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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Gerard A. Viens, Wyoming, OH (US);

Nery Vanesa Breslin, Hamilton, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/34 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/2062 (2013.01); A61F 13/15577 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/15756 (2013.01); A61F 13/202 (2013.01); A61F 13/2051 (2013.01); A61F 13/2065 (2013.01); A61F 13/2068 (2013.01); A61F 13/2085 (2013.01); A61F 13/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tampon has a pair of longitudinally extending side edges and an absorbent member. The absorbent member has an insertion area, a withdrawal area, and an intermediate area between the insertion area and the withdrawal area and an attachment area. The absorbent material has a plurality of fiber integrated nonwoven layers but are without fiber integration adjacent layers outboard of the attachment area. A withdrawal line extends from the withdrawal area and is attached to the absorbent member in the attachment area such that each of the plurality of absorbent layers is attached to an adjacent nonwoven layer in the attachment area.


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