Patent ID: 9101510
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An adhesive bandage wrapper construction, comprising: a wrapper having a longitudinal edge between a first end and a second end of the wrapper; a bandage contained in the wrapper and including first and second adhesive areas on corresponding end portions of the bandage for adhering the bandage to a user's skin, and a wound dressing pad disposed between the first and the second adhesive areas of the bandage for application on a wound of the user; a first cover strip and a second cover strip, wherein the cover strips are of substantially the same length, and each cover strip has a protective portion dimensioned and arranged to adhere to and to protect a corresponding adhesive area on the bandage, and a relatively thin bond area on a side of the cover strip that faces away from the corresponding adhesive area of the bandage and intermediate the wound dressing pad and the corresponding end of the wrapper, wherein the bond area includes an adhesive disposed across the width of the cover strip between the wound dressing pad and a free end of the cover strip; and wherein the wrapper envelopes the bandage including the first and the second cover strips, and the sides of the cover strips that face away from the adhesive areas of the bandage are bonded at the bond areas on the cover strips to a confronting surface of the wrapper so that when the first and the second ends of the wrapper are pulled apart to open the wrapper and remove the bandage, each cover strip is peeled away from the bandage by a part of the wrapper to which the strip is bonded by the adhesive at the bond area on the strip, thus exposing the wound dressing pad for application on the wound and avoiding contact between the pad and a hand of a user.