight manner, and the other end is open or can be opened. The hygiene article is laid on the flat inner side of the longitudinal section of the tubular strip, and is folded onto itself together with the longitudinal section around two transversal axes. Longitudinal edges of the longitudinal section are detachably connected to one another to hold the hygiene article in a folded configuration inside the wrapping, to be able to remove the article from the wrapping before use, for disposing of the article, and to be able to insert the same into the open end of the longitudinal section after use.

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Dependent claims

A hygiene article and an individual wrapping comprising:

an individual wrapping defining a longitudinal section formed of one of a flattened tubular roll and first and second strips of flat material joined along longitudinal side edges, the longitudinal section having a longitudinal axis;
the wrapping including a first outer side and an opposed first inner side, and a second outer side and an opposed inner side, the first inner side and the second inner side facing each other to form an interior cavity for the hygiene article after use;
the longitudinally section having one end is closed in a fluid-tight-manner and one of an open and openable opposite end,
a hygiene article disposed on the second outer side of the longitudinal section;
at least two folds formed in the longitudinal section and the hygiene article at two transverse axes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal section allowing end portions of the longitudinal section and the hygiene article to be folded over;
and
longitudinal margins of the folded end portions of the longitudinal section separably attached to each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.