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A package for dispensing articles intended for one time use only, such as skin plasters or adhesive bandages, medicaments, and disposable handkerchiefs, where the articles are placed on top of each other, or on top of and side-by-side of each other, to form a layer of juxtaposed articles. The packag

A package for dispensing articles intended for one time use only, such as skin plasters or adhesive bandages, medicaments, and disposable handkerchiefs, where the articles are placed on top of each other, or on top of and side-by-side of each other, to form a layer of juxtaposed articles. The package includes an upper part and a lower part that is partially telescopically received within the upper part. The lower part of the package is generally rectangular in cross-section and is closed at its bottom and along its sides to form a pocket. The rear wall of the lower part connects with the front edge of a flat panel defining a top wall of the upper part. A tongue extends from the front edge of the upper part down between the respective rear wall and front wall of the lower part of the unit.

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1. A packaging unit for disposable articles intended for one time use only, where said articles are placed in one or more layers of juxtaposed articles, said packaging unit comprising: a lower part of generally rectangular cross section and closed at its bottom and along its sides as to form a pocke

1. A packaging unit for disposable articles intended for one time use only, where said articles are placed in one or more layers of juxtaposed articles, said packaging unit comprising: a lower part of generally rectangular cross section and closed at its bottom and along its sides as to form a pocket, an upper part that has four sides that define a generally rectangular cross section and which are placed outside an upper portion of the lower part of the unit, wherein said upper part is closed at its upper end by a generally flat panel, wherein in the closed state of the packaging unit the upper part of the packaging unit at least partially overlaps the upper portion of the lower part of said unit and extends upwardly from said lower part, wherein a rear wall of the lower part connects with a front edge of the flat panel of the upper part, wherein a tongue extends from a front edge of the upper part down between the rear wall and a front wall of the lower part of the unit, and wherein the lower part is telescopically moveable relative to said upper part through a limited distance determined by abutment of a bottom edge of the tongue with the bottom of the lower part.2. A packaging unit according to claim 1, wherein the packaging unit is formed from a resilient plastic material.3. A packaging unit according to claim 2, wherein the packaging unit is formed from a rigid and resilient plastic material.4. A packaging unit according to claim 1, wherein the packaging unit is punched from a piece of material and then folded into its final state.5. A packaging unit according to claim 1, wherein the articles are in respective bags positioned in said pocket and each of the bags is affixed in the packaging unit close to the bottom portion of the pocket; and wherein each of the bags is within the pocket in the direction of its long axis when the packaging unit in its closed state.6. A packaging unit according to claim 1, wherein the articles are each sealingly enclosed in an elongate bag which is divided into two sections, a top section and a bottom section, transversely to a long axis of the article and slightly below the free an end of the article.7. A packaging unit according to claim 6, including a joint between said top and bottom sections of respective articles, which joint functions to cause the top section of an article to separate from its bottom section when a user opens the packaging unit by pushing the lower part into the upper part to extend an article from the upper part and pulls on the top section of the article, wherewith attachment of the article to the bottom of the lower part is such that the affixed bottom section of the bag will remain in the packaging unit.8. A packaging unit according to claim 5, wherein the articles are secured to the lower part of the packaging unit.9. A packaging unit according to claim 1, wherein the articles are skin plasters.10. A packaging unit according to claim 3, wherein the plastic material is polypropylene.