Rapid expansion tampon pledget
AssigneePlaytex Products, Inc.
InventorsSuzanne M. Pauley, Jeffrey Brown, Irwin Butensky, Dane R. Jackson
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Abstract
There is provided a tampon pledget that expands without the aid of moisture or menses. The tampon pledget has a plurality of high resiliency, non-absorbent materials and a plurality of absorbent materials. The tampon pledget has improved comfort as compared to conventional fully compressed tampon pledgets. The tampon pledget preferably has all of its non-absorbent and absorbent materials enclosed in a coverstock. The coverstock may be inverted or turned inside out, prior to filling the coverstock with a plurality of non-absorbent and absorbent materials.
Claims30
A dry expanding tampon pledget comprising:
- a plurality of non-absorbent fibers;
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- a plurality of rayon fibers and superabsorbent, wherein said plurality of non-absorbent fibers are blended with a plurality of rayon fibers and superabsorbent at a percent ratio of about 40% non-absorbent fibers, about 42% rayon fibers and about 18% superabsorbent.
A dry expanding tampon pledget comprising:
- a plurality of non-absorbent fibers;
- a plurality of absorbent fibers, wherein said plurality of non-absorbent fibers and said plurality of absorbent fibers are blended together and provide a percent ratio,
- wherein the percent ratio of said plurality of non-absorbent fibers to said plurality of absorbent fibers is about 25/75 to about 70/30;
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- an inverted coverstock having an interior surface adjacent with the blend of absorbent and non-absorbent fibers and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein said coverstock has an insertion end bond, a removal end bond, and a side seam bond, and wherein said removal end bond is on the interior surface of the inverted coverstock away from the user's body.
A dry expanding tampon pledget comprising:
- a plurality of non-absorbent fibers;
- a plurality of absorbent fibers, wherein said plurality of non-absorbent fibers and said plurality of absorbent fibers are blended together to provide a percent ratio,
- wherein the percent ratio of said plurality of non-absorbent fibers to said plurality of absorbent fibers is about 25/75 to about 70/30;
- an inverted coverstock having an interior surface adjacent with the blend of absorbent and non-absorbent fibers and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein said coverstock has an insertion end bond, a removal end bond, and a side seam bond, and wherein said removal end bond is on the interior surface of the inverted coverstock away from the user's body;
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- a surfactant.
A method of making a tampon pledget comprising the steps of:
- forming a tampon pledget;
- providing a virtually cylindrical coverstock;
- forming a removal end seal of said coverstock;
- inverting said coverstock after forming said removal end seal;
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- filling said coverstock with a plurality of non-absorbent and absorbent fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.