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US 12,427,069 B2Granted
Reduced-leakage tampon
AssigneeTampro Inc.
InventorsGreta Catherine Meyer, Amanda Paige Calabrese, Elijah John Sampson Zenger
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Abstract
Tampons including an elongate body and a removal string extending from a removal end of the elongate body. The tampons may include a flow path that directs menses across the elongate body. The tampons may include a plurality of longitudinal ribs crossing the flow path. The plurality of longitudinal ribs facilitate expansion of the elongate body.
Claims21
A tampon comprising:
- an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the removal end and the insertion end;
- a plurality of longitudinal ribs protruding from an outer surface of the elongate body;
- a flow path recessed in an outer surface of the elongate body, the flow path turning about the longitudinal axis of the body, the flow path being angled closer to horizontal than the longitudinal axis of the body;
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- a removal string extending from the removal end of the elongate body.
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A tampon comprising:
- an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the removal end and the insertion end;
- a plurality of ribs protruding from an outer surface of the elongate body;
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- a spiral flow path recessed in an outer surface of the elongate body, the spiral flow path turning about the longitudinal axis of the body;
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- a removal string extending from the removal end of the elongate body.
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A tampon comprising:
- an elongate body comprising an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, a longitudinal axis of the elongate body extending through the removal end and the insertion end;
- a plurality of flow path segments recessed in an outer surface of the elongate body, each flow path segment being angled closer to horizontal than the longitudinal axis of the elongate body;
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- a plurality of longitudinal ribs protruding from an outer surface of the elongate body, the plurality of longitudinal ribs separating the plurality of flow path segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.