COMPACT AND PORTABLE INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED DIAPER
A method of individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid includes compressing a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid from a first condition to a second, compressed condition, and retaining the single-use disposable diaper in the second, compressed condition with a pressure differential that acts upon a substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material to maintain the single-use disposable diaper in the compressed condition. The pressure differential is created by locating the single-use disposable diaper in an interior space of a substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material, creating a negative pressure within the interior space, and hermetically sealing the single-use disposable diaper at the negative pressure within the flexible material. The single-use disposable diaper is the only single-use disposable diaper contained within the hermetically sealed substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material.
1 . A method of individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, comprising:
(a) compressing a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid from a first condition to a second, compressed condition; and
(b) retaining the single-use disposable diaper in the second, compressed condition with a pressure differential that acts upon a substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material to maintain the single-use disposable diaper in the compressed condition, the pressure differential being created by,
(i) locating the single-use disposable diaper in an interior space of a substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material,
(ii) creating a negative pressure within the interior space, and
(iii) hermetically sealing the single-use disposable diaper at the negative pressure within the flexible material,
(iv) wherein said single-use disposable diaper is the only single-use disposable diaper contained within the hermetically sealed substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material.
2 . The method of claim 1 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said single-use disposable diaper comprises a resilient and elastic absorptive material.
3 . The method of claim 1 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said steps (a) and (b) are accomplished by vacuum-packaging the single-use disposable diaper within the interior space of the substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material.
4 . The method of claim 1 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein the substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible packaging material comprises a thermoplastic shrink-wrap material.
5 . The method of claim 1 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said step of compressing of the single-use disposable diaper includes reducing two dimensions of the group of height, width, and length of the single-use disposable diaper.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the packaged single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid is dimensioned to fit within the pocket of an article of clothing to be worn on one's person.
7 . A method for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid:
(a) reconfiguring a single-use disposable diaper by folding the single-use disposable diaper;
(b) compressing the folded single-use disposable diaper from a first condition to a second, compressed and folded condition; and
(c) retaining the single-use disposable diaper in the second, compressed and folded condition with a pressure differential that acts upon a substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material to maintain the single-use disposable diaper in the second, compressed and folded condition, the pressure differential being created by,
(i) locating the single-use disposable diaper in an interior space of a substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material,
(ii) creating a negative pressure within the interior space, and
(iii) hermetically sealing the single-use disposable diaper at the negative pressure within the substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material,
(iv) wherein said single-use disposable diaper is the only single-use disposable diaper contained within the hermetically sealed substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible material.
8 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said single-use disposable diaper includes a single crosswise fold in the single-use disposable diaper, about evenly spaced along a length of the single-use disposable diaper between opposed ends of the single-use disposable diaper, when the single-use disposable diaper is hermetically sealed within the flexible material.
9 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, said single-use disposable diaper includes three crosswise folds in the single-use disposable diaper, about evenly spaced along a length of the single-use disposable diaper between opposed ends of the single-use disposable diaper, when the single-use disposable diaper is hermetically sealed within the flexible material.
10 . The method of claim 9 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said folding comprises folding the single-use disposable diaper along three fold lines, each fold line generally extending in a transverse direction, such that, in the first condition, the single-use disposable diaper is disposed in a generally “M” shaped folded arrangement with a first transverse end edge of the single-use disposable diaper being disposed on the same side of the single-use disposable diaper as a second transverse end edge of the single-use disposable diaper.
11 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said single-use disposable diaper comprises a resilient and elastic absorptive material.
12 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said steps (a) and (b) are accomplished by vacuum-packaging the single-use disposable diaper within the interior space of the substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material.
13 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein the substantially air impermeable, substantially flexible packaging material comprises a thermoplastic shrink-wrap material.
14 . The method of claim 7 for individually packaging a single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid, wherein said step of compressing of the single-use disposable diaper includes reducing two dimensions of the group of height, width, and length of the single-use disposable diaper, wherein the packaged single-use disposable diaper for use in intimate absorption of body fluid is dimensioned to fit within the pocket of an article of clothing to be worn on one's person.
15 . A compact and portable package containing a disposable diaper, the package comprising:
(a) packaging made from a substantially flexible, substantially air impermeable material that is hermetically sealed to define an interior space of said packaging; and
(b) a compressible absorbent disposable diaper comprising a resilient and elastic absorptive material, the compressible disposable diaper both,
(i) contained within the interior space of said packaging, and
(ii) retained by said packaging in a compressed condition;
(c) wherein a negative pressure exists within the interior space of said packaging such that said packaging retains said compressible disposable diaper in the compressed condition.