Patent ID: 6955665

Claim:
A wrapper ( 1 ) for an individual tampon ( 2 ) for feminine hygiene, said tampon ( 2 ) having an insertion end, a withdrawal end ( 2 ′), a centre portion, a perimeter, a length and an outer surface, said insertion end being opposed to said withdrawal end ( 2 ′) and said centre portion being located between said insertion and said withdrawal end ( 2 ′), said wrapper ( 1 ) being constituted of one connected piece of wrapper material or several pieces of wrapper material, which are sufficiently bonded together to act as one connected piece, said wrapper having an inner surface directed towards said tampon ( 2 ) and an outer surface being aligned opposite to said inner surface, said wrapper ( 1 ) substantially enclosing said tampon ( 2 ), said wrapper ( 1 ) having two ends, one being assigned to said insertion end of said tampon ( 2 ) and one being assigned to said withdrawal end ( 2 ′) of said tampon ( 2 ), said wrapper ( 1 ) having an opening means, said opening means allowing opening of said wrapper ( 1 ) for releasing said tampon ( 2 ), said opening means comprising at least one line of weakness ( 3 ), wherein said line of weakness ( 3 ) extends around less than the whole of said perimeter and the whole of said length of said tampon ( 2 ), said line of weakness preventing separation of said wrapper ( 1 ) into more than one piece of wrapper material upon opening.