Sarika Kulkarni, Santa Clarita, CA.
Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., Skillman, NJ.

Filed: 6/28/18
Issued: 10/24/23

A packaged elongate sanitary protection product comprising: (a) a sanitary protection product comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure therebetween and having a longitudinal axis and a thickness, first and second arcuate end portions comprising first and second ends, respectively, separated by a central portion, the arcuate end portions having an effective radius, and a pair of substantially parallel longitudinal side edges connecting the first and second ends; wherein (i) the topsheet and backsheet are joined together in a flange surrounding the absorbent structure; (ii) the absorbent structure comprises at least three intersecting, substantially circular sections aligned along the longitudinal axis, a first substantially circular section associated with the first arcuate end portion and the second substantially circular section associated with the second arcuate end portion and the central portion associated with at least one intervening substantially circular portion; (iii) intersections of adjacent substantially circular sections define folding axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and enlarged flange sections of the topsheet and backsheet; (iv) the sanitary protection product is folded at the fold lines and the enlarged flange sections are additionally folded inwardly, approximately 45° to form a folded sanitary protection product having a generally circular form (b) a substantially circular package enveloping the folded sanitary protection product.