Patent ID: 8317022

Claim:
A package of folded disposable absorbent pants, the package comprising: a housing portion which defines a height dimension, a width dimension, and a depth dimension, the housing portion comprising a front wall and a back wall, each of which extends along the width and height dimensions, the front wall being spaced from the back wall in the depth dimension, wherein the front wall comprises a transparent window region and an opaque border region; a plurality of disposable absorbent pants disposed within the housing portion, each pant defining a waist opening, two leg openings, a waist end, and a crotch end, each pant defining both a longitudinal direction that extends from the waist end to the crotch end and a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each pant further defining first and second side portions and a center portion positioned transversely between the first side portion and the second side portion, each pant further defining a waistband region which abuts the waist end and which extends in the transverse direction to at least partially encircle the waist opening, each waistband region comprising a front waistband portion and a back waistband portion, each pant further defining a crotch region which abuts the crotch end; wherein each of the plurality of pants is folded at least once in the longitudinal direction so as to position the crotch end in close proximity to the waist end, and further wherein each of the plurality of pants is folded twice in the transverse direction such that the first and second side portions of each pant are folded over the respective center portion; wherein at least a first pant of the plurality of disposable absorbent pants is positioned within the housing portion such that the longitudinal direction of the first pant extends in the height dimension, and such that at least a portion of the waistband region of the first pant is visible through the transparent window region and such that an entirety of the crotch end of the first pant is obscured by the opaque border region, wherein the crotch region of the first pant is at least partially sandwiched between the first side portion of the first pant and the center portion of the first pant.