Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,501,063 · App. 08/301,220
Apparatus and method of reducing the force to expel a tampon from a tampon applicator and the applicator itself
Inventors:
Richard R. Tews, Jeffrey Michael Weyenberg, Noel J. Rasmussen
Patented Case
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Granted: Mar 26, 1996
Filed: Sep 6, 1994
Inventors
Richard R. Tews
Jeffrey Michael Weyenberg
Noel J. Rasmussen
Assignee (at issue)
Kimberly-Clark Inc.
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