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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Diane Dunn Farris, West Chester, OH (US);
Alicia Mary Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Ward Osborn, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an individual package in combination with an absorbent interlabial device. The package has a longitudinal axis, a top portion, a bottom portion positioned oppositely to the top portion, a first surface and a second surface. The package may be folded about the longitudinal axis to form two halves or it may be formed from one more sheets fitted together to form the package. The package may be re-sealable. An absorbent interlabial device is positioned within the package. The absorbent interlabial device is readily retrievable from the package such that a user neither touches nor contaminates the absorbent portion of the absorbent interlabial device with any part of her hand prior to the use and in using the absorbent interlabial device.