IP Library Granted Patent US 8,435,205
Granted Patent B2
US 8,435,205 · App. 12/696,105 · Granted May 7, 2013

Applicator having a color gradient

Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora (Cincinnati, OH); Ryo Minoguchi (Cincinnati, OH); Margaret Henderson Hasse (Wyoming, OH); William Hollis Hood (Cincinnati, OH); Jeffrey Tupper Roesgen (Anderson Township, OH); Colleen Marie Neal (Cincinnati, OH); David Andrew Dalton (Mason, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,435,205
App. No.
12/696,105
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An applicator having a color gradient. The applicator includes an outer member having a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis, a length measured along the longitudinal axis, and an exterior surface. The outer member further includes a color gradient extending along at least a portion of the length from a first region to a second region, the color gradient being visible by a user viewing the exterior surface of the outer member.

Claims (4)

1. An applicator for feminine care products, the applicator comprising an outer member having a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis, a length measured along the longitudinal axis, and an exterior surface, the outer member comprising a first color gradient extending along at least a portion of the length from a first region to a second region, and a second color gradient extending along at least a portion of the length from a third region to a fourth region, the first and second color gradients being visible by a user viewing the exterior surface of the outer member, wherein the first end defines an applicator insertion end and is devoid of the first and second color gradients.

2. The applicator of claim 1 , wherein the applicator is plastic.

3. The applicator of claim 1 , wherein the color gradient is colorfast.

4. The applicator of claim 1 , wherein the color gradient is provided by printing, shrink wrapping, selective polymer addition, activatable colorant, comolding, etching or bleaching.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2010
From: ARORA, KELYN ANNE; MINOGUCHI, RYO; HASSE, MARGARET HENDERSON; HOOD, WILLIAM HOLLIS; ROESGEN, JEFFREY TUPPER; NEAL, COLLEEN MARIE; DALTON, DAVID ANDREW
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Reel/Frame 024284/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2010
From: ARORA, KELYN ANNE; MINOGUCHI, RYO; HASSE, MARGARET HENDERSON; HOOD, WILLIAM HOLLIS; ROESGEN, JEFFREY TUPPER; NEAL, COLLEEN MARIE
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 024071/0653 →
Continuity (1)
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