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US 8,388,591 B2Granted
Individually packaged absorbent article assembly
AssigneeMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
InventorPaul Y. Fung
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Abstract
An individually packaged absorbent article assembly including a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, and a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, the pouch be structured and arranged to enable a user to selectively open the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article.
Claims9
An individually packaged absorbent article assembly comprising:
- a tri-folded absorbent article including a garment-facing surface, a body-facing surface, a first fold line, a second fold line, a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion arranged between the first end portion and the second end portions, the first end portion being separated from the intermediate portion by the first fold line, the second end portion being separated from the intermediate portion by the second fold line, and the intermediate portion being located between the first fold line and the second fold line;
- a pouch for containing the tri-folded absorbent article, the pouch formed from a sheet material having a first terminal edge and a second terminal edge;
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- wherein the pouch is structured and arranged to be opened by a user along the first terminal edge of the sheet material such that a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the article is exposed prior to exposing the garment-facing surface of the first end portion and the garment-facing surface of the second end portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.