The Procter Gamble Company

Stephan Spiekers

Lee Mathew Arent

Emily Charlotte Boswell

Benjamin Jacob Clare

Michael Remus

Edward Daniel Theiss, Iii

Peter Kramkowski

Nery Vanesa Breslin

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Michael Wayne Taylor

Ibrahim Ulas

Ilana Jessica Krause

Markus Port

Andre Josephine Karel De Saert

Victoria Anne Borchert

Geert Ivo Coletta Maria Cloostermans-Huwaert

Thomas Reinhold Albert Wessel

Thomas Albert Reinhold Wessel

A package of one or more absorbent articles, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are sealed within the package is described. The package has a plurality of panels and a top fold line. The plurality of panels includes a consumer-facing panel and a top panel disposed superjacent to the consumer-facing panel. Each of the plurality of panels has an inner surface and an outer surface. The top fold line is disposed between the consumer-facing panel and the top panel, and the top fold line is colinear, at least in part, with a cross-wise crease. And the package material has natural fibers and has a basis weight of between 60 gsm to 120 gsm, more preferably between 65 gsm to 105 gsm, or most preferably between 70 gsm to 90 gsm, as determined via ISO 536 as modified herein.

Sealed absorbent article package with natural fibers

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.

Absorbent article packages with natural fibers and opening features

A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material comprising natural fibers. The package material 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, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are disposed in the interior compartment. At least three of the panels are free of seams. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 50 gsm and about 120 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package is recyclable.

Natural fiber-containing packages for absorbent articles

A packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products, e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like, into a plastic bag made of an endless film, has specific forming shoulder () and MD sealing unit () to produce a MD seal () at a closure edge () of the bag. Thus four integral side panels are available at the bag (WB) for imprinting.

Packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products into a plastic bag

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Frankenhardt, Germany

Stephan Spiekers