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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Patrick James Mickle, Appleton, WI (US);
Sara Elaine Welch, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Andrew Mlinar, Appleton, WI (US);
Timothy John Kettenhofen, Appleton, WI (US);
Erica Faye Creighton, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A package of folded absorbent pants includes a housing portion with a front wall having a transparent window region. A plurality of absorbent pants are disposed within the housing portion. At least one of the pants is a display pant having a first folded configuration and being positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the transparent window region. A portion of the pants have a second folded configuration and are aligned in facing relation to define a first stack. The display pant is positioned within the housing portion such that the longitudinal direction of the display pant is aligned in a first direction and the first stack longitudinal direction is aligned in a second direction that is different than the first direction.