Patent ID: 7523825
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A package for personal care products comprising: a container component comprising a top panel, a bottom panel and at least one side wall, top panel is connected to the bottom panel by at least one side wall each wall and panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface of each of the bottom panel and the at least one side wall define a chamber for holding at least two absorbent personal care articles; and a plurality of absorbent personal care articles placed within said chamber of the container component; wherein the exterior surface of each of the top panel, and the at least one side wall, is devoid of any indicia which tends to indicate that the container has at least one personal care product placed within said chamber, wherein the at least one side wall comprises a front side wall, a back side wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the top panel is connected to the bottom panel by the front side wall, the back side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall; and the front side wall is connected to the back side wall by the first side wall and the second side wall, each wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface of each of the bottom panel, the front side wall, the back side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall define a chamber for holding at least two absorbent personal care articles; and wherein the exterior surface of each of the top panel, the front side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall is devoid of any indicia which tends to indicate that the container has at least one personal care product placed within said chamber; and further comprising an interior panel, an opening device, an inner material component and an exterior material component, wherein the interior panel comprises a first section, a second section and a third section, wherein the first section is joined to the third section by the second section, and the first section is in contact with a portion of the interior surface of the first side wall, the second section is in contact with a portion of the interior surface of the front side wall and the third section is in contact with a portion of the interior surface of the second side wall, the opening device divides the container component into a top section and a bottom section, said top section comprises the top panel, at least a portion of the front side wall, an upper portion of the first side wall and an upper portion of the second side wall and said bottom section comprises the bottom panel, at least a portion of the back side wall, a lower portion of the first side wall and a lower portion of the second side wall; the opening device comprises a line of weakness starting at a location on the first side wall at a first point where the first side wall intersects the back side wall, said line of weakness extends to the front side wall and the second side wall, ending at a location on the second side wall at a second point where the second side wall intersects the back side wall, a second line of weakness on the back side wall, which connects the first point to the second point, the first line of weakness allows the upper portion of the first side wall, the upper portion of the second side wall and the portion of the front side wall, to be separated from the lower portion of the first side wall, the lower portion of the second side wall and any lower portion of the front side wall present, respectively, and the second line of weakness provides a pivoting axis which allows the top portion to pivot relative to the bottom portion along the second line of weakness and a portion of the interior surface of the upper portion of the first side wall and a portion of the interior surface of the upper portion of the second side wall contact first section and the third section of the interior panel, when the package is in a closed position; the inner material encircles at least a portion of the absorbent personal care articles placed within the chamber and the inner material has a first end and a second end, the inner material encircles the absorbent personal care articles such that the first and second end overlap each other towards the front side wall of the container, and the first end is removably attached to the second end; the exterior material component contacts at least a portion of the outer surfaces of at least four walls of the container component and exterior material component comprises indicia which indicates that the container comprises at least one personal care product placed within said chamber.