01.06.16
Keith Edgett, Middletown, DE; Robert Jorgensen, Middletown, DE; and Eugene P. Dougherty, Camden, DE. Assigned to Eveready Battery Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO.
Filed: 3/5/07
Issued: 11/24/15
A tampon assembly, comprising: a barrel region having a single layer plastic tubular wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, said barrel region having a first end and a second end, said barrel region having a plurality of discrete petals at said first end that define a generally tapered shaped insertion tip region, said discrete petals being separated from each other by a plurality of cuts that form a break of material through said tubular wall, each of said plurality of cuts having a terminal end adjacent a base region of said plurality of discrete petals, each of said plurality of cuts extending along said barrel region for a first length measured from said first end to said terminal end; a tapered pledget having an end region that has been compressed to form a tapered insertion tip that has a greater density than an adjacent region of said pledget prior to said tampon assembly being inserted into a user, said tapered tip having a length that is less than said first lengths of said plurality of cuts, said tapered tip contacting and supporting at least said base regions of said plurality of petals adjacent to said terminal ends of said plurality of cuts while said tampon assembly is being inserted into said body for mitigating against said plurality of petals pinching said user.
Filed: 3/5/07
Issued: 11/24/15
A tampon assembly, comprising: a barrel region having a single layer plastic tubular wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, said barrel region having a first end and a second end, said barrel region having a plurality of discrete petals at said first end that define a generally tapered shaped insertion tip region, said discrete petals being separated from each other by a plurality of cuts that form a break of material through said tubular wall, each of said plurality of cuts having a terminal end adjacent a base region of said plurality of discrete petals, each of said plurality of cuts extending along said barrel region for a first length measured from said first end to said terminal end; a tapered pledget having an end region that has been compressed to form a tapered insertion tip that has a greater density than an adjacent region of said pledget prior to said tampon assembly being inserted into a user, said tapered tip having a length that is less than said first lengths of said plurality of cuts, said tapered tip contacting and supporting at least said base regions of said plurality of petals adjacent to said terminal ends of said plurality of cuts while said tampon assembly is being inserted into said body for mitigating against said plurality of petals pinching said user.