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Compact Tampon Applicator with Two-Piece Plunger:

U.S. Patent No. 10,898,391

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By: Karen McIntyre

Editor, Nonwovens Industry

Sezen Buell, Waldwick, NJ; Joseph Fedora, Meriden, CT; James McCandless, Durham, CT; Hassan Mohamed, Ridgewood, NJ; and Peter Preisner, Quinton, VA.
Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.

Filed: 11/10/15
Issued: 1/26/21

A tampon applicator, comprising: a barrel defining an interior cavity, the barrel extending lengthwise between a plunger end and an insertion end, the barrel including a grip region, a transition region, a main body region, a plurality of petals, wherein the transition region is disposed between the main body region and the grip region, and the petals are disposed between the insertion end and the main body region; and a telescoping two-piece plunger that includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve having a digit portion, wherein the plunger is configured to selectively reside in a non-deployed configuration or a deployed configuration, wherein in the non-deployed configuration substantially all of the inner sleeve is disposed within the outer sleeve and substantially all of the outer sleeve is disposed within the interior cavity of the barrel, and in the deployed configuration, substantially all of the inner sleeve is disposed outside the outer sleeve.

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