US 11,925,535 B2
Tampon with wicking member and improved manufacturability
Kevin Charles Strong, Loveland, OH (US); Henry A. Brown, Cincinnati, OH (US); Evan Joseph Durling, West Chester, OH (US); Ryo Minoguchi, Cincinnati, OH (US); Khalid Qureshi, Mason, OH (US); and Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/716,553.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,977, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,427, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,388, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0188186 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15203 (2013.01) [A61F 13/2054 (2013.01); A61F 13/2074 (2013.01); A61F 13/2077 (2013.01); A61F 13/2085 (2013.01); A61F 13/34 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15487 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tampon, comprising: a pledget, having a forward end and a rearward end, the pledget comprising a discrete first assembly comprising a first fibrous material composition; a withdrawal cord joined to the pledget, and a wicking member having a leading portion and a trailing portion, wherein the wicking member is disposed in direct contact with the pledget, wherein the leading portion of the wicking member is adjacent to the rearward end of the pledget and the trailing portion of the wicking member extends rearwardly beyond the rearward end of the pledget, wherein the wicking member comprises a discrete second assembly separate and distinct from the first assembly and from the withdrawal cord, the wicking member having a length and being non-coaxially-arranged with respect to the withdrawal cord.