Cardboard tampon applicator with surface modifications to inner layers
AssigneeCharles Ruggiero
InventorsPatrick Gorham, Keith Edgett
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Abstract
A multiple-layered tampon applicator that has at least one modification to one or more inner layers that form the applicator. As a result, enhanced aesthetics, enhanced functionality, or both are achieved in the applicator.
Claims26
A cardboard tampon applicator comprising one or more inner layers, wherein said one or more inner layers have at least one modification that provides said tampon applicator with enhanced aesthetic and/or functional properties compared to a tampon applicator without said at least one modification, wherein said at least one modification includes one or more surface modifications.
A cardboard tampon applicator comprising a barrel with an insertion end and a withdrawal end opposite said insertion end, said withdrawal end of said barrel comprising one or more inner layer modifications to form a fingergrip area.
A method for making a cardboard tampon applicator having one or more inner layers comprising the step of:
- modifying said one or more inner layers with one or more surface modification materials,
- wherein said tampon applicator has enhanced aesthetic and/or functional properties compared to a tampon applicator without modifying one or more inner layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.