Absorbent Article Packages With Natural Fibers

Andrew D. Maschino, Paris, IL; Michael Estel Fisher, Rosedale, IN; Jesse B. Schalburg, Terre Haute, IN; and John Richard Renner, Marshall, IL.

Assigned to Fitesa Film Products LLC, Simpsonville, SC.

Filed: 2/9/24
Issued: 4/28/26

A package for absorbent articles comprising: a package material comprising natural fibers; wherein the package material forms a bag having a first side edge, a second side edge opposite the first side edge, a first top edge, a second top edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge in a flat laid-out state; the first side edge and the second side edge are substantially parallel, the top edge and the bottom edge are substantially parallel, and the first side edge and the second side edge are substantially rectangular to the top edge and the bottom edge in a flat laid-out state; wherein the bag with one or more absorbent articles disposed therein forms the package; wherein the package is sealed along a seal line such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed within an interior compartment of the bag; wherein the seal line on a front surface of the bag is substantially parallel to the bottom edge of the bag in a flat laid-out state; wherein the bag comprises a length LS, wherein the length LS is the distance between the seal line and the top edge along a direction parallel to the first side edge of the bag in a flat laid-out state; wherein LS is equal to or larger than 65 mm; wherein the seal line is located substantially equidistant between the first top edge and the second top edge; wherein the package material comprises less than about 5 percent, by weight of the package material, of inks, dyes, adhesives, and/or coatings; wherein the package material comprises a total rejection percentage of from about 0.5 percent to about 40 percent; and wherein the package does not comprise wicket-holes.