Alison Marie Kight, Menlo Park, CA; Lovic Port Ryals, Atlanta, GA; and Sarah Bush, Los Angeles, CA.
Assigned to Tina Holdings, LLC, Atlanta, GA.

Filed: 5/18/19
Issued: 12/7/21

A tampon insertion device for inserting a tampon from a tampon applicator into a vaginal canal, the tampon applicator having a barrel containing a tampon and a plunger for expelling the tampon from the distal end of the barrel, said device comprising: (a) a hollow casing having an open distal end, a proximal end, a top wall extending between the proximal and distal ends, an open bottom opposing said top wall, and a clamp portion located at the distal end of the casing; (b) a plunger actuator located in the interior of said casing for linear movement therein; and (c) a handle slidably positioned external to said casing and connected to said actuator such that linear sliding movement of said handle with respect to said casing causes a corresponding linear movement of said actuator within the casing; wherein the interior of the casing is adapted to receive the tampon applicator plunger and a portion of the tampon applicator barrel therein, through the open bottom of the casing, with said clamp portion retaining the tampon applicator barrel such that the distal end of the barrel is spaced away from the distal end of, and external to, said casing with a proximal end of the plunger adjacent said actuator, such that linear movement of said handle in the direction of said distal end of the casing causes the tampon to be expelled from the distal end of the tampon applicator barrel while retaining the applicator barrel in said clamp portion.