Methods of providing packages of wet wipes with improved wetness gradients and associated product

Abstract

A method for improving the wetness gradient of a plurality of packages containing stacks of wet wipes, and the associated container, are disclosed. The method may include the steps of providing a plurality of packages of wet wipes, disposing the primary packages in the interior space of a container bearing an indicium that is easily legible when the container is upside-down, inverting the container and thereby the packages to the upside-down orientation, and shipping the container in the upside-down position. The associated product may be the container bearing the indicium and containing the packages of wet wipes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A container of packages of wet wipes, comprising:
 a container having a container top, a container bottom and one or more container side walls with one or more outward-facing surfaces, the container top, the container bottom and the one or more container side walls defining and enclosing an interior space;   a plurality of packages disposed in the interior space, each package having a package top, a package bottom, a stack of wet wipes disposed between the package top and the package bottom, and a dispensing opening feature disposed on the package top, wherein one or more of the plurality of packages is disposed with its package top closest the container top and its package bottom closest the container bottom;   wherein the one or more outward-facing surfaces of the one or more container side walls bears a first indicium that is easily legible when the container is upside-down.   
     
     
         2 . The container of packages of wet wipes of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more outward-facing surfaces of the one or more container side walls bears a second indicium that is easily legible when the container is upright. 
     
     
         3 . The container of wet wipes of  claim 2 , wherein both the first and second indicia are disposed on the same one of the container side walls. 
     
     
         4 . A method for minimizing the wetness gradient of packages of wet wipes at the time of consumer use, comprising:
 providing a plurality of packages of wet wipes, the plurality of packages each having a package top, a package bottom, a stack of wet wipes disposed between the package top and the package bottom, and a dispensing opening feature disposed on the package top;   providing a container having a container top, a container bottom and one or more container side walls with one or more outward-facing surfaces, the container top, the container bottom and the one or more container side walls defining and enclosing an interior space, the one or more outward-facing surfaces of the one or more container side walls bearing a first indicium that is easily legible when the container is upside-down;   disposing the plurality of packages of wet wipes in the interior space with each package top thereof closest the container top and each package bottom thereof closest the container bottom;   inverting the container to an upside-down position so that each package top faces downward and each package bottom faces upward; and   shipping the container in the upside-down position.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the one or more outward-facing surfaces of the one or more container side walls bear a second indicium that is easily legible when the container is upright. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein both the first and second indicia are disposed on the same one of the container side walls.