PACKAGING OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLES

• Main Authors: TIPPEY, DAROLD DEAN, BORDAIN, NEFETARI EDRIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.06.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; UNPACKING

The present invention is a package (1) containing an array (3) of flexible absorbent articles (5) (compressed or otherwise). Each absorbent article comprises a front face (7), a back face (9), a top face (6), a bottom face (8), a pair of side faces (10), an upper section (11), and a lower section (13). The upper (11) and lower (13) sections have mutually different caliper . At least a portion of the absorbent articles (5) are placed in a configurati on such that their front faces (7) are in a contacting relationship with the front faces (7) of the adjacent absorbent articles. The package (1) comprise s a flexible outer casing (19), an array (3) of absorbent articles (5) having a first region (15) and a second region (17) and the upper (11) and lower (13) sections of the absorbent articles are distributed over the first (15) and second (17) regions is at least about 10 % smaller that when all of the uppe r (11) sections of the absorbent articles (5) are located in the same region o f the array (3).