Patent ID: 7000764

Claim:
A packaged assembly, comprising a package formed of a flexible sheet in a rectangular hexahedron having a top wall, a bottom wall, and first and second side walls being opposed to each other and connecting the top and bottom walls, said package further comprising a handle at the top wall; and a plurality of disposable diapers, each including a main body having an absorbent core attached thereto and respective waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of front and rear waist regions free of the absorbent core, said diapers being packed within said package so that said disposable diapers are stacked one upon another in a vertical direction between said top and bottom walls of said package with said front and rear waist regions in each of the diapers being placed one atop another; wherein said diapers comprise first diapers each having said waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions facing to said first side wall of said package and second diapers each having said waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions facing to said second side wall of said package; and said plurality of diapers are stacked in said vertical direction of said package to constitute at least one column which extends from the top wall to the bottom wall and in which the number of said first diapers is substantially equal to the number of said second diapers.