04.12.21
Wojtek Drewnowski, Richmond, VA; Pankaj Nigam, Ridgewood, NJ; Adebimpe Ogunade, Saddle Brook, NJ; Yukiko Naoi, New York, NY; and Jeffrey Kapec, Westport, CT.
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.
Filed: 3/14/14
Issued: 3/2/21
A wrapped sanitary product, comprising: a sanitary product; and a wrapper having an interior face that is disposed opposite to an exterior face, said interior face and said exterior face having a first end that is disposed opposite to a second end and a first side that is disposed opposite to a second side, wherein said wrapper forms an interior space defined by said interior face, the joining of said first side and said second side to form a longitudinal seal, the joining of said first end onto itself to form a first end seal, and the joining of said second end onto itself to form a second end seal, said longitudinal seal being disposed along a middle portion of a width of said wrapper such that said longitudinal seal is inward from and substantially parallel to a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge; wherein said wrapper has a port having a first end and a second end, said port located inwardly of said first longitudinal edge and said second longitudinal edge of said wrapper, said first end of said port located proximal to and inward of said first end, said port providing access to said interior space from outside of said wrapper, said port has a width dimension between about 0.30 inches to about 1.25 inches and a length dimension between about 1 inches to about 3 inches such that said port is sized, shaped and positioned to permit discreet removal of said sanitary product from within said wrapper, said wrapper having a flap that is sealable to said wrapper to provide a complete closure around said interior space; wherein said wrapped sanitary product has a storage configuration such that said sanitary product is contained within said interior space; wherein said flap is in a sealed position such that said interior space is not accessible by said port, which flap is integral to said wrapper; wherein said wrapper has an accessible configuration such that said sanitary product can be removed from said interior space, wherein said flap is at least partially removed from said port such that said interior space is accessible; and wherein said wrapper has a second storage configuration such that said sanitary product has been removed from said interior space thereby leaving the interior space vacated, and wherein flap is at least partially resealable to said wrapper thereby resealing said interior space; and a sticker independent of the flap and attached to the flap, which sticker is at least partially detachable from said wrapper in said accessible configuration, and wherein said sticker is sealable to the exterior face to hold the flap in a position wherein the wrapper, including the flap, provide a complete closure around said interior space in said storage configuration and in said second storage configuration; wherein said flap is pivotally attached to said wrapper at a position between said second end of said port and a portion of said interior space configured to receive at least a portion of said sanitary product, and configured such that said flap can be rotated about said pivotal attachment towards said second end; wherein said pivotal attachment is positioned such that said flap and said sticker are pivotable towards said second end; wherein said flap and said sticker attached to the flap have a combined weight that is sufficient to rotate at least a portion of said flap about said pivotal attachment and thereby bias said flap in said accessible configuration; wherein said sticker has a length dimension and a width dimension that are greater than said length dimension and said width dimension of said port, respectively; and wherein said sticker and said flap, when rotated into a completely open position, do not extend beyond the second end of the wrapper.
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.
Filed: 3/14/14
Issued: 3/2/21
A wrapped sanitary product, comprising: a sanitary product; and a wrapper having an interior face that is disposed opposite to an exterior face, said interior face and said exterior face having a first end that is disposed opposite to a second end and a first side that is disposed opposite to a second side, wherein said wrapper forms an interior space defined by said interior face, the joining of said first side and said second side to form a longitudinal seal, the joining of said first end onto itself to form a first end seal, and the joining of said second end onto itself to form a second end seal, said longitudinal seal being disposed along a middle portion of a width of said wrapper such that said longitudinal seal is inward from and substantially parallel to a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge; wherein said wrapper has a port having a first end and a second end, said port located inwardly of said first longitudinal edge and said second longitudinal edge of said wrapper, said first end of said port located proximal to and inward of said first end, said port providing access to said interior space from outside of said wrapper, said port has a width dimension between about 0.30 inches to about 1.25 inches and a length dimension between about 1 inches to about 3 inches such that said port is sized, shaped and positioned to permit discreet removal of said sanitary product from within said wrapper, said wrapper having a flap that is sealable to said wrapper to provide a complete closure around said interior space; wherein said wrapped sanitary product has a storage configuration such that said sanitary product is contained within said interior space; wherein said flap is in a sealed position such that said interior space is not accessible by said port, which flap is integral to said wrapper; wherein said wrapper has an accessible configuration such that said sanitary product can be removed from said interior space, wherein said flap is at least partially removed from said port such that said interior space is accessible; and wherein said wrapper has a second storage configuration such that said sanitary product has been removed from said interior space thereby leaving the interior space vacated, and wherein flap is at least partially resealable to said wrapper thereby resealing said interior space; and a sticker independent of the flap and attached to the flap, which sticker is at least partially detachable from said wrapper in said accessible configuration, and wherein said sticker is sealable to the exterior face to hold the flap in a position wherein the wrapper, including the flap, provide a complete closure around said interior space in said storage configuration and in said second storage configuration; wherein said flap is pivotally attached to said wrapper at a position between said second end of said port and a portion of said interior space configured to receive at least a portion of said sanitary product, and configured such that said flap can be rotated about said pivotal attachment towards said second end; wherein said pivotal attachment is positioned such that said flap and said sticker are pivotable towards said second end; wherein said flap and said sticker attached to the flap have a combined weight that is sufficient to rotate at least a portion of said flap about said pivotal attachment and thereby bias said flap in said accessible configuration; wherein said sticker has a length dimension and a width dimension that are greater than said length dimension and said width dimension of said port, respectively; and wherein said sticker and said flap, when rotated into a completely open position, do not extend beyond the second end of the wrapper.
