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Discrete Device and Method for Feminine Hygiene:

U.S. Patent No. 11,980,533

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By: Tara Olivo

Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry

Steven King, Solana Beach, CA.

Filed: 3/22/21
Issued: 5/14/24

A feminine product transport apparatus comprising: graphic depiction software operating on a computer device of a user, said graphic depiction software operating to generate a user graphic interface on a display of said computer device of said user; a carrier, said carrier having a plurality of recesses positioned therein; a controller positioned on said carrier, said controller having an onboard power supply and having a computer processor and electronic memory operatively connected thereto; said controller having a wireless transmitter operatively engaged therewith; each of said recesses dimensioned for positioning of a tampon therein; each of said recesses having a respective sensor connected thereto; each respective sensor communicating a respective electronic occupancy signal to said controller only when a said tampon is located in the respective recess connected to said sensor; software running in said electronic memory of said controller operating to the task of transmitting said occupancy signal from said wireless transmitter to said computer device of said user; receipt of said occupancy signal by said graphic depiction software generating a recess depiction on said user graphic interface on said display of said user; said recess depiction showing each respective recess wherein said respective sensor connected therewith generated a said occupancy signal as a respective recess occupied by a tampon; and said recess depiction showing each respective recess wherein no occupancy signal was generated by said respective sensor connected therewith, as an empty respective recess.

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