Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

EunJung B Kang

Franz Aschenbrenner

Priscilla Eng Choo Goh

Gary Mastalish

Dusan Pavlik

Irina Tsareva

Lynn Ann Weggel

Tom William VanDenBogart

Anastasia Barlas

Cao Hue Chi Pham

HyungWoo Park

SeongDae Roh

HyungByum Kim

Jeremy S LeMere

Yein Sze Ong

HyongBom Kim

DooHong Kim

Gerald P Van Oursouw

YeinSze Ong

Lloyd Carl Hietpas

Glory Framary Ceman

Kenneth S Simington

Glory F Ceman

In a tampon applicator, an elongated barrel has an interior chamber for housing a tampon therein, a grip region generally adjacent an outer end of the barrel, a tip region generally adjacent an inner end of the barrel, and a central region extending longitudinally between the grip region and the tip region. A plunger extends into the barrel at the outer end thereof and is moveable relative to the barrel to expel the tampon from the barrel at its inner end. The outer surface of the barrel at the grip region has a different coefficient of friction than at the central region of the barrel. In other embodiments the coefficient of friction of the barrel outer surface at the central region is different from the coefficient of friction at the tip region.

Tampon applicator

Embossing pattern for an absorbent article

Sanitary napkin

Cloud embossed surface pattern for an absorbent article

Flower and dot with cloud embossed surface pattern for an absorbent article

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Seoul, South Korea

EunJung B Kang