Patent ID: 8286793

Claim:
An individual packaging body of a tampon comprising: an elongated and flat bag body configured with a sheet-like member; and a tampon with an applicator that is to be individually packed in the bag body, wherein the bag body comprises: a first face and a second face that configure the bag body and are disposed so as to face each other; a first lateral joint portion and a second lateral joint portion that join the first face and the second face on two sides in a width direction; a tearing portion disposed near one end in a longitudinal direction of the bag body, the tearing portion having at least one slit portion that is formed continuously or intermittently so as to extend in the width direction of the bag body; a bottom joint portion that is formed in a bottom portion, which is at the other end in the longitudinal direction, so as to connect the first lateral joint portion and the second lateral joint portion, and joins the first face and the second face; a slack portion that is formed on at least one of the first face and the second face, and configured so that a length of the sheet-like member between the first lateral joint portion and the second lateral joint portion on the at least one of the first face and the second face is greater than a distance between the first lateral joint portion and the second lateral joint portion, wherein the slack portion slackens more greatly on a side of the other end of the bag body than in the side of the one end, and the slack portion is formed of the sheet-like member without being folded.