Ergonomic tampon applicator

US8337478B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Playtex Products, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jessica LeMay · Paramus, US
• Kathryn Bennett · Fairfield, US
• Keith Edgett · Middletown, US
• Dane R. Jackson · Bloomingdale, US
• Mario Turchi · Tenafly, US
• Susanne Weber · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S604/904
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tampon applicator barrel includes a wall forming a tube with a center axis therthrough and with a hollow interior volume. The tube has a first barrel end and a second barrel end opposite the first barrel end to form a length therebetween that corresponds to the length of the center axis. The tube increases in diameter along the length of the tube from a first diameter to a second diameter that forms a main body section, and decreases in diameter along the length of the tube from the second diameter to a third diameter that forms a reverse taper section. The center axis is substantially straight throughout the extant of the tube.