Absorbent Article Package with Enhanced Opening and Recloseability:

Astrid Annette Sheehan, Symmes Township, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 7/30/19
Issued: 12/15/20

A package formed of a flexible polymeric film, the package comprising: a. a plurality of absorbent articles; b. the flexible polymeric film enclosing the plurality of absorbent articles to define a cuboid package having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; c. one or more folding tabs proximal to the top surface and extending along a portion of a width of one or both of the first and second side walls; wherein each folding tab has a height of between about 10 mm and about 50 mm in a direction perpendicular to a length of the folding tab, and wherein each folding tab has a higher bending stiffness than the flexible polymeric film; and d. a first seam and a second seam extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the respective first and second side walls; wherein a single folding tab is provided extending along a portion of a width of three or more walls of the package, and wherein the single folding tab is provided with a weakened portion coincident with each junction between the first or second side walls and the front or rear walls and each seam over which the single folding tab extends.

A package formed of a flexible polymeric film, the package comprising: a. a plurality of absorbent articles; b. the flexible polymeric film enclosing the plurality of absorbent articles to define a cuboid package having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front wall, a rear wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; c. one or more folding tabs proximal to the top surface and extending along a portion of a width of one or both of the first and second side walls; wherein each folding tab has a height of between about 10 mm and about 50 mm in a direction perpendicular to a length of the folding tab, and wherein each folding tab has a higher bending stiffness than the flexible polymeric film; and d. a first seam and a second seam extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the respective first and second side walls; wherein each of the one or more folding tabs extends along a portion of a width of at least one of the first and second side walls and one of the front and rear walls, and wherein each folding tab is provided with a weakened portion coincident with each junction between the first or second side wall and the front or rear walls and each seam.