12.11.19
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Bad Soden, Germany; Hans Adolf Jackels, Mechernich, Germany; Claus Peter Stoelzel, Sr., Bad Soden, Germany; Christine Elisabeth Zipf, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany; and Roland Engel, Sulzbach, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/16/16
Issued: 10/29/19
A package comprising at least one stack of compressed absorbent articles, wherein each article extends in longitudinal direction and a transversal direction, and comprises: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent layer in a core wrap, the absorbent layer comprising an absorbent material and having a longitudinally extending central portion, a first side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion and a second side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion on another side of the central portion; wherein the absorbent core further comprises a first folding guide between the central portion and the first side portion, and a second folding guide between the central portion and the second side portion; wherein each side portion comprises a plurality of winglets, each winglet having a proximal side relative to a folding guide and extending outward from this proximal side, and wherein neighboring winglets are separated by a gap between their neighboring sides; wherein each of the first folding guide and the second folding guide are substantially free of absorbent material; wherein each of the first folding guide and the second folding guide substantially continuously extend from a first location of a longitudinally-extending side edge of the absorbent core to a second location of the longitudinally-extending side edge of the absorbent core; and wherein in the package, the articles are bi-folded along a transversal fold line and are compressed at an In-Bag Compression Rate of from 5% to 50%.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/16/16
Issued: 10/29/19
A package comprising at least one stack of compressed absorbent articles, wherein each article extends in longitudinal direction and a transversal direction, and comprises: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises an absorbent layer in a core wrap, the absorbent layer comprising an absorbent material and having a longitudinally extending central portion, a first side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion and a second side portion disposed transversally outward of the central portion on another side of the central portion; wherein the absorbent core further comprises a first folding guide between the central portion and the first side portion, and a second folding guide between the central portion and the second side portion; wherein each side portion comprises a plurality of winglets, each winglet having a proximal side relative to a folding guide and extending outward from this proximal side, and wherein neighboring winglets are separated by a gap between their neighboring sides; wherein each of the first folding guide and the second folding guide are substantially free of absorbent material; wherein each of the first folding guide and the second folding guide substantially continuously extend from a first location of a longitudinally-extending side edge of the absorbent core to a second location of the longitudinally-extending side edge of the absorbent core; and wherein in the package, the articles are bi-folded along a transversal fold line and are compressed at an In-Bag Compression Rate of from 5% to 50%.
