Patent ID: 7048124
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: A61F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging unit having a first side and an opposite second side, the packaging unit comprising: a plurality of folded absorbent articles, each absorbent article having a front end portion, a rear end portion, and a crotch portion arranged between the end portions, each absorbent article further comprising an absorption body comprising a front transverse edge arranged at the front end portion of the article, and a rear transverse edge arranged at the rear end portion of the article, each article being folded along a substantially transverse fold line arranged in the crotch portion so as to form a fold area, and wherein some of said folded absorbent articles are oriented with said fold areas at the first side of the packaging unit, and some of said folded absorbent articles in the packaging unit are oriented with their fold areas at the second side of the packaging unit, wherein a sum of the front transverse edges and the rear transverse edges disposed at the first side of the packaging unit is at most equal to 100% of the number of said fold areas at the first side of the packaging unit, wherein a sum of the front transverse edges and the rear transverse edges at the second side of the packaging unit is at most equal to 100% of the number of fold areas at the second side of the packaging unit; and wherein articles arranged with their fold lines at the first side of the packaging unit are offset by a distance of about 5–30 mm in relation to articles arranged with their fold lines at the second side of the packaging unit.