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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Ryo Minoguchi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Letha Margie Hines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ricky Alan Pollard, Moscow, OH (US);
Karen Denise Mcaffry, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Richard Noel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ryo Minoguchi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Letha Margie Hines, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ricky Alan Pollard, Moscow, OH (US);
Karen Denise McAffry, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Richard Noel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincnnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Tampons having a zoned apertured overwrap. The tampons can include a compressed absorbent member having an insertion end, a withdrawal end, a longitudinal axis, and a body disposed between the insertion end and the withdrawal end. The body can have a perimeter disposed substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and an exterior surface. The tampons can further include an overwrap covering at least a portion of the exterior surface. The overwrap can have a first zone and a second zone, the first zone having a plurality of apertures of a first diameter and the second zone having a plurality of apertures of a second diameter. In addition, the first zone and the second zone can be spaced apart from one another.