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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Nancy Karapasha, Monfort Heights, OH (US);
Inventor:
Nancy Karapasha, Monfort Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tampon applicator including an insertion member adapted to house an absorbent tampon and receive a plunger. The insertion member has an outer surface and a fingergrip region disposed about the outer surface. The fingergrip region includes an indention region having a depth dimension X. The indention region includes raised portions has a height dimension Y, the height dimension Y being less than or equal to the depth dimension X.