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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jamshid Rejai, Dover, DE (US);
Assignee:
Playtex Family Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 14 ; 604 15 ; 604904 ; 493269 ;
Abstract
A method for forming a tampon applicator having a dome shaped forward end is disclosed, in which the requisite ejection force for discharging the pledget from the applicator is reduced by radially bending the petals forming the domed tip about their base prior to final fabrication of the dome-shaped petal tip. Several orders of the sequential steps for bending the petals are disclosed. The resultant tampon applicator has weakened fibers at the base of its petals to provide a desired significant reduction of the pledget ejection force.