05.04.18
Yukihiro Ito, Kanonji, Japan; Kenta Taniguchi, Kanonji, Japan; Kouichi Yamaki, Kanonji, Japan; Azusa Matsushima, Kanonji, Japan; and Akie Kinoshita, Kanonji, Japan.
Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 9/12/13
Issued: 3/20/18
A tampon applicator, comprising: an outer tube configured to contain at least a part of an absorber therein; and a first inner tube and a second inner tube, wherein the second inner tube is telescopically received within the first inner tube, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are connectable to each other during use to push out the absorber from the outer tube, when the first inner tube and the second inner tube are connected to each other, at least a part of the first inner tube and at least a part of the second inner tube overlap with each other in an overlap region outside the outer tube, the first inner tube is transparent or translucent, the outer tube and the second inner tube are colored, and a color difference defined in L*a*b* color space between (i) a colored region of the outer tube and (ii) the overlap region is higher than a color difference defined in the L*a*b* color space between (a) the overlap region and (b) a colored region of the second inner tube.
Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 9/12/13
Issued: 3/20/18
A tampon applicator, comprising: an outer tube configured to contain at least a part of an absorber therein; and a first inner tube and a second inner tube, wherein the second inner tube is telescopically received within the first inner tube, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are connectable to each other during use to push out the absorber from the outer tube, when the first inner tube and the second inner tube are connected to each other, at least a part of the first inner tube and at least a part of the second inner tube overlap with each other in an overlap region outside the outer tube, the first inner tube is transparent or translucent, the outer tube and the second inner tube are colored, and a color difference defined in L*a*b* color space between (i) a colored region of the outer tube and (ii) the overlap region is higher than a color difference defined in the L*a*b* color space between (a) the overlap region and (b) a colored region of the second inner tube.