PACKAGE FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES

• Main Authors: COTTINGHAM, JEFFERY, R, KOLTERJOHN, ALISON, B, SOREBO, HEATHER, A, XUEEN, HAO, BECHYNE, KAMI, L, MCMANUS, JAMES, D, LING, LU, LASKA, DENNIS, P, MARTIN, SCOTT, R, MOE, EMILY, M, NICHOLS, ANN, M, TWITCHELL, BRIAN, G, HUFFMAN, DAWN, M, MAXTON, JACQUELINE, M, MCDANIEL, MARY, LOU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.01.2003
• 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; 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

A package including a plurality of absorbent articles, and reclosable packaging. The packaging includes a flexible pocket having a hollow interior, an opening extending into the interior, a flap for covering the opening, and a closure positioned on the pocket and/or the flap for releasably holding the flap in a closed position. The closure permits the flap to be positioned in a different location on the pocket during successive closings when successive articles are removed from the interior of the pocket to permit the packaging to conform to the remaining articles in the interior of the pocket. L'invention concerne un conditionnement comprenant une pluralité d'articles absorbants et un emballage refermable. Cet emballage comprend une pochette flexible comprenant un intérieur creux, une ouverture rentrant vers l'intérieur, un rabat permettant de recouvrir l'ouverture, et une fermeture ménagée sur la pochette et/ou le rabat afin de maintenir le rabat en position fermée de manière libérable. Grâce à la fermeture, le rabat peut être placé dans un autre emplacement de la pochette lors des fermetures successives lorsque des articles successifs sont retirés de l'intérieur de la pochette afin que l'emballage puisse se conformer aux articles restant à l'intérieur de la pochette.