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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Tim Jensen, Crailsheim, DE;
Inventor:
Tim Jensen, Crailsheim, DE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tampon for feminine hygiene has an insertion end, a withdrawal end, a longitudinal axis, and an outer surface. The tampon has compressed fibrous material. The outer surface of the tampon has a plurality of recessed portions. Each of said recessed portions has a length dimension, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first and second side walls intersect one another to form a vertex. The first and second side walls have an angle (α) therebetween. The angle alpha (α) varies as measured along at least a portion of the length dimension.