Absorbent products having improved packaging efficiency

US8585666B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Paul Thomas Weisman · Cincinnati, US
• Dean Larry Du Val · Lebanon, US
• Harald Hermann Hundorf · Bonn, DE
• Holger Beruda · Schwalbach, DE
• Horst Blessing · Cincinnati, US
• Peter Dziezok · Hochheim, DE
• Axel Krause · Lechenich, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Lutz Stelzig · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/15365
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent product is provided. The absorbent product includes a package having an interior space and an exterior surface; and a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles has a topsheet; a backsheet; a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet; a first waist region; a second waist region; a crotch region extending longitudinally between the first and second waist regions; and a fastening member extending laterally outward from the second waist region and adapted to releasably connect with a landing zone located in the first waist region. The absorbent product exhibits an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.