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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:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicants:
Suzanne M. Pauley, Dover, DE (US);
Jeffrey M. Brown, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Irwin Butensky, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Dane R. Jackson, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Suzanne M. Pauley, Dover, DE (US);
Jeffrey M. Brown, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Irwin Butensky, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Dane R. Jackson, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Playtex Products, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a tampon pledget that expands without the aid of moisture or menses. The tampon pledget has a plurality of high resiliency, non-absorbent fibers and a plurality of absorbent fibers. The tampon pledget has improved comfort as compared to conventional fully compressed tampon pledgets.