US 12,004,929 B2
Tampon product including applicator having components molded of pulp-based composite
David Daniel Lake, Cincinnati, OH (US); Ryo Minoguchi, Cincinnati, OH (US); Khalid Qureshi, Mason, OH (US); Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US); Keisuke Matsuzaka, Tottori (JP); and Tetsu Nishikawa, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,563.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,985, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296434 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/26 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/266 (2013.01) [A61F 13/2082 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tampon applicator assembly comprising a barrel portion, a grip portion and an ejection plunger configured to slide coaxially within one or both the barrel portion and the grip portion,
wherein one or both of the barrel portion and grip portion is/are molded from a molding composite comprising cellulose fibers, and
wherein the molded one or both of the barrel portion and the grip portion have a mean void thickness of 50 μm to 300 μm.