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US 4,374,522 AGranted
Tampon with central reservoir
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorHoward Olevsky
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Abstract
A tampon having a pledget with a bullet-shaped outer configuration as provided in which the bottom portion of the tampon has a fluid impermeable layer and the inner portion of the tampon is hollow. The inner portion serves as a reservoir for excess menstrual fluid.
Claims5
A tampon comprising a compressed bullet-shaped absorbent pledget having a tapering leading edge, a hollow central core, said pledget in fluid conductive contact with said core, a fluid impermeable layer attached to the base of the pledget to seal the central core area, and a withdrawal means attached to said impermeable layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.