Package assembly for or with a tampon applicator

A tampon applicator package assembly, comprising:

• a tampon applicator, comprising:
• a barrel region having an insertion end and a grip end;
• a hollow plunger having a telescoping portion and an end portion, said telescoping portion engaging said grip end of said barrel;
• and
• a pledget having an insertion end and a distal end, said distal end having a string attached thereto, said pledget being housed within said barrel region;
• a cap having a closed end and an open end, wherein said tampon applicator is disposed in said cap, said cap having an undulating surface on an inner wall of said cap;
• and
• a cap cover matingly engages said cap at said open end such that said tampon applicator and said string are enclosed within said tampon applicator package assembly, and
• wherein during use, said undulating surface helps retain said barrel region within said cap while said end portion of said plunger is withdrawn from said cap;
• and
• wherein said string stays within said tampon package applicator assembly when said cap cover is at least partially disengaged from said open end of said cap.

A method of using a tampon applicator package assembly, said tampon applicator package assembly comprising a tampon located inside a tampon applicator, said tampon applicator contained within a cap and a cap cover that matingly engages said cap such that said tampon applicator is contained within said cap and said cap cover, comprising the steps of:

• opening said cap by removing said cap cover and revealing said tampon applicator;
• withdrawing a rear end of a plunger outward of said cap and said tampon applicator such that a tampon applicator barrel containing said pledget remains within said cap;
• once said plunger is withdrawn such that said plunger is still at least partially contained in said cap and in a prepared position, fully withdrawing said tampon applicator from said cap;
• inserting said plunger into a rear end of said tampon applicator barrel until an insertion end of said plunger engages a withdrawal end of said pledget;
• and
• ejecting said pledget from an insertion end of said tampon applicator barrel by applying a force to the plunger and causing said pledget to bypass said insertion end of said tampon applicator barrel.