Package of folded disposable absorbent pants

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9259364-B2
Application number	US-201314104767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package of folded absorbent pants, the package comprising:
a housing portion which defines a height dimension, a width dimension, and a depth dimension, the housing portion comprising a front wall and a back wall, each of which extends along the width and height dimensions, the front wall being spaced from the back wall in the depth dimension, wherein the front wall comprises a transparent window region;
a plurality of absorbent pants disposed within the housing portion, each pant defining a waist opening, two leg openings, a waist end, and a crotch end, each pant defining a pant longitudinal direction that extends from the waist end to the crotch end and a pant transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
wherein 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;
wherein a portion of the pants are aligned in facing relation to define a first stack and wherein each pant in the first stack has a second folded configuration and the longitudinal direction of each pant in the first stack is aligned to define a first stack longitudinal direction;
wherein 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.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein the front wall includes text which defines a reading direction aligned with the first stack longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the display pant longitudinal direction.

3. The package of claim 2 wherein the first folded configuration is different than the second folded configuration.

4. The package of claim 3 wherein the display pant defines a first folded area in the first folded configuration and each pant in the first stack defines a second folded area in the second folded configuration that is larger than the first folded area.

5. The package of claim 4 wherein a portion of the pants are aligned in facing relation to define a second stack and wherein each pant in the second stack has a third folded configuration and the longitudinal direction of each pant in the second stack is aligned to define a second stack longitudinal direction.

6. The package of claim 5 wherein at least one of the pants is a second display pant having a fourth folded configuration and being positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the transparent window region.

7. The package of claim 6 wherein the transparent window region comprises a first window and a second window, wherein the first window is separated from the second window by an opaque bridge and wherein the first display pant is positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the first window and the second display pant is positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the second window.

8. The package of claim 3 wherein the display pant further defines a waistband region which abuts the waist end and which extends in the transverse direction to at least partially encircle the waist opening and wherein at least a portion of the waistband region is visible through the transparent window region.

9. The package of claim 3 wherein the pants in the first stack are oriented within the housing portion such that the plane defined by the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of the pants in the first stack is parallel with the front wall.

10. A package of folded absorbent pants, the package comprising:
a housing portion which defines a height dimension, a width dimension, and a depth dimension, the housing portion comprising a front wall and a back wall, each of which extends along the width and height dimensions, the front wall being spaced from the back wall in the depth dimension, wherein the front wall comprises a transparent window region;
a plurality of absorbent pants disposed within the housing portion, each pant defining a waist opening, two leg openings, a waist end, and a crotch end, each pant defining a pant longitudinal direction that extends from the waist end to the crotch end and a pant transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each pant further defining a waistband region which abuts the waist end and which extends in the transverse direction to at least partially encircle the waist opening;
wherein at least one of the pants is a first display pant having a first folded configuration and being positioned within the housing portion such that the waistband region is at least partially visible through the transparent window region;
wherein at least one of the pants is a second display pant having a second folded configuration and being positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the transparent window region but the waistband region is not visible through the transparent window region;
wherein a portion of the pants are aligned in facing relation to define a first stack and wherein each pant in the first stack has a third folded configuration and the longitudinal direction of each pant in the first stack is aligned to define a first stack longitudinal direction;
wherein a portion of the pants are aligned in facing relation to define a second stack and wherein each pant in the second stack has a fourth folded configuration and the longitudinal direction of each pant in the second stack is aligned to define a second stack longitudinal direction;
wherein the first display pant and the second display pant are positioned within the housing portion such that the longitudinal direction of the first display pant is aligned with a first direction, the longitudinal direction of the second display pant is aligned with a second direction that is different than the first direction, and the longitudinal direction of the first stack is aligned with the second direction.

11. The package of claim 10 wherein the front wall includes text which defines a reading direction aligned with the first stack longitudinal direction and the second display pant longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the first display pant longitudinal direction.

12. The package of claim 11 wherein the pants in the first stack are positioned such that the plane defined by the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction is parallel with the front wall and wherein the pants in the second stack are positioned such that the plane defined by the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction is parallel with the front wall.

13. The package of claim 12 wherein the first display pant overlays the first stack and wherein the second display pant overlays the second stack.

14. The package of claim 13 wherein the transparent window region comprises a first window and a second window, wherein the first window is separated from the second window by an opaque bridge and wherein the first display pant is positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the first window and the second display pant is positioned within the housing portion to be at least partially visible through the second window.

15. The package of claim 14 wherein the first display pant has a first color and the second display pant has a second color different than the first color.

16. The package of claim 10 wherein the first folded configuration is the same as the second folded c

Assignees

• Kimberly Clark Co

Inventors

• Mickle Patrick James
• Welch Sara Elaine
• Mlinar Joseph Andrew
• Kettenhofen Timothy John
• Creighton Erica Faye

Classifications

• A61F13/5511 Primary

  characterized by the container (A61F15/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61F13/55115

  characterized by the features before use, e.g. how are the diapers folded or arranged in a package · CPC title

• B65D25/54

  Inspection openings or windows · CPC title

• B65D5/4204

  Inspection openings or windows · CPC title

• B65D2201/00

  Means or constructions for testing or controlling the contents · CPC title