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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Van T Pham, Dover, DE (US);
Joseph S. Konrad, Dover, DE (US);
Frederick N. Schaber, Smyrna, DE (US);
Inventors:
Van T Pham, Dover, DE (US);
Joseph S. Konrad, Dover, DE (US);
Frederick N. Schaber, Smyrna, DE (US);
Assignee:
Playtex Products, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/08 (2006.01); B28B 3/06 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a tampon pledget having a shaped tip. The present invention further provides a method for forming a tampon pledget having a shaped tip. The method includes a cooling step after the formation of the shaped tip, which results in the minimization and/or prevention of deformation of the shaped pledget tip during the remainder of processing up until the end use by a consumer.