Tampon having zoned apertured overwrap

US7994387B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Ryo Minoguchi · Cincinnati, US
• Kelyn Anne Arora · Cincinnati, US
• Letha Margie Hines · Wyoming, US
• Ricky Alan Pollard · Moscow, US
• Karen Denise McAffry · Cincinnati, US
• John Richard Noel · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/8497
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Tampons having a zoned apertured overwrap. The tampons can include a compressed absorbent member having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, a longitudinal axis, and a body disposed between the insertion end and the withdrawal end. The body can have a perimeter disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and an exterior surface. The tampons can further include an overwrap covering at least a portion of the exterior surface. The overwrap can have a first zone and a second zone, the first zone having a plurality of apertures of a first diameter and the second zone having a plurality of apertures of a second diameter. In addition, the first zone and the second zone can be spaced apart from one another.