IP Library Granted Patent US 7,549,538
Granted Patent B2
US 7,549,538 · App. 11/237,965 · Granted Jun 23, 2009

Packaging bag for diapers

Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,549,538
App. No.
11/237,965
Granted
Jun 23, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging bag facilitates understanding that the contents are diapers for older children from the display on the packaging bag at low costs. The packaging bag contains disposable underpants-type diapers of which the intended wearers are children 10 months and older. The surface of the packaging bag includes an intended wearer illustration display part which mainly shows one or more illustrations of the intended wearer.

Claims (47)

1. A packaging bag for diapers of which an intended wearer is a child 10 months old or older, said packaging bag comprising:

opposite front and rear faces, and opposite side faces connecting the front and rear faces, respectively;

a pair of handles each being attached in an inverted U-shape to an upper portion of said packaging bag and across a vertical center line of the front face of said packaging bag;

an opening part in a lower portion of said packaging bag for insertion of the diapers into the packaging bag;

an intended wearer illustration display part mainly showing one or more illustrations of said intended wearer on the front face of said packaging bag, said intended wearer illustration display part comprising a character part showing said intended wearer wearing clothes in a state wherein a diaper is worn so as not to be exposed outside said clothes;

a plurality of text information parts that include product information about the diapers contained in the packaging bag, said text information parts comprising

first text information parts on at least one of the side faces of the packaging body;

second text information parts positioned between said intended wearer illustration display part and said first text information parts; and

third text information parts positioned horizontally in a width direction of said packaging bag and across said intended wearer illustration display part;

wherein

said intended wearer illustration display part and said first through third text information parts are all disposed on a roughly rectangular area which is 60% to 90% of an upper part in a vertical direction of the overall packaging bag when said packaging bag is empty, whereas a lower part of the empty packaging bag defines the opening part,

said rectangular area defines at least the front face as well as parts of the side faces where the first text information parts are positioned;

said character part is disposed near the center line along the vertical direction of said packaging bag;

when said packaging bag is filled with the diapers, said diapers are not visible through the front face on which the intended wearer illustration display part is dispose; and

at least one of said third text information parts extends across a region where a diaper is expected to be worn on the intended wearer illustrated in said character part so as to obscure said region of the intended wearer illustrated in said character part.

2. A packaging bag for diapers according to claim 1 , wherein said intended wearer illustration display part shows at least a boy of girl who is thee to six years old.

3. A diaper package formed by packaging said diapers in said packaging bag for diapers according to claim 1 , wherein said character part is placed in a position which is to be a front face of said diaper package when said diaper package is in a displayed state.

4. A diaper package formed by packaging said diapers in said packaging bag for diapers according to claim 2 , wherein said character part is placed in a position which is to be a front face of said diaper package when said diaper package is in a displayed state.

5. A diaper package display, comprising:

a first package group formed by arranging plural first diaper packages each including a packaging bag filled with first disposable diapers of which an intended wearer is a child 10 months old or older; and

a second package group formed by arranging plural second diaper packages containing second disposable diapers smaller than the first disposable diapers;

wherein

said packaging bag of each of the first diaper packages comprises:

opposite front and rear faces, and opposite side faces connecting the front and rear faces, respectively

a first intended wearer illustration display part mainly showing one or more illustrations of said intended wearer on the front face of said packaging bag, said first intended wearer illustration display part comprising a first character part showing said intended wearer wearing clothes in a state wherein a diaper is worn so as not to be exposed outside said clothes;

a plurality of text information parts that include product information about the first diapers contained in the packaging bag, said text information parts comprising

first text information parts on at least one of the side faces of the packaging body;

second text information parts positioned between said intended wearer illustration display part and said first text information parts; and

third text information parts positioned horizontally in a width direction of said packaging bag and across said first intended wearer illustration display part in a region where a diaper is expected to be worn on the intended wearer illustrated in said first character part so as to obscure said region of the intended wearer illustrated in said first character part;

wherein

said first intended wearer illustration display part and said first through third text information parts are all disposed on a roughly rectangular area which is 60% to 90% of an upper part in a vertical direction of the overall packaging bag when said packaging bag is empty, whereas a lower part of the empty packaging bag defines an opening part though which the first diapers are inserted into the packaging bag, and said first character part is disposed near a center line along the vertical direction of said packaging bag; and

said first character part is placed in a position which is to be a front face of said first diaper package when said first diaper package is in a displayed state;

each said second diaper package comprises a second intended wearer illustration display part mainly showing one or more illustrations of a newborn or an infant on a surface of said second diaper package, said second intended wearer illustration display part comprising a second character part showing said newborn or said infant wearing a diaper in an exposed state; and

said first package group and said second package group are displayed so as to be horizontally or vertically adjacent to each other, wherein a height of each of the second packages is smaller than that of the first packages.

6. A diaper package display according to claim 5 , wherein said first intended wearer illustration display part shows a child who is thee to six years old.

7. A diaper package display according to claim 5 , wherein said first and second diaper package groups are placed according to ages of the respective intended wearers on display shelves which are vertically arranged in plural levels.

8. A diaper package display according to claim 6 , wherein said first and second diaper package groups are placed according to ages of the respective intended wearers on display shelves which are vertically arranged in plural levels.

9. A diaper package display, comprising:

a first package group formed by arranging plural first diaper packages each being a packaging bag according to claim 3 filled with the diapers of which the intended wearer is a child 10 months old or older; and

a second package group formed by arranging plural second diaper packages containing disposable diapers smaller than the diapers of said first diaper packages, each said second diaper package comprising a second intended wearer illustration display part mainly showing one or more illustrations of a newborn or an infant on a surface of said second diaper package, said second intended wearer illustration display part comprising a second character part showing said newborn or said infant wearing a diaper in an exposed state;

wherein said first package group and said second package group are displayed so as to be horizontally or vertically adjacent to each other, wherein a height of each of the second packages is smaller than that of the first packages.

10. A diaper package display according to claim 9 , wherein said first intended wearer illustration display part shows a child who is thee to six years old.

11. A diaper package display according to claim 9 , wherein said first and second diaper package groups are placed according to ages of the respective intended wearers on display shelves which are vertically arranged in plural levels.

12. A diaper package display according to claim 10 , wherein said first and second diaper package groups are placed according to ages of the respective intended wearers on display shelves which are vertically arranged in plural levels.

13. The packaging bag for diapers according to claim 1 , wherein the entire front face of the packaging bag, including said intended wearer illustration display part and said text information parts, gives no direct graphical hint of what is inside the packaging bag.

14. The diaper package display according to claim 5 , wherein the entire front face of the packaging bag, including said first intended wearer illustration display part and said text information parts, gives no direct graphical hint of what is inside the packaging bag.

15. The diaper package display according to claim 9 , wherein the entire front face of the packaging bag, including said first intended wearer illustration display part and said text information parts, gives no direct graphical hint of what is inside the packaging bag.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2005
From: NAOE, KOICHI; UKITA, FUMIHIKO
To: UNI-CHARM CORPORAITON
Reel/Frame 017052/0029 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-290539 · Oct 1, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060082133A1 · Apr 20, 2006