Dispensing package for discrete stage compressed cotton pads, compressed cotton pads therefor, and method of dispensing such cotton pads

摘要

A cotton pad package comprising a plurality of cotton pads and a dispensing package. The plurality of cotton pads is compressed in two discrete stages, each of which stage can be released independently from the other. The first stage of compression is less than the second stage of compression. The cotton pads are transported and stored while under the second stage of compression. The user releases the second stage of compression, whereby the cotton pads can expand up to the first stage of compression. The user releases the first stage of compression just before installing the plurality of cotton pads into a dispensing package or dispenses the cotton pads through a restraint while they are held in the first stage compression.