The Procter Gamble Company

The Holmes Group, Inc.

Naomi Ruth Nelson

Christopher Harris

Christopher Duane Heckman

Michael James Rodber

James E McCay

Signe Christina Larson

Chow-Chi Huang

Peter B Clarke

Jason Merrill Jones

Nicholas August Vitucci

Rebecca Kathleen Pagels

Craig E Pirie

Emma Lynn Sartini

Eric Richard Bartsch

Michael Hung-Tai Luh

Richard Alan Arett

Adrian Charles Bennett

Michelle Natasha Adams-Hughes

Ian MacDonald Murison

Neville John Pryke

Christopher Clive Jones

John Lee Hammons

Philip Edwin Hague

Timothy Ian Mullane

Kerry Lloyd Weaver

Stanley O Thompson

Lee Mathew Arent

Emily Charlotte Boswell

Lisa June Hood

Ricky Ah-man Woo

Benjamin Jacob Clare

Michael Remus

Jody Lynn Hoying

Christopher Eugene Bates

Ricky Ah-Man Woo

Timothy Frederik Thomas Perry

Edward Daniel Theiss, Iii

Ayub Ibrahim Khan

Sybille Fuchs

Michael Wayne Taylor

Peter Kramkowski

Brice Daniel Westring

Stephen H Iding

Darrin S Manke

Nery Vanesa Breslin

Matthew James Ibarra

Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck

David Bossa

Stephan Spiekers

Mariko Iizuka

Victoria Anne Borchert

Eric Mitchell Schickli

Casandre Maffett Walsh

Alton Warren Clark, Jr

Michelle Lynn Moorman

Brittany Ann Alvey

Donna Marie Caudill

Stephen Henry Iding

Casandre Maffet Walsh

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

A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material enclosing the one or more absorbent articles. The package material has natural fibers and forms a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel opposite the top panel. The panels define an interior compartment. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 55 gsm and about 115 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package has a weakened region. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed in the interior compartment.

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Naomi Ruth Nelson