Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Alexander Schmidt-Foerst

Mary Lou McDaniel

Garry Roland Woltman

Charles Robert Tomsovic

Tamara Lee Mace

Yvette Lynn Hammonds

Jaime Braverman

Ronald Lee Edens

Rebecca Lyn Dilnik

Michael Allen Daley

David Michael Matela

Laura Jane Walker

Marta Embid

Ilona Herzigová

Vladimír Dvorácek

Undergarment

A tampon absorbent for insertion into a vaginal cavity is provided. The tampon absorbent includes a longitudinal direction and has an insertion end and a withdrawal end. The tampon absorbent includes a first absorbent material portion at the insertion end for capturing body fluid and demonstrating a first expansion capacity, and a second absorbent material portion at the withdrawal end for storing body fluid and demonstrating a second expansion capacity. The second absorbent material portion is partially wrapped around the first absorbent material portion in a direction transverse (perpendicular) to the longitudinal direction, at a bonding region, whereby the first absorbent material portion is bonded to the second absorbent material portion at the bonding region.

Tampon having multiple absorbent regions

Sanitary pad for variable flow management

Growing community of inventors

Erlangen, Germany

Alexander Schmidt-Foerst