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Tampon Pledget for Increased Bypass Leakage Protection

U.S. Patent No. 9,259,360 B2

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Robert Jorgensen, Middletown, DE; and Keith Edgett, Middletown, DE. Assigned to Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC, Chesterfield, MO.
Filed: 12/2/10
Issued: 2/16/16

A compressed tampon pledget comprising: a bottom pad with a bottom area calculated in a single plane and a bottom fiber weight distribution; a top pad with a top area calculated in a single plane and a top fiber weight distribution; a pad lay-up ratio of said bottom area to said top area of 1:1.2; a fiber distribution ratio of said bottom fiber weight distribution to said top fiber weight distribution of 0.75:1; and an absorption potential that is higher at a bottom end of the compressed tampon pledget than at a top end.

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