Absorbent article packages with natural fibers and opening features

US12178692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Michael Remus · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Naomi Ruth Nelson · Cincinnati, US
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Edward Daniel Theiss, III · Pinecrest Estates, US
• Stephan Spiekers · Crailsheim, DE
• Victoria Anne BORCHERT · West Chester, US
• Peter Kramkowski · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE
• Michael Wayne Taylor · Cincinnati, US
• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Emily Charlotte Boswell · Cincinnati, US
• Nery Vanesa Breslin · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/5827
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material enclosing the one or more absorbent articles. The package material has natural fibers and 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. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 55 gsm and about 115 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package has a weakened region. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed in the interior compartment.