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US 7,815,594 B2Granted
Tampon assembly providing proper bodily placement of a pledget
AssigneePlaytex Products, Inc.
InventorsEugene P. Dougherty, Jr., Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Abstract
Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.
Claims5
A tampon applicator comprising:
- a barrel having an insertion end and a plunger receiving end, said barrel having a tubular wall having a first diameter dimensioned to house a tampon pledget therein;
- a plunger;
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- two or more collapsible portions of said tubular wall, one of said two or more collapsible portions folded along a centerline of the tampon applicator for use to form an insertion indicator located at a position along a length of said barrel corresponding to a insertion depth selected by a user, said one collapsible portion having a folded diameter greater than an unfolded barrel diameter of portions of said tubular wall adjacent thereto, and a remainder of said two or more collapsible portions having a diameter being virtually the same as said first diameter.
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A tampon applicator comprising:
- a barrel having an outer surface, said outer surface having an insertion indicator of a diameter greater than the diameter of said outer surface;
- a first plunger segment with one end connected to said barrel and a second free end;
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- an additional plunger segment adapted to be connected to the free end of the first plunger segment to lengthen said plunger, and adapted to receive another plunger segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.