Patent ID: 7150137
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: A61F,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a package, comprising: a. transporting a plurality of articles in a consecutive manner to a folding unit; b. folding each of said articles; c. changing the orientation of each of said articles at regularly spaced intervals; d. aligning a predetermined number of each of said articles with an article front face or an article back face in a contacting relationship such that an article front face contacts another front face or an article back face contacts an article back face of an adjacent article to form an uncompressed array, wherein a predetermined number of each of said articles have upper article sections located in a first array region of said array and a second predetermined number of each of said articles have upper article sections located in a second array region of said array; and e. placing said array in a flexible outer casing.