Natural fiber-containing packages for absorbent articles

US12076221B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Michael Remus · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Edward Daniel Theiss, III · Pinecrest Estates, US
• Ilana Jessica Krause · Cincinnati, US
• Stephan Spiekers · Crailsheim, DE
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Emily Charlotte Boswell · Cincinnati, US
• Nery Vanesa Breslin · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W90/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material comprising natural fibers. The package material forms a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel opposite the top panel. The panels define an interior compartment, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are disposed in the interior compartment. At least three of the panels are free of seams. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 50 gsm and about 120 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package is recyclable.