The Procter Gamble Company

Ayub Ibrahim Khan

Gene Michael Altonen

Scott Edward Smith

Chow-Chi Huang

Chinto Benjamin Gaw

Ian Andrew Carnduff

David William Schuller

Kerry Lloyd Weaver

Su-Yon McConville

Robert J Peterson

Christopher Luke Leonard

Eva Grace Nellenbach

Carol Lea Denison

Eric Jason Wallace

Javier Verdura

Douglas Arthur Marsden

Benjamin J Beck

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Ian Josiah Swanson

Jeffrey Keith Leppla

James William Busch

Danny David Lumpkin

William Dale Murdock

David S Nicosia

Mel Allende-Blanco

Laryssa Chortyk

Matthew Howard Wasson

Rakesh Gummalla

Richard Shane Mays

Eric Mitchell Schickli

Victoria Lynn Bischoff

Jesse Pierce DelGigante

Chanda Janese Davis

Ivan Andrew McCracken

Erik Joseph Moses

Edward William Schwinn

Ivan Andrew Mc Cracken

Su-Yon Mcconville

Brandy Renae Hebert

A tampon product including a tampon within an applicator assembly is disclosed. The applicator assembly includes a barrel portion joined to a gripping portion, imparted with features that improve utility and convenience for the user. In one example the gripping portion has a rearward edge defining differing first and second lengths. In another example the gripping portion has a lateral outer cross section profile that is substantially oval-shaped, ovoid-shaped, elliptical or stadium-shaped and has major and minor axes, each perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, along first and second lateral perpendicular directions, wherein following absorption of fluid the tampon will expand laterally to a first lateral dimension to a greatest extent along a first lateral direction, and to a lesser second lateral dimension along a second lateral direction 90 degrees from the first lateral direction, wherein the first lateral direction is substantially parallel to one of the major and minor axes.

Tampon and applicator assembly with advantageously-shaped gripping portion

Applicators for inserting feminine care devices into the body are provided. The applicators include an applicator barrel having unique insertion tip designs. The insertion tips employ a plurality of petals that can have an inflection or bending point above the bases of the petals.

Applicator for feminine care device

Applicator

Included are systems and methods for modeling compliant parts. Some of the systems and/or methods include creating a 3-dimensional simulation of a product that includes an outer part and an inner part, determining a deformation characteristic of the product, and simulating an interaction of the inner part with the outer part. Similarly, in some of the systems and/or methods a characteristic of interaction may be measured from the interaction, a determination may be made regarding whether the characteristic of interaction meets a predetermined threshold. In some of the systems and/or methods, in response to determining that the characteristic of interaction meets the predetermined threshold, an output may be sent indicating product design acceptability. In response to determining that the characteristic of interaction does not meet the predetermined threshold, the 3-dimensional simulation may be iteratively altered until the characteristic of interaction meets the predetermined threshold.

Systems and methods for modeling compliant parts

A spray head for attachment to an aerosol container containing pressurized product is provided, the spray head comprising conduit means, more than one separate spray outlet and a splitting chamber for diverting the flow to the spray outlets, wherein the conduit means comprise inlet means for attachment to a valve stem of the aerosol spray unit and conduit outlet means which are in direct fluid communication with the splitting chamber, wherein the splitting chamber is in fluid communication with the spray outlets and wherein, for each spray outlet, the ratio, L/L, of the distance (L) between the conduit outlet means and the spray outlet to the distance (L) between the inlet means and the spray outlet is in the range 0.01 to 0.6.

Aerosol

A spray head for attachment to an aerosol spray unit containing pressurized product is provided, the spray head having at least two separate spray outlets, wherein at least one of the spray outlets has a non-circular cross-section.

Aerosol spray

Secondary package

Cosmetic container

Container package

A package for dispensing a pressurized fluid having a plastic container body comprising a non-round cross-section which is at least in part maintained by a skeletal support adjacent to the outer surface of the container body configured to do so.

Package for dispensing a pressurized fluid

A disposable catridge for use with an electrostatic charging device. The disposable cartridge can have a reservoir configured to contain a supply of product suitable for electrostatic spraying, a nozzle configured and disposed to disperse the electrostatically charged product, and an electrode disposed to electrostatically charge the product prior to its dispersal. The disposable cartridge can also have an insulator for insulating the supply of product from electrostatic charge.

Disposable cartridge for use in a hand-held electrostatic sprayer apparatus

An electrostatic spraying device which is designed to be portable, hand-held, self-contained and battery operated, with a disposable cartridge. The electrostatic spraying device is configured to provide a precise essentially constant flow rate of a product being applied, to provide uniformity and ease of application of the product, as well as to conserve product usage.

Hand-held electrostatic sprayer apparatus

Sprayer cartridge

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Ayub Ibrahim Khan