JP3223065U - Package of contained items having absorbent articles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a package that facilitates removal of a container having an absorbent article and prevents the container from inadvertently popping out. A standing bag 10 of a packaging body 1 is formed of a thermoplastic film, and has a front surface 11, a rear surface 12, a bottom surface, and outer peripheral seal portions 14a and 14c in which a front surface 11 and a rear surface 12 are joined to each other. 14d, the housing space S surrounded by the outer peripheral seal portions 14a, 14c, 14d and the bottom surface, the upper end portion 41 extending in the width direction X, and the constriction where the opening means 15 is located below the upper end portion 41. Part 43 and accommodation part 44 in which accommodations 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B located below constriction part 43 are accommodated. Of the inner peripheral dimension of the upper end 41, the inner peripheral dimension of the constricted part 43, and the inner peripheral dimension of the accommodating part 44, the inner peripheral dimension of the constricted part 43 is the smallest, and the inner peripheral dimension of the accommodating part 44, the upper end part 41 The outer peripheral dimension of the absorbent article is the smallest among the inner peripheral dimension and the outer peripheral dimension of the absorbent article. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a package of a container having absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, sanitary shorts, sanitary napkins and the like.

  Conventionally, the package of the containing thing which has an absorbent article is well-known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a package including a standing bag in which a plurality of absorbent articles are housed and which can be placed in a self-standing state with respect to the placement surface.

JP2011-11199A (P2011-11199A)

  According to the package disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the entire width of the package (standing bag) is substantially the same, when the size of the take-out port is adjusted to the size of the contained item, the take-out is taken out. On the other hand, after opening, when the package is stored in a self-supporting state, the absorbent article may jump out of the outlet when it is laid down or turned upside down when it is carried There is.

  Further, when the size of the take-out port is made relatively small, the entire accommodation space is reduced accordingly, and the contained item is forcedly pushed in without any gaps, making it difficult to take out. In particular, in the case where the absorbent article is packaged in a state where the absorbent article is folded into individual packages, the overlapping portion of the pad-shaped absorbent body is bulky, and the container portion of the standing bag is inflated. It can be said that it is difficult to take out by inserting the fingertip.

  This invention makes it a subject to provide the package which is easy to take out the stored item which has an absorbent article, and a stored item does not jump out outside carelessly.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a package of a container having an absorbent article according to the present invention has a width direction, a vertical direction, and a front-rear direction intersecting them, and is stored in a standing bag and the standing bag. It is related with the package of the accommodation which has an absorbent article made.

  In the packaging body according to the present invention, the standing bag is enclosed by a front surface, a rear surface, a bottom surface, an outer peripheral seal portion in which the front surface and the rear surface are joined to each other, and the outer peripheral seal portion and the bottom surface. A space, an upper end portion extending in the width direction, a constricted portion located below the upper end portion, and a accommodating portion in which the contents located under the constricted portion are accommodated, and the upper end portion Among the inner circumferential dimension L1, the inner circumferential dimension L2 of the constricted portion, and the inner circumferential dimension L3 of the accommodating portion, the inner circumferential dimension L2 of the constricted portion is the smallest, and the inner circumferential dimension L3 of the accommodating portion, The outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent article is the smallest among the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end and the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent article.

The package of the container having the absorbent article according to the present invention includes the following preferred embodiments.
(1) The correlation between the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end part, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part, the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating part, and the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent article is L3> L1 ≧ L2 and L3> L1 ≧ L4. It is.
(2) The outer peripheral dimension L5 of the container is equal to or larger than at least the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion and the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion.
(3) The standing bag further includes upper and lower edges and side edges, a pair of upper corners formed by the upper edge and the side edges intersecting each other, the lower edge and the both edges Have a pair of lower corner portions that intersect each other, and at least one corner portion of the upper corner portion and the lower corner portion has a convex curved shape.
(4) At least one of the pair of upper corner portions and at least one of the pair of lower corner portions are convexly curved.
(5) The bottom surface is folded in a gusset shape.
(6) The outer peripheral seal portion includes first and second side seal portions extending in the vertical direction, and the front surface and the rear surface are lower ends extending further downward from the first and second side seal portions, respectively. The lower end portion of the front surface and the lower end portion of the rear surface are joined to each other via a welded portion that is spaced apart below the first and second side seal portions.
(7) An information display unit including non-decorative elements is disposed on the bottom surface formed from the inner surface of the lower end portion of the front surface and the inner surface of the lower end portion of the rear surface.
(8) The welded portion has a substantially semicircular shape.
(9) A decorative portion having a decorative element on the outer surface of the standing bag, the decorative element capable of reminding that the outer contour of the standing bag imitates a female body.
(10) An opening means is located in the constricted portion.
(11) The opening means is one of a slit extending from the first side seal portion inward in the width direction, a perforation, a zipper, and an opening tape welded to the standing bag.
(12) A suspension means is located at the upper end.
(13) At least a part of the standing bag is transparent or translucent.

  According to the package body of an article having an absorbent article according to the present invention, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43 is larger than the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating portion 44 of the standing bag 10 and the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion 41. Therefore, even if a standing bag that can secure a sufficient accommodation space with the contents is laid down or turned upside down, the contents stored inside can be prevented from jumping outside. it can.

  The drawings show a specific embodiment of a package of contained articles having an absorbent article according to the present disclosure, including optional and preferred embodiments as well as an indispensable structure of the device.

The perspective view of the package of the accommodation which has an absorbent article based on this invention. Sectional drawing which follows the II-II line | wire of FIG. The figure which shows the state which opened the standing bag by the opening means. (A) The side enlarged view of the lower end part of a standing bag. (B) The top view of a bottom face. (A) The partially broken top view of the accommodation thing. (B) Partially developed view of the contents. (A) Top view of sanitary shorts. (B) The top view of the sanitary shorts in the folded state. The perspective view which shows the mode of the package in an example of a manufacturing process. (A) The same figure as Fig.4 (a) in the state which isolate | separated the lower end part of the front surface, and the lower end part of the rear surface. (B) The top view of the bottom in the state of Fig.8 (a). (C) The figure which shows the mode of the lower end part of a standing bag in the state of Fig.8 (a). (A) Sectional drawing of the lower end part of a standing bag which shows the state before forming the welding part which joins the lower end part of a front surface, and the lower end part of a rear surface at the time of manufacture. (B) The same figure as Fig.9 (a) which shows the mode after the welding part was formed. The top view of the standing bag in an example of an Example.

  The details of the package 1 of the container 20 having the absorbent article according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows. In the illustrated example, as an example of an absorbent article according to the present invention, disposable sanitary shorts 30A and 30B for women are shown. However, the absorbent article includes, in addition to the illustrated examples, general absorbent articles having well-known body fluid absorbability such as disposable diapers for adults or children, sanitary napkins, and male urine pads. In each figure, the outer surfaces of the front and rear surfaces 11, 12 of the standing bag 10 are lightly colored for convenience of explanation.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the packaging 1 of the containers 20A and 20B having the sanitary shorts 30A and 30B respectively has a width direction X, a vertical direction Y, and a front-rear direction Z intersecting each other. The standing bag 10 containing the stored items 20A and 20B is included. The standing bag 10 is formed of a film made of a known thermoplastic synthetic resin (thermoplastic film) such as paper, nonwoven fabric, polyethylene, or polypropylene. In addition, when using paper as a raw material of the standing bag 10, it is preferable to use the laminated sheet of paper and a thermoplastic film as a sheet material which forms it.

  In this embodiment, the standing bag 10 is a continuous sheet material, and is formed from a laminated film in which a plurality of the same type or different types of thermoplastic films are laminated. However, the thermoplastic film may be formed from separate sheet materials for forming the front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 described later, or may be formed from only a single film. Moreover, it is preferable that at least a part of the standing bag 10 is transparent or translucent. In such a case, the consumer can visually recognize the accommodated items 20A and 20B accommodated in the accommodating space S, for example, in a state where the package 1 is displayed such as a commodity shelf before opening.

  The standing bag 10 is formed of a single sheet whose bottom surface is folded into a gusset shape, and has an upper end edge 10a that extends linearly in the width direction X, a lower end edge 10b that extends linearly in the width direction X, Between the end edges 10a and 10b, it has both side edges 10c and 10d extending curved in the vertical direction Y. Both side edges 10c, 10d of the standing bag 10 are concavely bent inward in the width direction X from the upper edge 10a downward, and continuously to the outside in the width direction X below the concavely bent part. And a convex curved part.

  The standing bag 10 has a hollow (tube) shape and is positioned below the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12, the bottom surface 13, the upper end portion 41, the lower end portion 42, and the upper end portion 41 that face each other in the front-rear direction Z. It has the narrow part 43 and the accommodating part 44 located under the narrow part 43. The front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 have upper end portions 11a and 12a and lower end portions 11b and 12b, respectively.

  The standing bag 10 further includes an outer peripheral seal portion 14 that joins the front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 to each other by a known welding means such as heat welding or ultrasonic welding. The outer peripheral seal portion 14 extends in the width direction X, and includes an upper seal portion 14 a that joins a part of the front surface 11 and a part of the rear surface 12 to each other, both side edges of the front surface 11, and both side edges of the rear surface 12. The first and second side seal portions 14c and 14b are joined to each other.

  The upper end portion 41 is a portion located on the upper side of the upper seal portion 14a, and is composed of the upper end edge portion 11a of the front surface 11 and the upper end edge portion 12a of the rear surface 12 that are not joined to each other. The first and second side seal portions 14c and 14d do not extend to the lower end edges of the side edges 10c and 10d, and the lower end portion 42 located below the first and second side seal portions 14c and 14d The lower end portion 11b of the rear surface 12 and the lower end portion 12b of the rear surface 12 are joined to each other via a substantially semicircular welded portion 47 that is spaced apart below the first and second side seal portions 14c, 14d.

  At the lower end portion 42 of the standing bag 10, the bottom surface 13 is formed by folding the sheet material into a gusset shape. With this configuration, the bottom surface 13 is formed from the inner surfaces of the lower end portions 11 b and 12 b of the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12, and the lower end portions 11 b and 12 b are edges that extend further downward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom surface 13. 71, 72. Since the edge portions 71 and 72 are formed by portions where sheet materials folded in the front-rear direction Z are welded to each other, the edge portions 71 and 72 have relatively high rigidity. By unfolding the bottom surface 13 folded in a gusset shape, the standing bag 10 can be made to stand in a stable state.

  On the front surface 11 of the standing bag 10, a decorative portion 19 is arranged. The decoration part 19 has a decorative element composed of a design or character having a design effect, a mark having a trademark effect that can exhibit a product identification function, an advertisement display, or the like. The decoration part 19 is comprised from the design of the woman who wore the shorts for women accommodated in the package 1 in the example of illustration. By disposing the decorative portion 19 having such a characteristic design on a part of the outer surface of the standing bag 10, the outer contour of the package 1 having the constricted portion 43 is around the waist around the female body. It can be reminded more strongly by the purchaser that it is imitated.

  1 and 3, the constricted portion 43 is provided with a slit (opening means) 15 extending inward in the width direction X from the side edge 10c. The user grips and holds the storage portion 44 with one hand, holds the upper end portion 41 located above the upper seal portion 14a with the other hand, and starts from the first side seal portion 14c with the slit 15 as a starting point. By pulling to the second side seal portion 14d, the standing bag is torn and the takeout port 48 through which the items 20A and 20B can be taken out from the containing portion 44 is formed.

  Thus, by providing the slit 15 in the constricted part 43, the takeout port 48 can be easily formed and the contained items 20A and 20B can be taken out. As long as the take-out port 48 can be easily formed, the front and rear surfaces 11, 12 joined by the upper seal portion 14a are separated in the front-rear direction Z without providing the opening means in the constricted portion 43. May be. In addition to the slit 15, the opening means is an opening tape that extends in the width direction X and is heat-sealed to the outer surface of the standing bag 10, and is opened by pulling a gripping portion of the opening tape. Alternatively, one or a plurality of perforations extending in the width direction X may be formed on the outer surface. Furthermore, you may employ | adopt a zipper as an opening means. In such a case, since the container 44 can be sealed even after opening, the standing bag 10 is also used as a disposal bag after use, and the odor of the sanitary shorts 30 after the body fluid is absorbed leaks to the outside. Can be suppressed.

  On the front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 that form the upper end portion 41, suspension means 18 formed from openings that communicate with each other in the front-rear direction Z is disposed. Since the suspending means 18 is positioned at the upper end portion 41, the packaging body 1 can be suspended and displayed on a hook of a merchandise shelf of a retail store such as a drug store.

  The standing bag 10 further has a storage space S surrounded by an upper seal portion 14a, first and second side seal portions 14c and 14d, and a bottom surface 13 folded in a gusset shape. The storage space S has an inner circumferential dimension that increases downward from the constricted portion 43, and the storage portion 44 positioned below can accommodate one or a plurality of items 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B having the sanitary shorts 30. Have a size of In the present embodiment, in the storage space S, a plurality of storage objects 20A, 20B are arranged in the front-rear direction Z, and the storage object 20A disposed to face the front surface 11 and the rear surface 12 are opposed. The accommodated item 20B arranged so as to be accommodated is accommodated. In addition, unlike the example of illustration, things 20A and 20B may be arrange | positioned along with the up-down direction Y and the width direction X instead of the front-back direction Z or in addition to it.

  Referring to FIG. 4A, as described above, the lower end portion 11 b of the front surface 11 and the lower end portion 12 b of the rear surface 12 are joined to each other via a substantially circular welded portion 47. Referring to FIG. 4B, the bottom surface 13 is provided with an information display section 65 that includes manufacturer information such as a method for using the sanitary shorts 30, the raw material of the product, the place of production, the manufacturer name and the manufacturer address. ing. Unlike the decorative portion 19, the information display portion 65 is composed of non-decorative elements that do not contribute to the decorative effect and trademark effect of the package 1.

  Since the bottom surface 13 is in a state of being folded into a gusset shape, it can be said that the entire surface is difficult to be visually recognized. However, since the information display unit 65 is composed of non-decorative elements, , It does n’t have to be visible to consumers. In addition, by arranging the information display unit 65 on the bottom surface 13 that is difficult to visually recognize, a uniform design consisting only of decorative elements can be adopted on the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12, and non-decorative elements are arranged on the front and rear surfaces. Differentiated products can be differentiated.

  Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, the container 20A includes a sanitary short 30A and an individual packaging bag 50 for packaging the sanitary short 30A. The individual packaging bag 50 is formed from a single sheet material made of a fiber nonwoven fabric, a plastic film, or a laminate sheet thereof. The container 20 </ b> A extends in the width direction X and has upper and lower ends 21 and 22 having joint lines joining the overlapping portions of the sheet material forming the individual packaging bag 50, and both side edges extending in the vertical direction Y. Portions 23 and 24, and an outlet 25 for taking out the housed sanitary shorts 30A defined by the end portions 26 and 27 of the sheet material overlapping each other. In addition, although it abbreviate | omits about description of the accommodation 20B which has the sanitary shorts 30B, it has the structure similar to the accommodation 20A.

  The containers 20A and 20B accommodated in the standing bag 10 according to the present invention are composed of the sanitary shorts 30A and 30B and the individual packaging bag 50 as an option for packaging the sanitary shorts 30A and 30B. Instead of being packaged in the packaging bag 50, it may be directly accommodated in the accommodating portion 44. Further, as long as the technical effect of the present invention is exhibited, the number of the containers 20A and 20B may be one, or may be three or more numbers that can be suspended and displayed by the suspension means 18. Alternatively, the sanitary shorts 30 may be packaged without being folded in the individual packaging bag 50.

  6A and 6B, a sanitary short 30A includes a front waist region 31, a rear waist region 32, a crotch region 33 located between the front and rear waist regions, and a front and rear waist from the crotch region 33. And an absorbent body 34 extending to the areas 31 and 32. The sanitary shorts 30 is a so-called pant type in which both side edges of the front and rear waist regions are joined to each other, and is housed in a state of being folded in the individual packaging bag 50.

  Specifically, the sanitary shorts 30 </ b> A divides the longitudinal dimension of the sanitary shorts 30 into two equal parts, and a pair of longitudinal bent lines 35 extending along the outer sides of both side edges of the absorbent body. It has a pair of longitudinal bent lines 35 and a transverse bent line 36 extending so as to intersect. After the sanitary shorts 30 are folded inward in the lateral direction of the sanitary shorts 30 along the pair of longitudinal folding lines 35, the portion on the crotch region 33 side along the transverse folding line 36 is the front waist. By being bent toward the region 31, it is packaged in the individual packaging bag 50 in a substantially rectangular compact state. In addition, since the structure of the sanitary shorts 30B accommodated in the accommodation 20B is the same as the sanitary shorts 30A, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  2 and 3, the sanitary shorts 30A and 30B have a pad-like absorbent body 34 containing an absorbent material such as superabsorbent polymer particles and fluff pulp, and have an absorbent body 34 having a compressive restoring property. Since the absorbent body 34 is wrapped in the front-rear direction in the portion 44, the contents 20A, 20B themselves are swollen in the front-rear direction Z. In particular, the absorbent body 34 of the sanitary shorts 30A, 30B has a bulky middle-high portion at the center in the width direction in order to absorb menstrual blood, so that the thickness is greater when folded than an absorbent body for urine absorption. It can be said that it will increase. Since a plurality of the storage items 20A and 20B are arranged in the storage space S of the standing bag 10 in the front-rear direction Z, the storage unit 44 stores the sanitary shorts 30A and 30B without folding them. Compared with the case where it did, it is in the state which expanded further in the front-back direction Z.

  Further, by accommodating the objects 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B so as to be further pushed into the accommodating space S, the bottom surface 13 folded into a gusset shape is expanded downward, and the lower ends of the objects 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B are planar on the bottom surface 13. The items 20A and 20B are stably accommodated in the accommodation space S. As described above, since the edge portions 71 and 72 of the lower end portions 11 b and 12 b of the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12 have relatively high rigidity, the standing bag 10 has the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12 with respect to the placement surface 2. It can become independent in the state which the edge parts 71 and 72 contact | abutted. Thus, the packaging body 1 is either in a state where it is suspended via the suspension means 18 located at the upper end 41 in a merchandise shelf of a retail store, or in a self-supporting state where the bottom surface 13 is not deployed. Can be displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the state of the package 1 in an example of the manufacturing process. Referring to FIG. 7, the standing bag 10 has an inner circumferential dimension L1 of the upper end portion 41, an inner circumferential dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43, and an inner circumferential dimension L3 of the accommodating portion 44, and is a set of absorbent articles 30A and 30B ( The body) has an outer peripheral dimension L4, and the objects 20A and 20B (an assembly thereof) have an outer peripheral dimension L5.

Each inner peripheral dimension L1-L3 means the maximum inner peripheral dimension of each part 41, 43, 44 in a state where the standing bag 10 formed from a flexible tubular sheet material is not deformed. Further, the outer peripheral dimension L5 of the stored items 20A and 20B means the outer peripheral dimension of the entire stored item including one or a plurality of items stored in the receiving space S. In the present embodiment, the two stored items 20A and 20A, The outer peripheral dimension of the aggregate | assembly which consists of 20B is meant. The inner circumferential dimensions L1-L3 are set flat with the inner surfaces of the front and rear surfaces 11, 12 of the empty standing bag 10 in contact with each other, and the inner edges of the first side seam portions 14c in the respective portions 41, 43, 44 The distance from the inner edge of the second side seam portion 14d was measured with a measuring instrument (ruler, measure), and the measured dimension was determined to be twice as large. On the other hand, the outer peripheral dimension L5 of the (aggregate) of the contained items 20A and 20B was measured by applying a measure around the entire circumference of the contained items 20A and 20B in a flat state where the outer peripheral surface was not deformed as much as possible.

  The outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B is calculated as L4 = W2 × 2 + W2 where W1 is the lateral dimension of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B and W2 is the maximum thickness dimension of the absorbent article 30. I asked for it.

  As a measuring method of the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent article 30, for example, first, in the manner shown in FIG. 5A, the stored item 20B is on the lower side and the stored item 20A is on the upper side on the light table. The contents 20A and 20B were placed flat and aligned so that both side edges of the contents 20A and 20B located in the individual packaging bag 50 overlap each other. Next, both sides of the absorbent article 30 in the container 20A seen through the individual packaging bag 50 are marked with a pen, and the distance between the marked sides is measured by a measuring instrument (ruler, measure ) To obtain the lateral dimension W1 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B.

  Next, the thickness dimension (dimension in the front-rear direction Z) W2 of the two absorbent articles 30 shown in FIG. 2 was measured. The thickness dimension W2 of the absorbent article 30 is the two thickest absorbent articles 30A and 30B, that is, after measuring the lateral dimension W1 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B, two absorbent articles 30A and 30B. The distance between the light table mounting surface at the portion where the absorbers 30A and 30B were folded and the uppermost portion of the absorbent article 30A accommodated in the accommodation 20A was measured with a measuring instrument. In this measurement, the packaging bag 50 for packaging the absorbent articles 30A, 30B is also included, but there is no gap between the absorbent article 30A, 30B and the packaging bag 50 in the front-rear direction Z. Therefore, it can be said that it does not greatly affect the measured dimension. In addition, although this embodiment is measured about the aspect on which two absorbent articles 30A and 30B were laminated | stacked, when the single bag or three or more absorbent articles are accommodated in the standing bag 10, these Can be measured according to the method described above in a state in which the aspect in which the is accommodated is reproduced.

  In the packaging body 1 according to the present embodiment, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43 is the smallest among the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion 41, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43, and the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating portion 44. And the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B is the smallest among the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating part 44, the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end part 41, and the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B. . Preferably, the correlation between the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end 41, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part 43, the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating part 44, and the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B is L3> L1. ≧ L2 and L3> L1 ≧ L4.

  Since the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion 41 is the same as or larger than the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B, the upper end of the absorbent articles 30A and 30B is pushed by the pusher of the manufacturing apparatus when the package 1 is manufactured. The inner opening can be smoothly passed through without being caught by the portion 41 and can be easily pushed into the accommodation space S in the standing bag 10. Further, since the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the housing portion 44 is larger than the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the opening when the absorbent articles 30A and 30B are pushed into the interior, the absorber 34 is released from the pressure of the pusher and has a compression restoring property. Even when the absorbent articles 30A and 30B are swollen in the front-rear direction Z due to the above action, the standing bag 10 is not torn. In addition, since the storage items 20A and 20B having the absorbent articles 30A and 30B are stored in the storage unit 44 with a gap, a plurality of storage items 20A are inserted by inserting a hand into the storage unit 44 when used. 20B can also be pulled out.

  In addition, the outer peripheral dimension L5 of the accommodation is equal to or larger than at least the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43 among the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion 43 and the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion 41. ing.

  Thus, for example, when the standing bag 10 that is self-supported on the placing surface 2 is turned over after opening the standing bag 10 or when it is accidentally held upside down when being carried, the contents 20A, 20B are stored. However, in the present embodiment, the outer peripheral dimension L5 of the stored items 20A and 20B is the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end 41 and the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part. Since it is at least the same as or larger than the inner circumferential dimension L2, the contents 20A and 20B are caught by the constricted portion 43 even when the packaging body 1 is rolled over or carried upside down. There is no risk of jumping out of the storage space S. In addition, when taking out the manufacturing process shown in FIG. 7 and the contained items 20A and 20B from the take-out port 48, the entire contained items 20A and 20B are deformed, in particular, the absorbent articles 30A and 30B in the individual packaging bag 50. By deforming the portion extending from the outer peripheral edge and reducing the outer peripheral dimension L5, the inside of the constricted portion 43 can be passed.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3 again, the standing bag 10 has a pair of upper corners 61 in which an upper edge 10a and both side edges 10c and 10d intersect each other, a lower edge 10b and both side edges 10c and 10d. The upper corner 61 and the lower corner 62 are not sharp but have a convex curve that is a gentle curve with rounded corners. Therefore, for example, when the packaging body 1 is suspended on the commodity shelf or carried by the user, there is no possibility of irritation even if the upper and lower corners 61 and 62 touch the fingertip of the user or the like. In order to achieve such an effect, it is not necessary that all of the upper and lower corner portions 61 and 62 are convex, and at least one of the upper and lower corner portions 61 and 62 that are easy to touch a fingertip or the like is convex. Further, it is preferable that at least one of the pair of upper corner portions 61 and at least one of the pair of lower corner portions 62 are convex.

  FIG. 8A shows a state in which the lower end portion 11b of the front surface 11 is separated from the lower end portion 12b of the rear surface 12. The welding portion 47 is located on the lower end portion 12b side, and the lower end portion 11b is welded. A substantially semicircular cutout 76 corresponding to the portion 47 is formed.

  FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional view of the lower end portion 42 of the standing bag 10 showing a state before forming the welded portion 47 that joins the lower end portion 11b of the front surface 11 and the lower end portion 12b of the rear surface 12 during manufacturing. FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 9A, showing a state after the welded portion 47 is formed. The method for forming the welded portion 47 will be described with reference to FIG. 9A. The front and rear surfaces 11 and 12 of the standing bag 10 are formed of a laminate sheet of a plurality of thermoplastic films. And a laminate sheet composed of four films of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) films 77a and 78a positioned on the inner surface side and two PE (polyethylene) films 77b and 78b positioned between the PET films 77a and 78a. Has been. Of the laminate sheet having such a configuration, an opening 81 is formed in a part of the PET film 77a located on the inner surface side of the front surface 11 and a part of the PET film 78a located on the inner surface side of the rear surface 12 opposite to the PET film 77a. Is done.

  Referring to FIG. 9B, the portion corresponding to the opening 81 of the front and rear surfaces 11 and 12 is thermally compressed by the substantially circular embossed spin, and the portion along the outer shape of the embossed spin on the front surface 11 is half-cut. Thus, a continuous or discontinuous substantially circular cut 79 is formed, and a welded portion 47 is formed. When the welded portion 47 formed in this way is peeled in the front-rear direction Z, a notch 76 is formed in a part of the front surface 11 as shown in FIG. At the same time, the welded portion 47 remains on the corresponding portion of the rear surface 11.

  In this way, the cut end surfaces of the plurality of laminated films are exposed at the lower end portion 11b, and there is a risk of irritation when touching the user's fingertips, etc., but the welded portion 47 has a substantially semicircular shape. By having it, such stimulation can be suppressed. Further, since the welded portion 47 has a shape that extends upward in the width direction X from the lower end edge 10b, the force applied even if a force is applied to peel the welded portion 47 from the lower end edge 10b side. Can be easily dispersed and the welding can be prevented from being released carelessly.

  Referring to FIG. 8B, the entire information display unit 65 having non-decorative elements arranged on the bottom surface 13 by separating the welded portion 47 that joins the lower end portions 11b, 12b of the front and rear surfaces 11, 12 to each other. It becomes easy to visually recognize. Therefore, the user can sufficiently read the contents of the method for using the sanitary shorts 30, the manufacturer information, and the like shown on the information display unit 65 before use.

  Referring to FIG. 8C, when the packaging body 1 is self-supported in a state where the welded portion 47 is separated and the bottom surface 13 is completely exposed to the outside, it is bent downward due to the weight of the contents 20A and 20B. While the bottom surface 13 is in contact with the mounting surface 2, the edge portion 71 of the lower end portion 11 b of the front surface 11 and the edge portion 72 of the lower end portion 12 b of the rear surface 12 are lifted upward. In such a case, for example, even if a force is applied to the standing bag 10 to lie down forward, the bottom surface 13 is tilted forward and the edge portion 71 is in contact with the mounting surface 2 to support it. 1 can be prevented from falling.

  FIG. 10 is a plan view of the package 1 in an example of the embodiment according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a decorative portion 80 having a decorative element having a female underwear design is disposed on the front surface 11 of the standing bag 10. By disposing such a decorative portion 80, it is possible to appeal to the consumer that the package 1 contains the sanitary shorts 30 for women. In addition, the combination of the outer contour of the package 1 and the decorative portion 80 makes it possible to strongly remind the user that the package 1 is a female body, and is innovative in other products. By giving an impact by design, consumers can be motivated to purchase.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Standing bag 11 Front 11b Front lower end part 12 Rear face 12b Rear lower end part 13 Bottom face 14 Outer seal part 14c, 14d First and second side seal part 15 Opening means 18 Hanging means 19 Decoration part 41 Upper end part 42 Lower end part 43 Constricted portion 44 Contained portion 47 Welded portion 61 Upper corner portion 62 Lower corner portion 65 Information display portion L1 Inner peripheral size L2 of upper end portion Inner peripheral size L3 of constricted portion Inner peripheral size L4 of said accommodating portion Space X Width direction Y Vertical direction Z Front-back direction

JP 2011-1111199 A (P2011-11111A)

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Standing bag 11 Front surface 11b Front lower end part 12 Rear surface 12b Rear lower end part 13 Bottom face 14 Outer periphery seal part 14c, 14d First and second side seal part 15 Unsealing means 18 Suspension means 19 Decoration part
20A, 20B contents
30A, 30B Absorbent article 41 Upper end portion 42 Lower end portion 43 Constricted portion 44 Accommodating portion 47 Welded portion 61 Upper corner portion 62 Lower corner portion 65 Information display portion L1 Inner peripheral size L2 of constricted portion Inner peripheral size L3 of accommodating portion Inner circumference L4 Outer circumference of absorbent article
L5 Periphery dimension S of accommodation thing S accommodation space X Width direction Y Vertical direction Z Front-back direction

Claims (14)

In a packaging body of absorbent articles having an absorbent article, having a width direction, an up-down direction, and a front-rear direction intersecting them, and stored in the standing bag,
The standing bag extends in the width direction, a front surface, a rear surface, a bottom surface, an outer peripheral seal portion in which the front surface and the rear surface are joined to each other, a storage space surrounded by the outer peripheral seal portion and the bottom surface, and An upper end, a lower portion located below the upper end, and a constricted portion; and a accommodating portion in which the contents located under the constricted portion are accommodated.
Among the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part, and the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the accommodating part, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part is the smallest, and the inner peripheral dimension of the accommodating part The package according to claim 3, wherein the outer circumferential dimension L4 of the absorbent article is the smallest among L3, the inner circumferential dimension L1 of the upper end portion, and the outer circumferential dimension L4 of the absorbent article.   The correlation between the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end part, the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted part, the inner peripheral dimension L3 of the housing part, and the outer peripheral dimension L4 of the absorbent article is L3> L1 ≧ L2 and L3> L1 ≧ L4. Item 4. The package according to Item 1.   The outer peripheral dimension L5 of the stored item is the same as or larger than at least the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the inner peripheral dimension L2 of the constricted portion and the inner peripheral dimension L1 of the upper end portion. The package.   The standing bag further includes upper and lower edges and both side edges, a pair of upper corners formed by intersecting the upper edge and the both edges, and the lower edge and the both edges intersect each other. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a pair of lower corner portions, wherein at least one corner portion of the upper corner portion and the lower corner portion has a convex curved shape.   The package according to claim 4, wherein at least one of the pair of upper corner portions and at least one of the pair of lower corner portions are convexly curved.   The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the bottom surface is folded into a gusset shape.   The outer peripheral seal portion includes first and second side seal portions that extend in the vertical direction, and the front surface and the rear surface each have a lower end portion that extends further downward from the first and second side seal portions. And the said lower end part of the said front surface and the said lower end part of the said rear surface are mutually joined via the welding part spaced apart and located under the said 1st and 2nd side seal part. The package according to any one of 6 above.   The package according to claim 7, wherein an information display unit including a non-decorative element is disposed on the bottom surface formed from an inner surface of the lower end portion of the front surface and an inner surface of the lower end portion of the rear surface.   The package according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the welded portion has a substantially semicircular shape.   10. The decorative part according to any one of 1 to 9, wherein a decorative part having a decorative element capable of recalling that an outer contour of the standing bag imitates a female body is disposed on an outer surface of the standing bag. Packaging body.   The package according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein an opening means is located in the constricted portion.   The package according to claim 11, wherein the opening means is one of a slit, a perforation, a zipper, and an opening tape welded to the standing bag extending from a side edge of the standing bag to the inside in the width direction.   The package according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a suspension means is located at the upper end.   The package according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the standing bag is transparent or translucent.