US 12,076,221 B2
Natural fiber-containing packages for absorbent articles
Michael Remus, Heidelberg (DE); Edward Daniel Theiss, III, Union Township, OH (US); Ilana Jessica Krause, Cincinnati, OH (US); Stephan Spiekers, Frankenhardt (DE); Lee Mathew Arent, Fairfield, OH (US); Benjamin Jacob Clare, Cincinnati, OH (US); Emily Charlotte Boswell, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Nery Vanesa Breslin, Hamilton, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,507, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,580, filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,668, filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,516, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031532 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/551 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/551 (2013.01) [A61F 13/5511 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package comprising one or more absorbent articles, further comprising:
a package material comprising natural fibers;
wherein 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, wherein the panels define an interior compartment, and wherein the one or more absorbent articles are disposed in the interior compartment;
wherein at least three of the panels are free of seams;
wherein the bottom panel comprises a cross bottom configuration;
wherein the top panel comprises closing gussets, a closing seam, and a closing seam fin extending from the closing seam;
wherein the package comprises a weakened region disposed in the package material configured to form an opening, wherein the weakened region is disposed between the closing seam and the interior compartment;
wherein the package material has a Basis Weight between about 50 gsm and about 120 gsm; and
wherein the package is recyclable.