US20040195137A1 - Packaged diapers assembly - Google Patents
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- This invention relates to a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of disposable diapers orderly packed within a package so that these diapers may be placed one upon another between both side walls opposed to each other.
- Japanese Patent Publication No. 2000-42028A discloses a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of pants-type disposable diapers orderly packed within a package each comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent core disposed between these two sheets. Within the package, these diapers are arranged so that front waist regions are opposed to rear waist regions for respective pairs of the adjacent diapers. In each of these diapers packed in this manner, a crotch region is folded toward the rear waist region of this diaper.
- waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front and rear waist regions of the respective diapers occupy an upper packaging space of the package and the remaining portions of the respective diapers except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions occupy the lower packaging space defined below the upper packaging space.
- the liquid-absorbent core does not extend to the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front and rear waist regions and therefore the remaining portion of the diaper except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions has a thickness larger than that of those waist-surrounding peripheral end portions.
- the thickness of the remaining portions except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the waist regions will be remarkably larger than the thickness of these waist-surrounding peripheral end portions. This will lead to a remarkably large difference of the thickness between the portion of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package and the remaining portions of the diapers occupying the lower packaging space of the package.
- a total thickness of a group of diapers placed one upon another between both side walls opposed to each other of the package is larger in the lower packaging space than in the upper packaging space of the package.
- a gap will be left between each pair of the adjacent waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers and efficiency for packing the diapers within the package will be correspondingly deteriorated.
- the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package may be readily folded and make it difficult to stack vertically a plurality of the packages with a desired stability, i.e., the stack may tumble down.
- this packaged assembly of prior art is disadvantageous in that, when the groups of the diapers stacked vertically are stacked in the package, the groups of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package tend to flatten or collapse the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers occupying the lower packaging space of the package and may form these waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers with a plurality of irregular wrinkles.
- An object of this invention is to provide a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of disposable diapers efficiently packed within a package without anxiety that, when a plurality of such packaged assemblies are stacked vertically, such a stack of the packaged assemblies might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- a packaged assembly comprising a package formed of a flexible sheet in a hexahedron including first and second side walls opposed to each other 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 from the absorbent core, packed within the package so that the disposable diapers are placed one upon another between the first and second side walls of the package with the front and rear waist regions being opposed to each other in each of the diapers.
- This invention further comprises the package containing therein first diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying above the main body and second diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying below the main body and the plurality of diapers placed one upon another between the first and second side walls of the package constitute a group in which the number of the first diapers is equal to the number of the second diapers.
- a difference between the number of the first diapers and the number of the second diapers is in a range of 0- ⁇ 3.
- the groups of at least two are stacked in a vertical direction within the package.
- the groups of at least two are packed side by side within the package.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a package
- FIG. 2 is a side view showing the package as diapers therein being exposed
- FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the diaper
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a package illustrating one preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly comprising the diapers orderly packed within the package;
- FIG. 5 is a side view of a package illustrating another preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly comprising the diapers orderly packed within the package.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a package 1 A
- FIG. 2 is a side view showing the package 1 A with third side wall 6 thereof cutaway to expose diapers 13 packed therein
- FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the individual diaper 13 taken out from the package 1 A.
- a transverse direction is indicated by an arrow X
- a forward direction is indicated by an arrow Y 1
- a backward direction is indicated by an arrow Y 2
- a vertical direction is indicated by an arrow Z.
- Term “inner surfaces” of a topsheet 14 and a backsheet 15 used herein should be understood to mean respective surfaces thereof facing a liquid-absorbent core 16 (absorbent member) and term “outer surfaces” of these sheets 14 , 15 should be understood to mean respective surfaces thereof facing away from the core 16 .
- This packaged assembly comprises the package 1 A and the pants-type disposable diapers 13 orderly packed within the package 1 A, wherein the diapers 13 are arranged within the package 1 A for the maximum packing efficiency.
- a plurality of the diapers 13 are packed within the package 1 A so as to be placed one upon another in one direction are packed under a compression.
- Ten diapers 13 placed one upon another in the one direction constitute each group G and two such groups G are stacked in a vertical direction, as seen in FIG. 2. Two such stacks of the groups G are arranged side by side within the package 1 A, i.e., totally four groups G of the diapers 13 are packed within this package 1 A.
- the package 1 A is formed of a flexible sheet in a rectangular hexahedron being relatively long in the one direction in which each pair of adjacent surfaces are substantially orthogonal to each other.
- the package 1 A may be in the form of a cube.
- the package 1 A comprises substantially rectangular top and bottom walls 2 , 3 opposed to each other, substantially rectangular first and second side walls 4 , 5 vertically extending between respective opposite ends of the top and bottom walls 2 , 3 , and substantially rectangular third and fourth side walls 6 , 7 vertically extending between respective opposite side edges of the top and bottom walls 2 , 3 .
- These side walls 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 respectively have extended walls 8 above the opposite ends and the opposite side edges of the top wall 2 .
- the extended walls 8 of the third and fourth side walls 6 , 7 are provided with a pair of handling straps describing circular arcs extending upward from the package 1 A.
- a corner 10 at which the second side wall 5 crosses the third side wall 6 is formed with a perforated line 11 extending vertically. As indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. 1, a region 12 enclosed by the perforated line 11 so as to extend in the second and third side walls 5 , 6 may be torn off to form a dispensing outlet for the individual diaper 13 along the corner 10 .
- the diaper 13 comprises a liquid-pervious topsheet 14 facing a wearer's body, a liquid-impervious backsheet 15 facing away from wearer's body and a liquid-absorbent core 16 interposed between these two sheets 14 , 15 .
- the core 16 is bonded to the inner surface of at least one of the top- and backsheets 14 , 15 .
- the core 16 comprises a mixture of fluff pulp and super-absorbent polymer particles or a mixture of fluff pulp, super-absorbent polymer particles and thermoplastic synthetic resin fibers, in any case, compressed to a desired thickness. Necessarily, thickness of the core 16 is larger than those of the top- and backsheets. Preferably, the core 16 is entirely covered with a liquid-pervious sheet such as tissue paper or hydrophilic fibrous nonwoven fabric in order to prevent it from getting out of shape and/or to prevent the polymer particles from falling off.
- a liquid-pervious sheet such as tissue paper or hydrophilic fibrous nonwoven fabric
- the diaper 13 has front and rear waist regions 17 , 18 opposed to each other.
- transversely opposite side portions 20 of the respective waist regions extending in the longitudinal direction are overlaid and joined together in the vicinity of outermost edges of the respective side edge portions 20 by means of heat-sealing lines 24 arranged intermittently in the longitudinal direction.
- the diaper 13 is formed with a waist-hole 22 and a pair of leg-holes 23 lying below the waist-hole 22 .
- longitudinally opposite ends 16 a of the core 16 lie inside waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front and rear waist regions 17 , 18 and transversely opposite side edges 16 b of the core 16 lie inside the transversely opposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and thigh-surrounding peripheral end portions 21 .
- the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the front and rear waist regions, the transversely opposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and the thigh-surrounding peripheral end portions 21 are free from the presence of the core 16 , so a main body 25 which is a region of the diaper 13 except for these portions 19 , 20 , 21 has thickness larger than those of these portions 19 , 20 , 21 .
- the individual diaper 13 is folded in two so that the front and rear waist regions 17 , 18 may by placed upon each other as this diaper 13 is packed within the package 1 A.
- first diapers 13 a each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the respective waist regions lying above the main body 25 and second diapers 13 b each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the respective waist regions lying below the main body 25 are alternately placed one upon another between first and second side walls 4 , 5 .
- the number of the first diapers 13 a is five and the number of the second diaper 13 b is also five, that is, the numbers of the first and second diapers 13 a , 13 b are the same.
- the front waist region 18 of a second diaper 13 b lying immediately behind the foremost first diaper 13 a is placed upon the rear waist region 18 of this foremost first diaper 13 a and then the front waist region 17 of the next first diaper 13 a lying immediately behind the next second diaper 13 b is placed upon the rear waist region 18 of this second diaper 13 b , and so on.
- the first diaper 13 a and the second diaper 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 and the number of the first diaper 13 a is equal to the number of the second diaper 13 b in the group G. Therefore, the thickness of the group G between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 has substantially no difference between its upper half and lower half in spite of the fact that, in both the first diapers 13 a and the second diapers 13 b , the thickness of the main body 25 is larger than the thickness of the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 .
- the first diapers 13 a and the second diapers 13 b in the group G are placed one upon another between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 of the package 1 A in sufficiently close contact one with another to prevent the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the diapers 13 from being easily folded. Therefore, even when two groups G are stacked in a vertical direction within the package 1 A, it is not apprehended that the upper group G of the diapers 13 might flatten or collapse the waist-surrounding peripheral portions 19 of the diapers 13 in the lower group G and consequently form the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers 13 in the lower group G with a plurality of irregular wrinkles.
- waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the diaper 13 respective end portions 14 a , 15 a of the top- and backsheets 14 , 15 extending outward beyond longitudinally opposite ends 16 a of the core 16 are overlaid and joined together.
- the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the diaper 13 are provided with waist-surrounding elastic members 26 secured thereto in a stretched state. These waist-surrounding elastic members 26 are interposed between the top- and backsheets 14 , 15 and bonded to respective inner surfaces of the end portions 14 a , 15 a of these sheets 14 , 15 .
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a package 1 B illustrating one preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly
- FIG. 5 is a side view of the package 1 C illustrating another preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show the packages 1 B, 1 C with the third side walls 6 thereof cutaway to expose the diapers 13 packed therein.
- a forward direction is indicated by an arrow Y 1
- a backward direction is indicated by an arrow Y 2
- a vertical direction is indicated by an arrow Z.
- each of packages 1 B, 1 C is formed of a flexible sheet in a rectangular hexahedron being relatively long in the one direction in which each pair of adjacent surfaces are substantially orthogonal to each other.
- the diaper 13 is the pants-type disposable diaper 13 similar to that shown in FIG. 1 and the main body 25 which is the region of the diaper 13 except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 , the transversely opposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and the thigh-surrounding peripheral end portions 21 has the thickness larger than those of these portions 19 , 20 , 21 .
- the individual diapers 13 are folded so that the front and rear waist regions 17 , 18 thereof may contact each other as these diapers 13 are packed within the package 1 B, 1 C.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are distinguished from the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 1 in arrangement as will be described.
- one group G consists of eleven diapers 13 placed one upon another between the first and second side wall 4 , 5 of the package 1 B.
- one group G consists of twelve diapers 13 placed one upon another between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 of the package 1 C. Within these packages 1 B, 1 C, these diapers 13 are under compression in the direction from the first side wall 4 toward the second side wall 5 .
- the group G comprises five first diapers 13 a and six second diapers 13 b .
- the second diapers 13 b are placed one upon another from the first side wall 4 of the package 1 B toward the middle and the first diapers 13 a are placed one upon another from the middle in back and forth direction toward the second side wall 5 .
- the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the first diaper 13 a lie above the main body 25 which is the region except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 .
- the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 of the second diaper 13 b lie below the main body 25 .
- the front waist region 17 of the diaper 13 b lying immediately behind the forehand second diaper 13 b is placed upon the rear waist region 18 of this forehand second diaper 13 b and the front waist region 17 of the second diaper 13 b lying immediately behind this second diaper 13 b is placed upon the rear waist region 18 of this precedent second diaper 13 b , and so on.
- the number of the second diapers 13 b is larger than the number of the first diapers 13 a by one in the group G.
- the number of the first and second diapers 13 a , 13 b there is no anxiety that a gap might be formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers 13 both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group G because the thickness of the group G in back and forth direction in the vicinity of the top wall 2 of the package 1 B is substantially equal to that in the vicinity of the bottom wall 3 of the package 1 B.
- Gap-free packing achieved by this embodiment allows a plurality of the packages 1 B to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without apprehension that the stack might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- one group G consists of six first diapers 13 a and six second diapers 13 b .
- each pair of the first diapers 13 a are placed upon each other and, behind this pair of the first diapers 13 a , each pair of the second diapers 13 b placed upon each other between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 .
- the pair of the first diapers 13 a and the pair of the second diapers 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 .
- a crotch region 28 is folded toward the outer surface of the backsheet 15 extending in the rear waist region 18 and the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 lie above the main body 25 except for these waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 .
- the crotch region 28 is folded toward the outer surface of the backsheet 15 extending in the rear waist region 18 and the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions 19 lie below the main body 25 .
- the front waist region 17 of the rear diaper 13 a is placed upon the rear waist region 18 of the front diaper 13 a .
- the rear waist region 18 of the rear diaper 13 b is placed upon the front waist region 17 of the front diaper 13 b .
- the rear waist region 18 of the first diaper 13 a and the rear waist region 18 of the second diaper 13 b are placed upon each other.
- the number of the first diapers 13 a is equal to the number of the second diapers 13 b and there is no difference in the thickness of the package 1 C between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 between in the vicinity of the top wall 2 and in the vicinity of the bottom wall 3 .
- no gap is formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers both in the upper part and in the lower part of the package 1 C and a packing efficiency for the diapers 13 within the package 1 C is effectively improved.
- Such a gap-free packing allows a plurality of packages 1 C to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without anxiety that such a stack of the packages 1 C might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 5 may be modified so that a set of three or more first diapers 13 a and a set of three or more second diapers 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first and second side walls 4 , 5 . In the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 5, it is not essential to fold the crotch regions 28 of the diapers 13 .
- a difference in the number of the first diapers 13 a and the number of the second diapers 13 b in one and same group G is preferably in a range of 0- ⁇ 3.
- three or more groups G may be stacked in a vertical direction and/or three or more groups G may be placed side by side within the package 1 A, 1 B, 1 C.
- the diapers packed within the package 1 A, 1 B, 1 C are not limited to the pants-type diaper but may be open-type diapers.
- the number of the diapers 13 packed within the package 1 A, 1 B, 1 C is not specified and may be increased to thirteen or more or reduced to nine or less.
- the transverse direction may be defined by a direction from the first side wall 4 toward the second side wall 5 .
- the package 1 A, 1 B, 1 C may be formed using a breathable but liquid-impervious plastic film or a breathable but liquid-impervious fibrous nonwoven fabric.
- the topsheet 14 of the diaper 13 may be formed using a hydrophilic fibrous nonwoven fabric, a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric having a plurality of fine pores or a plastic film having a plurality of fine pores.
- the backsheet 15 of the diaper 13 may be formed using a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric, a breathable but liquid-impervious plastic film, a composite nonwoven fabric consisting of laminated one with one upon another or a composite sheet consisting of a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric and a breathable but liquid-impervious plastic film.
- the plastic film used herein is preferably made of polyolefine-based thermoplastic synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene.
- the fibrous nonwoven fabric used herein may be selected from a group including produces obtained by spun lace process, needle punch process, melt blown process, thermal bond process, spun bond process, chemical bond process and air-through process.
- Component fiber of the nonwoven fabric may be selected from a group including polyolefine-, polyester-, polyamide-based fibers and core-sheath type or side-by-side type conjugated fibers of polyethylene/polypropylene or polyethylene/polyester.
- the packaged assembly according to this invention has the advantageous effects that a plurality of diapers comprising the first diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions lying above the main body except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions and the second diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions lying below the main body are packed within the package and each group of the diapers consists of the first and second diapers of approximately same number. Even if a plurality of the diapers each having different thickness between the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions and the main body are packed within the package so as to fill the maximum dimension between the first and second side walls of the package, no gap will be formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group. In this way, a packing efficiency for the diapers within the package is improved.
- a gap-free packing achieved by this packaged assembly allows a plurality of the packages to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without apprehension that such a stack might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- the first and second diapers are placed one upon another in sufficiently close contact one with another between the first and second side walls to prevent the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions to be easily folded. Therefore, even when two or more groups are stacked in a vertical direction within the package, it is not apprehended that the upper group(s) of the diapers might flatten the waist-surrounding peripheral portions of the diapers in the lower group(s) and consequently form the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers in the lower group(s) with a plurality of irregular wrinkles.
Abstract
A packaged assembly includes a package formed in one of a rectangular hexahedron and a cube including first and second side walls opposed to each other and a plurality of disposable diapers, each including main body having an absorbent core attached thereto and waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of front and rear waist regions free from the absorbent core, packed within the package so that the plurality of disposable diapers may be placed one upon another between the first and second side walls. The package contains therein first diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the waist regions lying above the main body and second diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying below the main body and a plurality of diapers placed one upon another between the first and second side walls of the package constitute a group in which the number of the first diapers is equal to the number of the second diapers.
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- This invention relates to a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of disposable diapers orderly packed within a package so that these diapers may be placed one upon another between both side walls opposed to each other.
- Japanese Patent Publication No. 2000-42028A discloses a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of pants-type disposable diapers orderly packed within a package each comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent core disposed between these two sheets. Within the package, these diapers are arranged so that front waist regions are opposed to rear waist regions for respective pairs of the adjacent diapers. In each of these diapers packed in this manner, a crotch region is folded toward the rear waist region of this diaper. Within the package, waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front and rear waist regions of the respective diapers occupy an upper packaging space of the package and the remaining portions of the respective diapers except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions occupy the lower packaging space defined below the upper packaging space.
- In most of the disposable diaper, the liquid-absorbent core does not extend to the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front and rear waist regions and therefore the remaining portion of the diaper except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions has a thickness larger than that of those waist-surrounding peripheral end portions. Particularly when the crotch regions of the respective diapers are folded toward the respective rear waist regions to pack the diapers in this manner of the prior art, the thickness of the remaining portions except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the waist regions will be remarkably larger than the thickness of these waist-surrounding peripheral end portions. This will lead to a remarkably large difference of the thickness between the portion of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package and the remaining portions of the diapers occupying the lower packaging space of the package.
- According to the packaged assembly as disclosed in the above-cited Publication, a total thickness of a group of diapers placed one upon another between both side walls opposed to each other of the package is larger in the lower packaging space than in the upper packaging space of the package. In other words, even if the diapers are packed so as to occupy the maximum dimension between both side walls opposed to each other of the package at its bottom, a gap will be left between each pair of the adjacent waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers and efficiency for packing the diapers within the package will be correspondingly deteriorated. According to this packing method of the prior art, the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package may be readily folded and make it difficult to stack vertically a plurality of the packages with a desired stability, i.e., the stack may tumble down. Furthermore, this packaged assembly of prior art is disadvantageous in that, when the groups of the diapers stacked vertically are stacked in the package, the groups of the diapers occupying the upper packaging space of the package tend to flatten or collapse the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers occupying the lower packaging space of the package and may form these waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers with a plurality of irregular wrinkles.
- An object of this invention is to provide a packaged assembly consisting of a plurality of disposable diapers efficiently packed within a package without anxiety that, when a plurality of such packaged assemblies are stacked vertically, such a stack of the packaged assemblies might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- According to this invention, there is provided a packaged assembly comprising a package formed of a flexible sheet in a hexahedron including first and second side walls opposed to each other 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 from the absorbent core, packed within the package so that the disposable diapers are placed one upon another between the first and second side walls of the package with the front and rear waist regions being opposed to each other in each of the diapers.
- This invention further comprises the package containing therein first diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying above the main body and second diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying below the main body and the plurality of diapers placed one upon another between the first and second side walls of the package constitute a group in which the number of the first diapers is equal to the number of the second diapers.
- According to one preferred embodiment of this invention, a difference between the number of the first diapers and the number of the second diapers is in a range of 0-±3.
- According to another preferred embodiment of this invention, the groups of at least two are stacked in a vertical direction within the package.
- According to still another preferred embodiment of this invention, the groups of at least two are packed side by side within the package.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a package;
- FIG. 2 is a side view showing the package as diapers therein being exposed;
- FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the diaper;
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a package illustrating one preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly comprising the diapers orderly packed within the package; and
- FIG. 5 is a side view of a package illustrating another preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly comprising the diapers orderly packed within the package.
- Details of the method according to this invention for orderly packing a plurality of diapers within a package will be more fully understood from the description given hereunder in reference to the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a
package 1A, FIG. 2 is a side view showing thepackage 1A withthird side wall 6 thereof cutaway to exposediapers 13 packed therein and FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing theindividual diaper 13 taken out from thepackage 1A. In FIGS. 1 and 2, a transverse direction is indicated by an arrow X, a forward direction is indicated by an arrow Y1, a backward direction is indicated by an arrow Y2 and a vertical direction is indicated by an arrow Z. Term “inner surfaces” of atopsheet 14 and abacksheet 15 used herein should be understood to mean respective surfaces thereof facing a liquid-absorbent core 16 (absorbent member) and term “outer surfaces” of thesesheets core 16. - This packaged assembly comprises the
package 1A and the pants-typedisposable diapers 13 orderly packed within thepackage 1A, wherein thediapers 13 are arranged within thepackage 1A for the maximum packing efficiency. In this packaged assembly, a plurality of thediapers 13 are packed within thepackage 1A so as to be placed one upon another in one direction are packed under a compression. - Ten
diapers 13 placed one upon another in the one direction constitute each group G and two such groups G are stacked in a vertical direction, as seen in FIG. 2. Two such stacks of the groups G are arranged side by side within thepackage 1A, i.e., totally four groups G of thediapers 13 are packed within thispackage 1A. - The
package 1A is formed of a flexible sheet in a rectangular hexahedron being relatively long in the one direction in which each pair of adjacent surfaces are substantially orthogonal to each other. Thepackage 1A may be in the form of a cube. Thepackage 1A comprises substantially rectangular top andbottom walls second side walls bottom walls fourth side walls bottom walls side walls walls 8 above the opposite ends and the opposite side edges of thetop wall 2. Theextended walls 8 of the third andfourth side walls package 1A. - A
corner 10 at which thesecond side wall 5 crosses thethird side wall 6 is formed with aperforated line 11 extending vertically. As indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. 1, aregion 12 enclosed by theperforated line 11 so as to extend in the second andthird side walls individual diaper 13 along thecorner 10. - As will be seen in FIG. 3, the
diaper 13 comprises a liquid-pervious topsheet 14 facing a wearer's body, a liquid-impervious backsheet 15 facing away from wearer's body and a liquid-absorbent core 16 interposed between these twosheets core 16 is bonded to the inner surface of at least one of the top- andbacksheets - The
core 16 comprises a mixture of fluff pulp and super-absorbent polymer particles or a mixture of fluff pulp, super-absorbent polymer particles and thermoplastic synthetic resin fibers, in any case, compressed to a desired thickness. Necessarily, thickness of thecore 16 is larger than those of the top- and backsheets. Preferably, thecore 16 is entirely covered with a liquid-pervious sheet such as tissue paper or hydrophilic fibrous nonwoven fabric in order to prevent it from getting out of shape and/or to prevent the polymer particles from falling off. - The
diaper 13 has front andrear waist regions diaper 13, transverselyopposite side portions 20 of the respective waist regions extending in the longitudinal direction are overlaid and joined together in the vicinity of outermost edges of the respectiveside edge portions 20 by means of heat-sealinglines 24 arranged intermittently in the longitudinal direction. Thediaper 13 is formed with a waist-hole 22 and a pair of leg-holes 23 lying below the waist-hole 22. - In the
diaper 13, longitudinallyopposite ends 16 a of thecore 16 lie inside waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the front andrear waist regions opposite side edges 16 b of thecore 16 lie inside the transverselyopposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and thigh-surroundingperipheral end portions 21. In thediaper 13, the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of the front and rear waist regions, the transverselyopposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and the thigh-surroundingperipheral end portions 21 are free from the presence of thecore 16, so amain body 25 which is a region of thediaper 13 except for theseportions portions individual diaper 13 is folded in two so that the front andrear waist regions diaper 13 is packed within thepackage 1A. - In the group G,
first diapers 13 a each having the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of the respective waist regions lying above themain body 25 andsecond diapers 13 b each having the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of the respective waist regions lying below themain body 25 are alternately placed one upon another between first andsecond side walls first diapers 13 a is five and the number of thesecond diaper 13 b is also five, that is, the numbers of the first andsecond diapers first side wall 4 toward thesecond side wall 5 in one direction, thefront waist region 18 of asecond diaper 13 b lying immediately behind the foremostfirst diaper 13 a is placed upon therear waist region 18 of this foremostfirst diaper 13 a and then thefront waist region 17 of the nextfirst diaper 13 a lying immediately behind the nextsecond diaper 13 b is placed upon therear waist region 18 of thissecond diaper 13 b, and so on. - In this packaged assembly, the
first diaper 13 a and thesecond diaper 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first andsecond side walls first diaper 13 a is equal to the number of thesecond diaper 13 b in the group G. Therefore, the thickness of the group G between the first andsecond side walls first diapers 13 a and thesecond diapers 13 b, the thickness of themain body 25 is larger than the thickness of the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19. Even when thediapers 13 are packed within thepackage 1A to fill the maximum dimension between the first andsecond side walls package 1A, no gap is formed between each pair of thediapers 13 and thereby a packing efficiency for thediapers 13 within thepackage 1A can be improved. - In this packaged assembly, no gap is formed between each pair of the
adjacent diapers 13 both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group G, so a plurality ofpackages 1A can be stably stacked in a vertical direction without anxiety that such stack of the packaged assemblies might be unintentionally tumbled down because thelower package 1A can reliably support theupper package 1A. - In this packaged assembly, the
first diapers 13 a and thesecond diapers 13 b in the group G are placed one upon another between the first andsecond side walls package 1A in sufficiently close contact one with another to prevent the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of thediapers 13 from being easily folded. Therefore, even when two groups G are stacked in a vertical direction within thepackage 1A, it is not apprehended that the upper group G of thediapers 13 might flatten or collapse the waist-surroundingperipheral portions 19 of thediapers 13 in the lower group G and consequently form the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of thediapers 13 in the lower group G with a plurality of irregular wrinkles. - Along the waist-surrounding
peripheral end portions 19 of thediaper 13,respective end portions backsheets opposite ends 16 a of thecore 16 are overlaid and joined together. The waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of thediaper 13 are provided with waist-surroundingelastic members 26 secured thereto in a stretched state. These waist-surroundingelastic members 26 are interposed between the top- andbacksheets end portions sheets - Along the transversely
opposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and thigh-surroundingperipheral end portions 21, respectiveside edge portions 14 b, 15 b of the top- andbacksheets opposite side edges 16 b of thecore 16 are overlaid and joined together. The thigh-surroundingperipheral end portions 21 of thediaper 13 are provided with thigh-surrounding elastic members 27 secured thereto in a stretched state. These thigh-surrounding elastic members 27 are interposed between the top- andbacksheets side edge portions 14 b, 15 b of thesesheets - FIG. 4 is a side view of a
package 1B illustrating one preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly and FIG. 5 is a side view of thepackage 1C illustrating another preferred embodiment of the packaged assembly. FIGS. 4 and 5 show thepackages third side walls 6 thereof cutaway to expose thediapers 13 packed therein. In FIGS. 4 and 5, a forward direction is indicated by an arrow Y1, a backward direction is indicated by an arrow Y2 and a vertical direction is indicated by an arrow Z. - Similarly to the
package 1A shown in FIG. 1, each ofpackages diaper 13 is the pants-typedisposable diaper 13 similar to that shown in FIG. 1 and themain body 25 which is the region of thediaper 13 except for the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19, the transverselyopposite side portions 20 of the waist regions and the thigh-surroundingperipheral end portions 21 has the thickness larger than those of theseportions individual diapers 13 are folded so that the front andrear waist regions diapers 13 are packed within thepackage - The packaged assemblies shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively, are distinguished from the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 1 in arrangement as will be described. In the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 4, one group G consists of eleven
diapers 13 placed one upon another between the first andsecond side wall package 1B. In the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 5, one group G consists of twelvediapers 13 placed one upon another between the first andsecond side walls package 1C. Within thesepackages diapers 13 are under compression in the direction from thefirst side wall 4 toward thesecond side wall 5. - Referring to FIG. 4, the group G comprises five
first diapers 13 a and sixsecond diapers 13 b. In the group G, thesecond diapers 13 b are placed one upon another from thefirst side wall 4 of thepackage 1B toward the middle and thefirst diapers 13 a are placed one upon another from the middle in back and forth direction toward thesecond side wall 5. - The waist-surrounding
peripheral end portions 19 of thefirst diaper 13 a lie above themain body 25 which is the region except for the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19. The waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 of thesecond diaper 13 b lie below themain body 25. Concerning thefirst diapers 13 a arranged from the middle of thepackage 1B toward thesecond side wall 5 of thepackage 1B, thefront waist region 17 of thediaper 13 a lying immediately behind the forehandfirst diaper 13 a is placed upon therear waist region 18 of this forehandfirst diaper 13 a and thefront waist region 17 of thefirst diaper 13 a lying immediately behind thisfirst diaper 13 a is placed upon therear waist region 18 of this precedentfirst diaper 13 a and so on. Concerning thesecond diapers 13 b arranged from thefirst side wall 3 of thepackage 1B toward the middle of thepackage 1B, thefront waist region 17 of thediaper 13 b lying immediately behind the forehandsecond diaper 13 b is placed upon therear waist region 18 of this forehandsecond diaper 13 b and thefront waist region 17 of thesecond diaper 13 b lying immediately behind thissecond diaper 13 b is placed upon therear waist region 18 of this precedentsecond diaper 13 b, and so on. - In the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 4, the number of the
second diapers 13 b is larger than the number of thefirst diapers 13 a by one in the group G. In spite of this difference in the number of the first andsecond diapers adjacent diapers 13 both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group G because the thickness of the group G in back and forth direction in the vicinity of thetop wall 2 of thepackage 1B is substantially equal to that in the vicinity of thebottom wall 3 of thepackage 1B. In this way, a packing efficiency for thediapers 13 within thepackage 1B is improved. Gap-free packing achieved by this embodiment allows a plurality of thepackages 1B to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without apprehension that the stack might be unintentionally tumbled down. - Referring to FIG. 5, one group G consists of six
first diapers 13 a and sixsecond diapers 13 b. In the group G, each pair of thefirst diapers 13 a are placed upon each other and, behind this pair of thefirst diapers 13 a, each pair of thesecond diapers 13 b placed upon each other between the first andsecond side walls first diapers 13 a and the pair of thesecond diapers 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first andsecond side walls - Concerning the
first diaper 13 a, acrotch region 28 is folded toward the outer surface of thebacksheet 15 extending in therear waist region 18 and the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 lie above themain body 25 except for these waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19. Concerning thesecond diaper 13 b, thecrotch region 28 is folded toward the outer surface of thebacksheet 15 extending in therear waist region 18 and the waist-surroundingperipheral end portions 19 lie below themain body 25. In each pair of thefirst diapers 13 a, thefront waist region 17 of therear diaper 13 a is placed upon therear waist region 18 of thefront diaper 13 a. In each pair of thesecond diapers 13 b, therear waist region 18 of therear diaper 13 b is placed upon thefront waist region 17 of thefront diaper 13 b. Therear waist region 18 of thefirst diaper 13 a and therear waist region 18 of thesecond diaper 13 b are placed upon each other. - In the packaged assembly shown in FIG. 5, the number of the
first diapers 13 a is equal to the number of thesecond diapers 13 b and there is no difference in the thickness of thepackage 1C between the first andsecond side walls top wall 2 and in the vicinity of thebottom wall 3. In this packaged assembly, no gap is formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers both in the upper part and in the lower part of thepackage 1C and a packing efficiency for thediapers 13 within thepackage 1C is effectively improved. Such a gap-free packing allows a plurality ofpackages 1C to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without anxiety that such a stack of thepackages 1C might be unintentionally tumbled down. - The packaged assembly shown in FIG. 5 may be modified so that a set of three or more
first diapers 13 a and a set of three or moresecond diapers 13 b are alternately placed one upon another between the first andsecond side walls crotch regions 28 of thediapers 13. - For these packaged assemblies as have been described above, a difference in the number of the
first diapers 13 a and the number of thesecond diapers 13 b in one and same group G is preferably in a range of 0-±3. In any one of these embodiments, three or more groups G may be stacked in a vertical direction and/or three or more groups G may be placed side by side within thepackage package diapers 13 packed within thepackage - While the diapers are placed one upon another in the direction from the
first side wall 4 toward thesecond side wall 5, it is possible that the diapers are placed upon another in the direction from thethird side wall 6 toward thefourth side wall 7. Correspondingly, the transverse direction may be defined by a direction from thefirst side wall 4 toward thesecond side wall 5. - The
package topsheet 14 of thediaper 13 may be formed using a hydrophilic fibrous nonwoven fabric, a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric having a plurality of fine pores or a plastic film having a plurality of fine pores. Thebacksheet 15 of thediaper 13 may be formed using a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric, a breathable but liquid-impervious plastic film, a composite nonwoven fabric consisting of laminated one with one upon another or a composite sheet consisting of a hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric and a breathable but liquid-impervious plastic film. - The plastic film used herein is preferably made of polyolefine-based thermoplastic synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene.
- The fibrous nonwoven fabric used herein may be selected from a group including produces obtained by spun lace process, needle punch process, melt blown process, thermal bond process, spun bond process, chemical bond process and air-through process. Component fiber of the nonwoven fabric may be selected from a group including polyolefine-, polyester-, polyamide-based fibers and core-sheath type or side-by-side type conjugated fibers of polyethylene/polypropylene or polyethylene/polyester.
- The packaged assembly according to this invention has the advantageous effects that a plurality of diapers comprising the first diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions lying above the main body except for the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions and the second diapers each having the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions lying below the main body are packed within the package and each group of the diapers consists of the first and second diapers of approximately same number. Even if a plurality of the diapers each having different thickness between the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions and the main body are packed within the package so as to fill the maximum dimension between the first and second side walls of the package, no gap will be formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group. In this way, a packing efficiency for the diapers within the package is improved.
- A gap-free packing achieved by this packaged assembly allows a plurality of the packages to be stably stacked in a vertical direction without apprehension that such a stack might be unintentionally tumbled down.
- With this packaged assembly, the first and second diapers are placed one upon another in sufficiently close contact one with another between the first and second side walls to prevent the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions to be easily folded. Therefore, even when two or more groups are stacked in a vertical direction within the package, it is not apprehended that the upper group(s) of the diapers might flatten the waist-surrounding peripheral portions of the diapers in the lower group(s) and consequently form the waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the diapers in the lower group(s) with a plurality of irregular wrinkles.
- Even when the number of the first diapers is not equal to the number of the second diapers in one and same group, no gap will be formed between each pair of the adjacent diapers both in the upper part and in the lower part of the group so far as the difference between these numbers is in a range of 0-±3. In this way, a packing efficiency for the diapers within the package is improved.
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1. A packaged assembly comprising a package formed of a flexible sheet in a hexahedron including first and second side walls opposed to each other and a plurality of disposable diapers, each including a main body having an absorbent core attached thereto and leave respective waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of front and rear waist regions free from the absorbent core, packed within said package so that said disposable diapers are placed one upon another between said first and second side walls of said package with said front and rear waist regions being opposed to each other in each of the diapers, said packaged assembly further comprising:
said package containing therein first diapers each having said waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying above said main body and second diapers each having said waist-surrounding peripheral end portions of the respective waist regions lying below said main body and said plurality of diapers placed one upon another between said first and second side walls of said package constitute a group in which the number of said first diapers is equal to the number of said second diapers.
2. The packaged assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between the number of said first diapers and the number of said second diapers is in a range of 0-±3.
3. The packaged assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said groups of at least two are stacked in a vertical direction within said package.
4. The packaged assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said groups of at least two are packed side by side within said package.
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