A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
2/115
A61F 13/20 (2006.01) A61F 13/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1325313
PORTABLE TAMPON APPLICATOR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A compact and short tampon applicator is formed of an outer barrel which surrounds a tampon- holding inner tubular plunger. The barrel has a pair of opposed tongues formed from portions of the wall of the outer barrel which are partially cut and deflected inwardly. The openings in the wall of the barrel pro- vide effective means for holding the barrel during the insertion process. The tongues project into the inte- rior of the plunger, through a pair of elongate slots in the wall of the plunger, so that the tongues are in position behind the tampon. The applicator is readied for being used by retraction of the plunger rearwardly to cause the tampon, which is restrained by the tongues, to be ejected from the plunger into the bar- rel. The tongues also serve to prevent the plunger from separating from the barrel. The front of the plunger collapses inwardly to form an effective tampon contacting surface for engaging the rear of the tampon in a manner which permits the plunger to push the tam- pon out of the barrel. Subsequent forward actuation of the plunger expels the tampon through the front of the barrel into the catamenial canal.
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Melvin Wayne David
Rejai Jamshid
Playtex Family Products Corporation
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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