Tampon applicator
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The broken lines of the plunder in the drawing figures are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a tampon applicator, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 10, 2009
Date of Patent: Jul 27, 2010
Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Neenah, WI)
Inventors: Tom William VanDenBogart (Slinger, WI), Cao Hue Chi Pham (Roswell, GA), YeinSze Ong (Singapore), Franz Aschenbrenner (Kastl), Dusan Pavlik (Novy Jicin), Gary Mastalish (Oshkosh, WI), Irina Tsareva (Moscow Region), Lynn Ann Weggel (Appelton, WI), Anastasia Barlas (Arncliffe), Priscilla Eng Choo Goh (Maplewoods), EunJung Kang (Seoul)
Primary Examiner: Ian Simmons
Assistant Examiner: Wan Laymon
Attorney: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Application Number: 29/343,318