Feminine hygiene storage unit
OwnerJacqueline M. Morrowinventor
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Abstract
A feminine hygiene storage unit includes a tampon section and a plunger section. Both sections are generally cylindrical and are coaxial to one another. The tampon section has a plunger end, an expulsion end, and a tampon compartment. The tampon compartment contains a tampon. The plunger section has a tampon end, a distal end, and at least one plunger compartment. The plunger section has a slightly smaller diameter than the tampon section. The plunger section is adapted to slide into the tampon section, expelling the tampon. The plunger compartment is adapted to contain a variety of menstrual products, such as a panty liner, a sanitary napkin, a moistened towelette, a tampon disposal bag, or a pharmaceutical composition for relief of menstrual symptoms.
Claims20
A feminine hygiene storage unit, comprising:
- (a) a tampon section, the tampon section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the tampon section having an outer diameter, a plunger end, an expulsion end, a tampon compartment, and a tampon, the tampon being located in the tampon compartment and having a withdrawal string, the tampon compartment being adapted to contain the tampon;
- (b) a plunger section separate from and attached to the tampon section, the plunger section being coaxial with the tampon section, the plunger section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the plunger section having an outer diameter, a tampon end, a distal end, and at least one plunger compartment, the outer diameter of the plunger section being smaller than the diameter of the tampon compartment, the tampon end of the plunger section being located within the plunger end of the tampon section proximate to the tampon, the plunger section being adapted to slide into the tampon compartment so that the tampon is ejected through the expulsion end of the tampon section;
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- (c) at least one other menstrual product contained within the plunger compartment.
A feminine hygiene storage unit, comprising:
- (a) a tampon section, the tampon section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the tampon section having an outer diameter, a plunger end, an expulsion end, and a tampon compartment, the tampon compartment being adapted to contain a tampon;
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- (b) a plunger section separate from and attached to the tampon section, the plunger section being coaxial with the tampon section, the plunger section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the plunger section having an outer diameter, a tampon end, a distal end, and at least one plunger compartment, the outer diameter of the plunger section being smaller than the diameter of the tampon compartment, the tampon end of the plunger section being closed, the expulsion end of the tampon section and at least one end of the plunger section each including a closing means for releasably closing the tampon compartment and plunger compartment respectively, the plunger compartment being water resistant and adapted to contain a menstrual product, the tampon end of the plunger section being located within the plunger end of the tampon section, the plunger section being adapted to slide into the tampon compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.