Folding pack for absorbent material for a cat lavatory

[0023]FIG. 1 shows a folding pack, designated as a whole by reference numeral 1, in the folded state in which it forms a dimensionally stable pack container which can be distributed in this form as a sales unit. The folding pack 1 has a substantially block-shaped pack body 2 with a handle portion 3 projecting upwards, the handle portion 3 being capable of being folded down horizontally for the purpose of stacking two or more folding packs 1 on top of one another. The folding pack 1 is produced, in a way that will be explained later, by folding a blank made of a suitable material, which may be paper, paperboard, cardboard, pasteboard, plastic, an absorbent material or a composite material (e.g. varnished or plastic-coated board).

[0024] In order to explain the production of the folding pack by folding a blank of material, reference will be made in the following to FIG. 5, in which a blank 4 made from a suitable material is shown. Within the area of the blank 4 are formed a central floor