05.03.22
Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, Appleton, WI; Steven Craig Gehling, Oshkosh, WI; and David Kevin Oldroyd, Greenville, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 7/27/17
Issued: 3/29/22
A tampon comprising: a) a compressed absorbent pledget further comprising: i) a longitudinal axis, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, an outer surface, and a longitudinal length measured from the insertion end to the withdrawal end; ii) a longitudinal direction, a circumferential direction, and a radial depth direction; iii) a linear channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the pledget; iv) a first non-linear channel which undulates in the radial depth direction of the pledget and has at least one crest and at least two troughs in the radial depth direction of the pledget wherein a distance between each trough is less than about 8 mm, and wherein the first non-linear channel has a first outer surface edge and a second outer surface edge opposed to the first outer surface edge and separated from the first outer surface edge a variable width in the circumferential direction of the pledget at the outer surface of the compressed absorbent pledget, and wherein the first non-linear channel undulates in the circumferential direction; v) a second non-linear channel which undulates in the circumferential direction wherein the undulations in the circumferential direction of the first non-linear channel are congruent with the undulations in the circumferential direction of the second non-linear channel; and b) a withdrawal string extending from the withdrawal end of the compressed absorbent pledget.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 7/27/17
Issued: 3/29/22
A tampon comprising: a) a compressed absorbent pledget further comprising: i) a longitudinal axis, an insertion end, a withdrawal end, an outer surface, and a longitudinal length measured from the insertion end to the withdrawal end; ii) a longitudinal direction, a circumferential direction, and a radial depth direction; iii) a linear channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the pledget; iv) a first non-linear channel which undulates in the radial depth direction of the pledget and has at least one crest and at least two troughs in the radial depth direction of the pledget wherein a distance between each trough is less than about 8 mm, and wherein the first non-linear channel has a first outer surface edge and a second outer surface edge opposed to the first outer surface edge and separated from the first outer surface edge a variable width in the circumferential direction of the pledget at the outer surface of the compressed absorbent pledget, and wherein the first non-linear channel undulates in the circumferential direction; v) a second non-linear channel which undulates in the circumferential direction wherein the undulations in the circumferential direction of the first non-linear channel are congruent with the undulations in the circumferential direction of the second non-linear channel; and b) a withdrawal string extending from the withdrawal end of the compressed absorbent pledget.