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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2010
Jessica E. Lemay, Paramus, NJ (US);
Kathryn G. Bennett, Fairfield, CT (US);
Keith J. Edgett, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Dane R. Jackson, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Mario A. Turchi, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Susanne Weber, New York, NY (US);
Jessica E. Lemay, Paramus, NJ (US);
Kathryn G. Bennett, Fairfield, CT (US);
Keith J. Edgett, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Dane R. Jackson, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Mario A. Turchi, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Susanne Weber, New York, NY (US);
Playtex Products, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Abstract
A tampon applicator barrel includes a wall forming a tube with a center axis therthrough and with a hollow interior volume. The tube has a first barrel end and a second barrel end opposite the first barrel end to form a length therebetween that corresponds to the length of the center axis. The tube increases in diameter along the length of the tube from a first diameter to a second diameter that forms a main body section, and decreases in diameter along the length of the tube from the second diameter to a third diameter that forms a reverse taper section. The center axis is substantially straight throughout the extant of the tube.