Patent ID: 6131736
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A re-sealable individual package in combination with an absorbent interlabial device, comprising:a) a package having a longitudinal axis, a top portion, a bottom portion positioned oppositely to the top portion, a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being the internal surface and the second surface being the external surface, the package being folded about the longitudinal axis to form two halves, the package being sealed on at least three sides, at least one sealed side of the package being re-sealable, one-half of the internal surface of the folded package facing toward the other half of the internal surface of the folded package; andb) an absorbent interlabial device being positioned between the package halves, the absorbent interlabial device having a longitudinal axis, an absorbent portion having a first surface and a second surface, the absorbent interlabial device being readily retrievable from the package such that a user neither touches nor contaminates the first surface of the absorbent portion of the absorbent interlabial device with any part of a user's hand, the absorbent interlabial device further comprising a contaminant impermeable portion attached to the second surface of the absorbent portion of the absorbent interlabial device, the package comprising a grasping portion attached to the contaminant impermeable portion of the absorbent interlabial device, the grasping portion being grasped by a user to remove the absorbent interlabial device from the re-sealable individual package.