Akira Hashino, Kagawa, Japan; Yuki Noda, Kagawa, Japan; Shinpei Komatsu, Kagawa, Japan; and Hideyuki Kinoshita, Kagawa, Japan. Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.

Filed: 9/22/11
Issued: 3/8/16

An individually packaged product having a folded structure in which an absorbent article is wrapped with a packaging sheet, wherein the individually packaged product has first to fourth folding lines to form the folded structure in which the first folding line is longitudinally extended in a left side portion of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet, the second folding line is longitudinally extended in a right side portion of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet, the third folding line is laterally extended in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in a lower end portion of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet, and the fourth folding line is laterally extended in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction in an upper end portion of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet, wherein a left-hand region of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet is folded along the first folding line and a right-hand region of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet is folded along the second folding line, in sequence, on a middle region defined by the first and second folding lines in such a manner that absorbent article is inwardly folded, and then a lower region of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet at the lower end portion thereof is folded along the third folding line and an upper region of the absorbent article and the packaging sheet at the upper end portion thereof is folded along the fourth folding line, in sequence, on a middle region defined by the third and fourth folding lines in such a manner that absorbent article is inwardly folded, wherein as thus folded the packaging sheet has a colored part on an inner surface on the absorbent article side and on an outer surface on the side opposite the inner surface, wherein the colored part on the outer surface of the packaging sheet has a smaller area than the area of the colored part on the inner surface of the packaging sheet, and the colored part is visible through an outer surface of the individually packaged product, but the absorbent article is not visible through the outer surface of the individually packaged product, wherein the absorbent article has a pressure-sensitive adhesive part on the non-skin-contact surface, the absorbent article is attached to the inner surface of the packaging sheet sandwiching the pressure-sensitive adhesive part, and the absorbent article and packaging sheet is formed by folding the absorbent article inward, and wherein the absorbent article is easily detached from the inner surface of the packaging sheet.