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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lin-Sun Woon, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128285 ; 28118 ; 28120 ;
Abstract
A tampon having a pledget consisting of two rectangular layers of absorbent material which have been overlaid along an edge of each of the layers and then folded along a line bisecting the angle formed by the juncture between the layers. The pledget thus produced has both inner and outer absorptive layers and a containment pocket formed of absorptive material in the fold area.