Absorbent article package with enhanced opening and recloseability

1. A package formed of flexible polymeric film, containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles,

the stack having an approximate rectangular cuboid shape and comprising:

a plurality of the articles, similarly folded, each of the plurality of folded articles comprising: two opposing faces lying along approximately parallel planes; a lateral fold with a fold nose defining an end edge of the folded article, the fold nose having a pair of fold nose corners at left and right sides; a folded height, and a folded width;

the plurality of the articles being arranged with a face of one in contact with a face of the next adjacent one, and wherein the fold noses of a majority of the plurality are disposed approximately along a first side of the stack;

a stacking direction approximately perpendicular to the parallel planes;

a stack length measured from a first outward-facing side of a first article in the stack to an opposing second outward-facing side of a last article in the stack, along the stacking direction;

a stack height approximately corresponding to the folded height;

a stack width approximately corresponding to the folded width; and

a second side of the stack opposing the first side of the stack;

the flexible polymeric film enclosing and wrapping the stack and thereby approximately assuming the approximate rectangular cuboid shape and forming the package, the package thereby having six outward-facing surfaces comprising:

a first package surface adjacent one of the first side and second side;

a second package surface opposite the first package surface;

an opposing pair of third and fourth package surfaces respectively adjacent the first and second outward-facing sides; and

an opposing pair of fifth and sixth package surfaces respectively adjacent side edges of the articles in the stack;

the package having:

a package length approximately corresponding to the stack length, and a package width approximately corresponding to the stack width;

a path of perforations or scoring in the film beginning at a first endpoint and ending at a second endpoint, the path:

extending along a stack direction path length that comprises at least 33 percent of the package length;

having a first central portion extending across the entirety of one of the third and fourth package surfaces, connected to a second portion extending from a first connection with the first central portion, across a part of one of the fifth and sixth package surfaces to the first endpoint, and connected to a third portion extending from a second connection with the first central portion, across a part of the other of the fifth and sixth package surfaces to the second endpoint; and

defining an opening hood structure that overlays a set of the fold noses, the hood having a hood height of at least 40 mm,

the opening hood structure being disposed proximate the first side of the stack;

said package comprising an intact support band about the perimeter of the package extending across of each of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth package surfaces, circumscribing the stack along a support plane approximately parallel to the first outward-facing side of the stack and the support band located at a support band height of at least 50 percent of the stack height.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein said path of perforations has a cut-to-land ratio of at least 0.67:1 and no greater than 3:1.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein the film comprises multiple layers.