Ultrathin absorbent hygienic pads comprising a top layer, a middle absorbent layer, and a bottom layer and comprising one or more channels anchored from the top layer through the middle absorbent layer and into the bottom layer are provided. The ultrathin absorbent hygienic pads provided can be used to absorb bodily fluids.

A process for making individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles is provided. It comprises: (i) providing a single image with indicia wherein at least one of the indicia is repeated more than once within said single image; (ii) printing a plurality of said single images over a continuous film to form a continuous repetition of the same single image in a side-by-side arrangement; (iii) cutting the printed film and/or web material along a transverse axis such to form a plurality of individual segments of film forming individual wrapping sheets comprising a portion of said single image and sized such to each accommodate one of said personal hygiene absorbent articles therein; (iv) wrapping individual personal hygiene absorbent articles each with one of said wrapping sheets such that a printed portion of the wrapping sheet is viewable; (v) stacking a plurality of the individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles into a container.

The present disclosure provides a packaging unit for hygiene articles and a method for forming such a unit. The packaging unit has a first packaging function as a packaging wrap for a non-used article, and a second disposal function as a disposal wrap for a used article. The packaging unit further comprises a user prompting device having a wrap-facing surface and a user-facing surface, wherein the user prompting device is permanently attached to the wrap such that at least a portion of the wrap-facing surface of the user prompting device is in contact with the inner surface of the wrap. The user prompting device is arranged to prompt the user to employ the second disposal function of the packaging unit.

A dispenser of feminine hygiene products, including feminine pads and tampons activated by a motion sensor. A motion of a person's hand or other object within a given distance from the motion sensor will close an electronic circuit causing a motor to rotate. The motor is attached to a shaft which rotates. The shaft retains a feminine product dispenser. The feminine product dispenser transports one of the feminine hygiene products to a retrieval tray. A time delay reduces the likelihood of or prevents someone from continuously activating the motion sensor to dispense all of the products in the machine.

A hygiene kit containing a set of hygiene products folded, arranged, compressed, and packaged into a pocket-sized container.

The present disclosure relates to a sanitary article (1), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner. The sanitary article (1) has a first fastening wing (9) extending at a first longitudinal side edge (5) and a second fastening wing (10) extending at a second longitudinal side edge (6), the first fastening wing (9) having a first wing maximum width (W.sub.f1max) and the second fastening wing (10) having a second wing maximum width (W.sub.f2max). The first fastening wing (9) comprises a first adhesive region (12) on a garment facing side thereof and the second fastening wing (10) comprises a second adhesive region (13) on a garment facing side thereof, the first and the second adhesive regions (12,13) having a respective adhesive region maximum width (w.sub.a1max, w.sub.a2max). The first and the second adhesive region (12,13) are covered with a common release paper (14,140), the common release paper (14,140) having a width (w.sub.t), as seen in the transverse direction. The first and the second fastening wings (9,10) are arranged in a folded configuration onto the topsheet (2) in a non-overlapping manner. The first and second fastening wings (9,10) are asymmetrical with respect to any transverse and longitudinal axis and the width of the release paper (w.sub.t) is not more than 7 mm greater than the sum of the first and the second adhesive region maximum widths, w.sub.a1max+w.sub.a2max.

A product including a feminine hygiene pad provided in a folded configuration within an individualized package is disclosed. The pad is folded separately of the package and contained within the package. The pad may include a backsheet adhesive coversheet including a section of polymeric film adhered to an outward-facing side of the backsheet of the pad, and a deposit of backsheet adhesive disposed between the backsheet adhesive coversheet and the backsheet, the the backsheet adhesive coversheet and the backsheet adhesive being selected and adapted such that the backsheet adhesive coversheet may be peeled away from the pad to expose the backsheet adhesive without substantial damage to a remainder of the pad, and such that the backsheet adhesive remains substantially in place and adhered to the backsheet following peeling away of the backsheet adhesive coversheet.

The invention pertains to an assembly (1) comprising a sanitary napkin (10) and a wrapper (30), the sanitary napkin (10) being maintained in a folded configuration by the wrapper (3), the wrapper (3) extends in longitudinal, transversal and vertical directions (L,T,V) and comprises a corresponding length (L), width (W) and thickness (H) respectively, the folded sanitary napkin (10) also extending in said longitudinal, transversal and vertical directions, comprises a corresponding length (L.sub.10), width (W.sub.10) and thickness (H.sub.10), a top surface (4) and a bottom surface (6), the wrapper (30) comprises an upper strip (36) being in contact with the top surface (4) of the folded sanitary napkin (10) and a lower strip (38) being in contact with the bottom surface (6) of the folded sanitary napkin (10), the upper strip (36) and bottom strip (38) each comprising a respective width (W.sub.36, W.sub.38) and length (L.sub.36, L.sub.38), the upper and lower strips (36,38) being bonded together at both their longitudinal ends, characterized in that the length (L.sub.36, L.sub.38) of at least one of the upper or lower strips (36,38) is greater than the length (L.sub.10) of the sanitary napkin (10) in a folded state and the width (W.sub.36, W.sub.38) of both the upper strip and the lower strips (8, 10) is lesser than the width (W.sub.10) of the sanitary napkin (10) in a folded state.

A product including a feminine hygiene pad in a folded configuration provided within an individualized envelope package is disclosed. The pad is folded separately of the envelope package and is entirely contained within the package. The package has a rectangular shape and includes a section of polymeric film, a pair of side seams, and a closure flap overlapping an opening edge, wherein the package is configured to create an access opening upon lifting of the closure flap, while allowing material along the side seams to remain unseparated.

A gripper, an apparatus, and a method for assembling kits of sanitary products in an automated fashion are disclosed. The sanitary products are pre-loaded into containers including a plurality of independent housings for the sanitary products, each of the housings being configured to allow loading of a sanitary product therein and withdrawal of the sanitary product therefrom independently of the other housings, and the kit is assembled in batches on the gripper, and released by the latter into a package.