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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Edgewell Personal Care Brands, Llc., Chesterfield, MO (US);
Inventors:
Keith Edgett, Middletown, DE (US);
Robert Jorgensen, Middletown, DE (US);
Eugene Dougherty, Newark, DE (US);
Yinka Abdul, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE BRANDS, LLC, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/2071 (2013.01); A61F 13/20 (2013.01); A61F 13/2051 (2013.01); A61F 13/2065 (2013.01); A61F 13/2068 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a tampon pledget with one or more of the following properties: increased absorbency rate; high absorbent capacity and fluid retention; rapid expansion potential; and ease of ejection of the pledget from the applicator. Surprisingly, the one or more properties are achieved by using a modified dual cross-pad, folded, compressed tampon pledget design.