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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Lisa Ann Mackay, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William Patton Peace, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Chrissie Melinda Smits, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Tweddell, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eric Patton Weinberger, Fairfield, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A tampon applicator for at least partially separating a tampon and inserting the tampon into a body cavity is provided. The tampon applicator has a tampon holder tube having interior and exterior surfaces, a longitudinal axis, a hollow portion and an expulsion end dimensioned for insertion into the body cavity. The tampon holder tube has a feature for separating and spreading a tampon apart during expulsion of the tampon. A plunger may also be telescopically and slidably mounted in the tampon holder tube distal to the expulsion end and adapted to directionally expel the tampon from the tampon holder tube when a user expels the tampon from the tampon holder tube.