Array of individually packaged absorbent articles, container, and method of making
US11583450B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M3/008
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for making individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles is provided. It comprises: (i) providing a single image with indicia wherein at least one of the indicia is repeated more than once within said single image; (ii) printing a plurality of said single images over a continuous film to form a continuous repetition of the same single image in a side-by-side arrangement; (iii) cutting the printed film and/or web material along a transverse axis such to form a plurality of individual segments of film forming individual wrapping sheets comprising a portion of said single image and sized such to each accommodate one of said personal hygiene absorbent articles therein; (iv) wrapping individual personal hygiene absorbent articles each with one of said wrapping sheets such that a printed portion of the wrapping sheet is viewable; (v) stacking a plurality of the individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles into a container.
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