| US 7,601,146 B2 | ||
| Interlabial pad individual packaging vessel | ||
| Satoshi Mizutani, Kagawa (Japan); Koichi Yamaki, Kagawa (Japan); Yuki Noda, Kagawa (Japan); Megumi Tokumoto, Kagawa (Japan); and Akane Sakai, Kagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/705,673. | ||
| Application 10/705673 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP02/04882, filed on May 21, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2001-152403 (JP), filed on May 22, 2001; and application No. 2002-016191 (JP), filed on Jan. 24, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0162539 A1, Aug. 19, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—385.17 [604/385.02; 604/385.03; 604/387; 604/385.01] | 4 Claims |

| 1. A wrapping container which wraps an interlabial pad comprising:
a pad having an elongated shape;
a liquid permeable surface sheet having a body faceable side and an opposite side;
a liquid impermeable back sheet having a body faceable side and an opposite side;
an absorbent body in between the surface sheet and the back sheet; and
a belt-like mini sheet piece directly affixed to the opposite side of the back sheet along first opposing edges thereof which
are opposed along a first transverse direction of the backsheet and pad and unattached along second opposing edges which are
opposed along a second direction that is transverse to the first direction to provide an opening in combination with the opposite
side of the back sheet for inserting and passing a finger therethrough in order to remove the pad from a wrapping container
with one hand and insert and remove the pad from a wearer, and
the wrapping container having;
a wrapping sheet for enclosing the pad having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
a broken line defining perforations disposed on the wrapping sheet for completely separating or dividing separable sections
of the wrapping container into two separate sections; and
finger insertion portions formed by two mini sheet pieces that are directly attached to the exterior surface of the two separable
sections of the wrapping container, respectively;
wherein each of the two mini sheet pieces is attached to one of the two separable sections along first opposing edges of the
mini sheet which first opposing edges are opposed along a first direction that is transverse to the broken line, each of the
two mini sheet pieces is unattached along second opposing edges of the mini sheet, which second opposing edges are opposed
along a second direction that is parallel to the broken line to provide an opening in combination with the exterior surface
of the one separable section for inserting and passing a respective finger therethrough to mount the container on the opposite
hand and once the fingers are inserted permit the fingers to move apart along the first direction to separate and divide the
container into two separate sections so that the labia of the wearer can be opened by the fingers holding the separate sections
and the wearer can fix the interlabial pad removed from the container and held on the finger of the one hand in the labia
in such a way as the fingers of the other hand never come in contact with the labia or menstrual blood;
wherein the body faceable side of the surface sheet of the interlabial pad when contained being in contact with the broken
line of the wrapping sheet before the wrapping container is divided and separated and facing a portion of the sheet which
includes the finger insertion portions and the outer side of the back sheet of the interlabial pad with the directly affixed
belt-like mini sheet piece being on a side of the interlabial pad opposite to the body faceable side of the surface sheet
so as to face away from the broken line of the wrapping sheet.
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