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A sanitary napkin wrapper and adhesive tab construction for such a wrapper are disclosed. The adhesive tab can, in a preferred embodiment, be applied to the package formed by the wrapper contemporaneously with its own landing member to form a complete fastening system. The sanitary napkin wrapper ca

A sanitary napkin wrapper and adhesive tab construction for such a wrapper are disclosed. The adhesive tab can, in a preferred embodiment, be applied to the package formed by the wrapper contemporaneously with its own landing member to form a complete fastening system. The sanitary napkin wrapper can also be provided with a flap or pouch in several variations for securing the used sanitary napkin for disposal.

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An individually packaged sanitary napkin comprising: a sanitary napkin having a body-facing side, a garment-facing side, two longitudinal side margins and two lateral side margins, said sanitary napkin comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet; a liquid impervious backsheet at least partially periphera

An individually packaged sanitary napkin comprising: a sanitary napkin having a body-facing side, a garment-facing side, two longitudinal side margins and two lateral side margins, said sanitary napkin comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet; a liquid impervious backsheet at least partially peripherally joined to said topsheet, said backsheet having opposed inwardly and outwardly oriented faces; an adhesive patch on said outwardly oriented face of said backsheet; an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet; a releasable wrapper releasably affixed to the adhesive patch on said outwardly oriented face of said backsheet, said wrapper being folded with said sanitary napkin about at least two spaced apart transverse axes so that said wrapper defines a package body and a package flap; a folded disposal pouch is attached at one end of said releasable wrapper for use in disposing a used sanitary napkin; and a tape fastening system for releasably securing said package flap to said package body in a folded arrangement, said tape fastening system comprising: a tape having a first end, a second end, an inner surface facing toward said package flap, and an outer surface facing away from said package flap, said tape comprising: a first portion at the first end of said tape, said first portion comprising a first adhesive disposed on said inner surface for permanently affixing at least part of said first portion to said package flap; a second portion at the second end of said tape, said second portion having a fastening member disposed thereon, said fastening member having an inner surface facing toward said package body and an outer surface, said inner surface of said fastening member having at least a portion of its surface area covered with a second adhesive; and a complementary landing member having an inner surface comprising a third adhesive that may be permanently affixed to said package body, and an outer releasable surface to which the inner surface of said fastening member is releasably affixed, said coating of releasable surface comprising a release material, said outer releasable surface being of such a size and shape that said releasable surface will underlie the entire portion of the surface area that is occupied by the second adhesive on the inner surface of the fastening member when said fastening system is closed, wherein said second adhesive on the inner surface of said fastening member would be sufficiently strong to form a permanent bond with said material comprising said package body in the absence of said landing member.