11.12.20
Sonya D. Whack, Florence, SC.
Filed: 5/9/18
Issued: 10/13/20
A tampon applicator, comprising: a tubular housing adapted to be inserted into a user’s vagina; said housing includes a holder telescopically mounted to a plunger, said holder includes a sidewall having a sidewall opening; a tampon housed within said holder, said tampon having a center that includes a medicated suppository having a medication; said holder including a distal end having a distal end opening adapted to allow said tampon to absorb fluids through said distal end opening; said sidewall opening partially reveals said tampon, said medicated suppository being entirely revealed through between said first and second layers of material in a non-linear manner, said first elastic strand meandering in a first direction around said spaced apart bond points and traversing a direction line extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, said first elastic strand restrained from movement in at least one of said first direction and said second direction by friction with said first and second layers; said first elastic strand positioned between a pair of upstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a first upstream passage location, and positioned between a pair of downstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a first downstream passage location, said first upstream passage location offset from said first downstream passage location in said first direction; a second elastic strand disposed between said first and second layers of material; said second elastic strand positioned between a second pair of upstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a second upstream passage location, and positioned between a pair of downstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a second downstream passage location, said second upstream passage location offset from said second downstream passage location in said first direction; said elastic strands not intersecting said spaced apart bond points; wherein a width of said first and second elastic strands is less than a distance between said pair of upstream bond points and between said pair of downstream bond points and is less than a distance between said second pair of upstream bond points and between said second pair of downstream bond points, respectively, such that friction between said elastic strands and the first and second layers of material retain said elastic strands in place without a separate anchoring or affixing thereof to said first and second layers of material.
Filed: 5/9/18
Issued: 10/13/20
A tampon applicator, comprising: a tubular housing adapted to be inserted into a user’s vagina; said housing includes a holder telescopically mounted to a plunger, said holder includes a sidewall having a sidewall opening; a tampon housed within said holder, said tampon having a center that includes a medicated suppository having a medication; said holder including a distal end having a distal end opening adapted to allow said tampon to absorb fluids through said distal end opening; said sidewall opening partially reveals said tampon, said medicated suppository being entirely revealed through between said first and second layers of material in a non-linear manner, said first elastic strand meandering in a first direction around said spaced apart bond points and traversing a direction line extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, said first elastic strand restrained from movement in at least one of said first direction and said second direction by friction with said first and second layers; said first elastic strand positioned between a pair of upstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a first upstream passage location, and positioned between a pair of downstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a first downstream passage location, said first upstream passage location offset from said first downstream passage location in said first direction; a second elastic strand disposed between said first and second layers of material; said second elastic strand positioned between a second pair of upstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a second upstream passage location, and positioned between a pair of downstream bond points spaced apart in said first direction at a second downstream passage location, said second upstream passage location offset from said second downstream passage location in said first direction; said elastic strands not intersecting said spaced apart bond points; wherein a width of said first and second elastic strands is less than a distance between said pair of upstream bond points and between said pair of downstream bond points and is less than a distance between said second pair of upstream bond points and between said second pair of downstream bond points, respectively, such that friction between said elastic strands and the first and second layers of material retain said elastic strands in place without a separate anchoring or affixing thereof to said first and second layers of material.
