Patent ID: 8348916

Claim:
An individual package comprising a tampon and a flat bag; the tampon comprises: an applicator having an external cylinder and an internal cylinder; and an absorbent body housed so as to be pushed out from the applicator, the tampon being individually enclosed in the flat bag formed with a predetermined sheet member in an elongated shape, the flat bag comprises: an unsealable portion formed as a perforated line on a first face of the flat bag extending in a width direction of the flat bag, so as to enable the tampon to be removed therefrom, the perforated line being formed so as to create a line that may be torn to open the bag; a lid portion provided on the first face of the flat bag so as to be openable and closable in a longitudinal direction of the flat bag, the unsealable portion being covered with the lid portion, said lid portion including a z-folded portion that covers the unsealable portion; a folded-back portion formed by folding the sheet member at one longitudinal end of the flat bag; and a bottom bonded portion at another longitudinal end of the flat bag into which the tampon is inserted, wherein the first face of the flat bag and a second face of the flat bag opposed to the first face of the flat bag are attached to each other at the bottom bonded portion.