EP3632812A1 - Verpackung von absorbierenden artikeln mit verbessertem öffnungssystem - Google Patents

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EP3632812A1
EP3632812A1 EP18197926.1A EP18197926A EP3632812A1 EP 3632812 A1 EP3632812 A1 EP 3632812A1 EP 18197926 A EP18197926 A EP 18197926A EP 3632812 A1 EP3632812 A1 EP 3632812A1
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Juan Miguel MARTINI MERLO
Mariana Guadalupe Cisneros Flores
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
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    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/5827—Tear-lines provided in a wall portion

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  • the invention pertains to the technical field of packaging for disposable absorbent articles, particularly the present invention relates to a packaging comprising a plurality of compressed absorbent articles in one or more stacks with an opening system which makes the articles accessible to the caregiver in order to be taken out of the packaging one at a time.
  • the disposable absorbent articles are articles used to absorb and contain body exudates
  • some examples of disposable absorbent articles are disposable diapers and disposable pants for babies and for incontinent adults, sanitary napkins, pads, pantiliners, etc.
  • these articles are packaged in a flexible packaging containing several articles placed one next to the other in compressed form in order to optimize the packaging and the shelf space, depending on the number of articles inside the packaging, many times these are arranged in stacks one on top of the other; said packaging usually have an "easy-opening" system consisting in one or several weakening lines whereby the packaging can be opened to get the product out, but the easy opening system is useful for taking out the articles form the upper stack and it is difficult to access to the articles in the below stack.
  • the articles are compressed to be packaged, when the packaging is opened through said weakness lines it is still difficult to take one diaper at a time, and is especially difficult to pull out the very first diaper from the packaging without pulling the contiguous diapers at the same time.
  • caregivers need a packaging with an improved opening system, especially for those packaging comprising a plurality of absorbent articles disposed of in one or more stacks, wherein each individual absorbent article is compressed against another absorbent article to fit within the packaging.
  • the opening system needs to be easy to handle and should let the caregiver take one diaper at a time and to have an easy access to the articles of each stack.
  • the packaging of this invention solves this problem introducing in the packaging an easy opening system between each two stacks of disposable absorbent articles, so that when opened, two continuous stacks are accessible to the caregiver in order to take out an article form the packaging; besides, the easy opening system of the invention, helps to release pressure within the packaging in order to pull out easily each disposable absorbent article individually, without pulling out the contiguous absorbent articles.
  • the easy opening system will help to make the articles available and easy to grab
  • the EP1819609 issued Dec, 9, 2004 to Clark James describes a flexible package for disposable absorbent articles with an opening device confined to the top surface and with at least one line of weakness, the opening device provides for easy opening of the flexible package and provides for easy access to articles within the interior compartment of the flexible package, in addition, the flexible package retains its shape even as the articles are removed from the flexible package.
  • the EP2723653 issued June 22, 2011 to Everson Stacy refers to a flexible packaging comprising a gusset adjacent to a top panel, a first weakness line on one side of a side panel longitudinal central axis, a second weakness line on the opposite side of the same side panel long central axis and a third weakness line longitudinally between the first and second weakness lines, each line extending through the gusset of the packaging.
  • the US5361905 issued Sep.,22,1993 to McQueeny divulges a flexible packaging for disposable absorbent articles arranged in plurality of stacks and with an opening means which extends across a primary opening wall and extends across each of a pair of oppositely located, complementary opening walls and positioned between immediately adjacent arrays of stacked articles, thereby providing for a separation of said package into at least a pair of sub packages.
  • the flexible package of this invention does notsolve the problem of releasing pressure within the packaging in order to pull out easily each disposable absorbent article individually.
  • the packaging (1) having a substantially rectangular prism shape comprising; a front panel (11); a rear panel (12); two lateral panels (13); an upper panel (14); and a lower panel (15);
  • said packaging (1) is configured to be opened by a transverse weakness line (5) which is positioned between the two stacks (3a,3b), so that when opened, each stack (3a,3b) is individually exposed, to that the transverse weakness line (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of one of the front or rear panels and extends through the entire width "w 2 " of the two lateral panels (13);
  • the packaging (1) comprises at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) intersecting the transverse weakness line (5) on one of the lateral panels (13) forming a perpendicular angle between said transverse weakness line (5) and said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6); preferably wherein the lateral longitudinal weakness line
  • the absorbent articles (2) are arranged in three or more stacks (3) being piled one over the other within the packaging (1)
  • said packaging (1) is configured to be opened by transverse weakness lines (5) positioned between each one of the stacks piled inside the packaging, the transverse weakness lines (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of one of the front or rear panels and extends through the entire width "w 2 " of the two lateral panels (13);
  • the packaging (1) comprises at least two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) intersecting the transverse weakness lines (5) on one of the lateral panels (13) forming a perpendicular angle between said transverse weakness lines (5) and said lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6); wherein the lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) release pressure to pull out the first absorbent article (4) from each of the stacks of absorbent articles.
  • the packaging (1) of the invention contains one stack (3a) of disposable absorbent articles
  • the packaging (1) is configured to be opened by a transverse weakness line (5) being positioned between the upper edge (16) and the transverse centerline (x-x) of any of the front or rear panels (11,12), wherein the transverse weakness line (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of one of the front and rear panels (11,12) and extends through the entire width "w 2 " of the two lateral panels (13a, 13b), so that the packaging (1) comprises at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) that extends from the transverse weakness line (5) on one of the lateral panels (13a, 13b) in a direction toward the lower edge (17) of said lateral panel (13a, 13b), forming a perpendicular angle between said transverse weakness line (5) and said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6); and preferably releases pressure such that the first absorbent article (4) from the packaging (1) can be pulled out without tearing the a substantial portion of the packaging,
  • the present invention is preferably directed to a packaging for disposable absorbent articles.
  • caregivers need a packaging with an improved opening system, especially for those packaging comprising a plurality of absorbent articles disposed in two or more stacks, wherein each individual absorbent article is compressed against other absorbent article to fit within the packaging.
  • the opening system needs to be easy to handle and should let the caregiver take one diaper at a time.
  • there are many packaging for disposable absorbent articles that comprise a weakness lines to be opened nonetheless, when the packaging are opened through said weakness lines it is still difficult to take one diaper at a time, and is especially difficult to pull out the very first diaper from the packaging without pulling the contiguous diapers at the same time. This is mainly due to the compression force within the packaging.
  • the packaging for disposable absorbent articles of the present invention provides an improved opening system, which consists on weakness lines that are not only easy to handle but also help to release pressure within the packaging in order to pull out easily each disposable absorbent article individually, without pulling out the contiguous absorbent articles.
  • the disposable absorbent articles (2) comprised within the packaging may have an extended configuration such as exemplified in Fig. 1a , with a topsheet (21b), a backsheet (21a) and an absorbent core (29) between said topsheet and said backsheet (21a, 21b), and other additional components well known in the art, such as a fastening member (31) disposed on the backsheet (21b)
  • the disposable absorbent articles (2) may be bi-folded or tri-folded.
  • the disposable absorbent articles (2) are bi-folded preferably through a central transverse fold line (28a) that crosses the entire width of the disposable absorbent article (2) and through at least two lateral longitudinal fold lines (28b, 28c) that are placed preferably outward from the absorbent core structure (29).
  • the baby diapers may be preferably folded first through said two lateral longitudinal fold lines (28b, 28b) and then folded through said central transverse fold line (28a).
  • the backsheet (21a) is facing toward the exterior and the topsheet (21b) toward the interior as can be seen in Fig.
  • the bi-folded diaper forms an inversed "U" shape with a front face (22a) and an opposite back face (22b), two lateral faces (23), two lateral edges (26 and 27), an apex (24) that matches with the central transverse fold line (28a) and an opposite edge (25) where the front and back edges (30a,30b) of the diaper coincide.
  • the folded disposable absorbent article (2) has a length "a" which is equal to the length of the stacks (3) of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the packaging (1).
  • the stacks (3) are formed by at least two disposable absorbent articles (2) accommodated contiguously with the front face (22a) facing against the back face (22b) of the adjacent disposable absorbent article. Once the stack (3) is stored within the packaging (1), the lateral faces (23) face toward a surface of the packaging (1).
  • Fig. 2 shows the packaging (1) of the present invention, full with disposable absorbent articles (2)
  • said packaging (1) comprises a substantially rectangular prism shape with a front panel (11), a rear panel (12), two lateral panels (13a, 13b), an upper panel (14) and a lower panel (15).
  • the absorbent articles (2) are stored within the packaging (1) in folded configuration such as Figs. 1b to 1d and grouped in two stacks (3a, 3b).
  • Each stack (3) comprises a plurality of disposable absorbent articles (2) and the two stacks (3) are arranged contiguously piled one over the other.
  • each absorbent article (2) in the packaging is oriented toward one of the two lateral panels (13a, 13b), and either of the lateral faces (23) of the absorbent articles (2) are oriented toward the front panel (11) and the opposing lateral face (23) is oriented toward the rear panel (12).
  • the front and rear panels (11,12) comprise a width "w 1 " which is determined by the width of the stacks (3) when stored within the packaging (1). As seen in Fig.
  • transverse weakness line (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of the front panel (11) or of the rear panel (12) Said transverse weakness line (5) extends from said front or rear panel (11,12) toward the two lateral panels (13a, 13b) through its entire width "w 2 ", said width "w 2 " is determined by the width of the front and back faces (22a,22b) of the disposable absorbent articles (2) .
  • the packaging (1) for disposable absorbent articles (2) of the invention may as well comprise one or more seals (9) on at least one of its surfaces for forming the packaging (1).
  • the packaging (1) is closed entirely through the seals (9) in order to keep inside the disposable absorbent articles (2) and to maintain the absorbent articles in a substantially hermetic storage..
  • the packaging (1) also comprises at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) that extends on one or the two lateral panels (13a, 13b), said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) intersects the transverse weakness line (5) forming a perpendicular angle between said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) and said transverse weakness line (5).
  • Fig. 3 which illustrates a lateral side view of the packaging of the present invention, shows clearly the perpendicular angle formed between said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) and said transverse weakness line (5).
  • Said transverse weakness line (5) is placed between the two stacks (3a, 3b) so that when the packaging (1) is opened, each stack (3a, 3b) is individually exposed as seen in Fig. 4 .
  • the stacks (3a, 3b) may be arranged so that the apices (24) of the absorbent articles in the first stack (3a) are adjacent to the apices (24) of the absorbent articles in the second stack (3b), in this way, once the packaging (1) is opened through said transverse weakness line (5), both stacks (3a, 3b) expose the apices (24) of the absorbent articles (2) through the formed opening.
  • the stacks (3a, 3b) may be arranged so that the opposite edges (25) of the absorbent articles in the first stack (3a) are adjacent to the opposite edges (25) of the absorbent articles in the second stack (3b), in this way, once the packaging (1) is opened through said transverse weakness line (5), both stacks (3a, 3b) expose the opposite edges (25) of the absorbent articles (2) through the formed opening.
  • the stacks (3a, 3b) may be arranged within the packaging (1) so that the apices (24) of the absorbent articles (2) in the first stack (3a) are adjacent to the opposite edges (25) of the absorbent articles (2) in the second stack (3b), in this way, once the packaging (1) is opened through said transverse weakness line (5), the first stack (3a) may expose the apices (24) of the absorbent articles (2) and the second adjacent stack (3b) may expose the opposite edges (25) of the absorbent articles (2), as seen in Fig. 4 .
  • the process for packaging the disposable absorbent articles (2) is simple and low-cost because all the disposable absorbent articles (2) are folded and stacked in a single direction without the need of rotating one of the two stacks (3a, 3b) in 180° so that the apices (24) or the opposite edges (25) of each stack (3a, 3b) meet.
  • Fig. 4 shows the packaging (1) for disposable absorbent articles (2) of the present invention opened through the transverse weakness line (5), which, once the packaging is open, partially separates said packaging (1) into a first portion (7) and a second portion (8), each portion joined together only by either the front or rear panel (11,12) where the transverse weakness line (5) does not extend.
  • each portion (7, 8) is defined by an upper edge (16), a lower edge (17), a first lateral edge (18) and a second lateral edge (19).
  • the packaging (1) is configured to be opened and then folded through a junction portion (31) which is the portion of the front or the rear panel (11,12) where the transverse weakness line (5) does not extend.
  • the junction portion (31) keeps the first portion (7) of the packaging joined to the second portion (8) of the packaging in said opened configuration.
  • the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) intersects said transverse weakness line (5) on either of the lateral panels (13a, 13b), in alternative configuration of the present invention two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6a, 6b) intersect the transverse weakness line (5) in each of the lateral panels (13a, 13b).
  • the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) is longitudinally divided by the transverse weakness line (5), so that a fist half (20a) of the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) is placed on the first portion (7) of the packaging and the second half (20b) of the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) is place on the second portion (8) of the packaging when it is opened.
  • the length "b" of both halves (20a, 20b) of the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) extends from 1/6 to 1/3, preferably from 1/5 to 1/4 of the length "a" of the absorbent article (1) in folded configuration.
  • the lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6, 6a, 6b) may be positioned on a lateral longitudinal centerline (10) placed in the lateral panels (13a, 13b) or in a region preferably closer to the lateral longitudinal centerline (10) than to either of the first or second lateral edges (18,19) of the first and second portions (7, 8) of the opened packaging (1).
  • the strength required for taking out the first disposable diaper (4) from the packaging (1) is determined by factors such as the compression force of the packaging (1) against the stack (3) of disposable absorbent articles (2), the density and thickness of the diaper, the amount of disposable diapers in each stack, the friction between the materials of the disposable absorbent articles (backsheet, elastic waist, rear and front panels, fastening elements, etc.) and between said materials against the inner surface of the packaging (1), among other factors.
  • opening the lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6a, 6b) will influence directly the strength required for taking out a first absorbent article (4) from the packaging (1), when at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6a,6b) is opened in one of the two lateral panels (13a, 13b) of the packaging (1) the compression force of the packaging is reduced and the strength for taking out said absorbent article (4) will be 2000 g/in at most.
  • the opening through lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) of the present invention allows the caregiver to grab firmly with one hand a significant portion of the disposable absorbent article, said portion can be mainly the apex (24) along with a portion of the front face (22a) and the back face (22b) of a disposable absorbent article, front
  • the available portion of the first disposable absorbent article (4) will be directly determined by the length "b" of one half of lateral longitudinal weakness line (20a, 20b), if the length " b" is 1/3 of the length "a” of the disposable absorbent article in said folded configuration, then the hand of the caregiver will be allowed to grab a length of about 1/3 of the disposable absorbent article and said apex (24) or opposing edge (25).
  • the absorbent articles (2) are arranged in three or more stacks (3) being piled one over the other within the packaging (1)
  • said packaging (1) is configured to be opened by transverse weakness lines (5) positioned between each one of the stacks piled inside the packaging, the transverse weakness lines (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of one of the front or rear panels and extends through the entire width "w 2 " of the two lateral panels (13);
  • the packaging (1) comprises at least two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) intersecting the transverse weakness lines (5) on one of the lateral panels (13) forming a perpendicular angle between said transverse weakness lines (5) and said lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6); wherein the lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) release pressure to pull out the first absorbent article (4) from each of the stacks of absorbent articles.
  • the packaging (1) full with disposable absorbent articles (2), comprises a substantially rectangular prism shape with a front panel (11), a rear panel (12), two lateral panels (13a, 13b), an upper panel (14) and a lower panel (15).
  • the absorbent articles (2) are stored within the packaging (1) in folded configuration such as Figs. 1b to 1d and grouped in one stack (3a).
  • the stack (3a) comprises a plurality of disposable absorbent articles (2).
  • each absorbent article (2) in the packaging is oriented toward one of the two lateral panels (13a, 13b), and either of the lateral faces (23) of the absorbent articles (2) are oriented toward the front panel (11) and the opposing lateral face (23) is oriented toward the rear panel (12).
  • the front and rear panels (11,12) comprise a width "w 1 " which is determined by the width of the stack (3a) when stored within the packaging (1).
  • the transverse weakness line (5) crosses the entire width "w 1 " of the front panel (11) or of the rear panel (12).
  • Said transverse weakness line (5) extends from said front or rear panel (11,12) toward the two lateral panels (13a, 13b) through its entire width "w 2 " , said width "w 2 " is determined by the width of the front and back faces (22a,22b) of the disposable absorbent articles (2).
  • the packaging (1) also comprises at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) that extends on one or the two lateral panels (13a, 13b), said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) intersects the transverse weakness line (5) forming a perpendicular angle between said lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) and said transverse weakness line (5).
  • the transverse weakness line (5) is placed in any point between the upper edge (17) and the transverse centerline (x-x), preferably closer to the upper edge (17) of the panels in which said transverse weakness line (5) is present.
  • the packaging (1) comprises at least one lateral longitudinal weakness line (6a, 6b) that extends from the transverse weakness line(5) on one of the lateral panels (13a, 13b) in a direction toward the lower edge (17) of said lateral panel (13a, 13b), forming a perpendicular angle between said transverse weakness line (5) and said lateral longitudinal weakness line (13a, 13b); and releases pressure to pull out the first absorbent article from the packaging.
  • the lateral longitudinal weakness line (6) intersects said transverse weakness line (5) on either of the lateral panels (13a, 13b), in alternative configuration of the present invention two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6a, 6b) intersect the transverse weakness line (5) in each of the lateral panels (13a, 13b).
  • the length "c" of said lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6, 6a, 6b) extends from 1/6 to 1/3, preferably from 1/5 to 1/4 of the length "a" of the absorbent article (1) in folded configuration.
  • the material of the packaging (1) may be any suitable monolayer or multilayer film made of a thermoplastic polyolefin, preferably polypropylene or polyethylene, or a copolymer thereof, it may be as well a polyester such as polylactic acid (PLA) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), nylon or a copolymer thereof.
  • Said material may be flexible or semi-flexible so that the packaging (1) can be opened with easiness through the formed perforations of the weakness lines.
  • the method to measure the strength required to take out the first disposable diaper from the packaging of the present invention requires the use of a dynamometer.
  • the packaging used is a double stack packaging with two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6), one at each lateral panel (13a, 13b).
  • Test method Strength for taking out the first disposable absorbent article from its packaging
  • the average strength required for taking out a first disposable absorbent article is 1770 g/in, while the average strength required for taking out a disposable absorbent article in Sample A is greater than 2000 g/in.
  • the two lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) included in Sample B reduce significantly the strength required to pull out said first disposable absorbent article (4). Both weakness lines help to improve the handling of the packaging during use, while the transverse weakness line (5) allows the access to both of the stacks (3a, 3b), the lateral longitudinal weakness lines (6) makes easier to pull out the first disposable absorbent article (4) on each stack (3a, 3b).

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