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US 2008/0167599 A1Published application
Active applicator
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Comapny
InventorsThomas Ward Osborn, Diana Lynne Gann, Devin William Baldridge, Margaret Henderson Hasse
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Abstract
An applicator for inserting an object into a cavity. The applicator can have a hollow insertion member. The applicator can further have an indicator member circumscribing or partially circumscribing the periphery of the insertion member. The indicator member can have a first position and a second position.
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An applicator comprising:
- a hollow insertion member, said insertion member having an insertion end and an opposing gripper end, a length, and a periphery, the length of said insertion member defined by the distance between said insertion end and said gripper end, wherein the shape defined by the periphery about said insertion member is generally orthogonal to said length of said insertion member;
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- an indicator member circumscribing said periphery of said insertion member, said indicator member comprising:
- a hollow open ended first frustum, said hollow open ended first frustum having a first frustum bottom, an opposing first frustum top, said first frustum bottom having a first frustum bottom perimeter and said first frustum top having a first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum bottom perimeter greater than said first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum top engaged with said insertion member.
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An applicator comprising:
- a hollow insertion member, said insertion member having an insertion end and an opposing gripper end, a length, and a periphery, the length of said insertion member defined by the distance between said insertion end and said gripper end, wherein the shape defined by the periphery about said insertion member is generally orthogonal to said length of said insertion member;
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- an indicator member circumscribing said periphery of said insertion member, said indicator member comprising:
- a hollow open ended first frustum, said hollow open ended first frustum having a first frustum bottom, an opposing first frustum top, and a first frustum slope, said first frustum bottom having a first frustum bottom perimeter and said first frustum top having a first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum bottom perimeter greater than said first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum top engaged with said insertion member;
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- a hollow insertion member, said insertion member having an insertion end and an opposing gripper end, a length, and a periphery, the length of said insertion member defined by the distance between said insertion end and said gripper end and the shape defined by the periphery about said insertion member being generally orthogonal to said length of said insertion member;
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- a hollow open ended second frustum having a second frustum bottom, a second frustum top, and a second frustum slope, said second frustum bottom having a second frustum bottom perimeter and said second frustum top having a second frustum top perimeter, said second frustum bottom perimeter greater than said second frustum top perimeter and said second frustum top perimeter equal to said first frustum bottom perimeter, said first frustum bottom perimeter engaged with said second frustum top perimeter;
- wherein said first frustum slope differs from said second frustum slope, wherein said indicator member is comprised of a flexible material and said applicator is sized and dimensioned for insertion into a woman's vagina, wherein said indicator member has a first position and a second position, wherein in said first position said first frustum bottom is oriented towards said insertion end of said insertion member and in said second position said first frustum bottom is oriented away from said insertion end of said insertion member.
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An applicator comprising:
- a hollow insertion member, said insertion member having an insertion end and an opposing gripper end, a length, and a periphery, the length of said insertion member defined by the distance between said insertion end and said gripper end, wherein the shape defined by the periphery about said insertion member is generally orthogonal to said length of said insertion member;
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- an indicator member circumscribing said periphery of said insertion member, said indicator member comprising:
- a hollow open ended first frustum, said hollow open ended first frustum having a first frustum bottom, an opposing first frustum top, said first frustum bottom having a first frustum bottom perimeter and said first frustum top having a first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum bottom perimeter greater than said first frustum top perimeter, said first frustum top engaged with said insertion member;
- wherein said indicator member is comprised of a flexible material and said applicator is sized and dimensioned for insertion into a woman's vagina, wherein said indicator member has a first position and a second position, wherein in said first position said first frustum bottom is oriented towards said insertion end of said insertion member and in said second position said first frustum bottom is oriented away from said insertion end of said insertion member.
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