Special receptacle or package – For body treatment article or material – Bandage – drape or dressing
Patent
1990-10-17
1993-01-19
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
For body treatment article or material
Bandage, drape or dressing
206438, 206495, 206529, 604904, B65D 1706
Patent
active
051800594
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a package of sanitary tampon capable of protecting fingers from smudge when a sanitary tampon is inserted.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The sanitary tampons are individually packed one in one package so that they may be carried in a hygienic state prior to use thereof.
There have been used such packages that are cylindrical bags in their shape and adapted to seal up the sanitary tampons, in spite of a variety in their materials.
Such conventional cylindrical packages serve only the function of sealing up of the sanitary tampons, that is, they are merely thrown away giving no additional use once they are opened.
In view of this point, it is an object of the invention to provide a package of sanitary tampon that has an additional function useful for the users of sanitary tampons even after it is opened.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the aforesaid object, the present invention employs technical features in a structure described below.
The structure comprises a packing sheet assembly composed of two sheets that are superposed one upon another to form at least three sheet parts, these sheet parts thereby extending respectively in three directions, any two of said three sheet parts folded down at a suitable position such that areas of an inner surface of the thus folded sheet parts face each other, further comprises a sanitary tampon having one longitudinal part put through an opening, the opening formed through the sheet parts at a location near the suitable position, said two sheet parts being separably bonded together at their sides that face each other and also at a free end to thereby enclose the longitudinal part of the sanitary tampon, wherein the remaining one of said three sheet parts also is folded down to enclose the other longitudinal part of the sanitary tampon, said remaining sheet parts separably adhering at its two sides and free end to an outer surface of one of the aforesaid two sheet parts mentioned above.
Such a packed sanitary tampon is used by separating the sheet parts from each other at their adhering portions, thus causing said sheet parts to take their positions perpendicular to each other. A lower portion of the sanitary tampon is then held by the fingers in such a state that the sheet parts cover upper portions of the fingers. Subsequently, an upper portion of the sanitary tampon is pushed through a mouth of the vagina so that the tampon as a whole is then inserted in the vagina. Because the sheet parts are positioned above the fingers when the sanitary tampon is inserted, the fingers do not come in a direct contact with the mouth of the vagina whereby a hygienic insertion of the tampon is ensured.
According to the invention, the sheet parts intervene between the periphery of the lower portion of the sanitary tampon that is held with the fingers when inserted after unsealing of the package and the periphery of the upper portion already inserted in the vagina, as apparent from the foregoing description. Therefore, the fingers are protected from menstrual blood even if it flows down along the the upper portion of the tampon.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the a package of sanitary tampon in its opened state according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the package in its closed state;
FIG. 3 is a cross section taken along a line III--III in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the package in its closed state;
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view and FIG. 6 is a perspective view in an opened state of an another package in a further embodiment, respectively; and
FIGS. 7 and 8 also are cross sectional view and a perspective view in opened state, of a still another package in a still further embodiment, respectively.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The present invention will be explained in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.
A package 1 illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4 as an embodiment of the invention is of a shap
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Shimatani Kazuo
Shimatani Sumie
Fidei David T.
Greigg Edwin E.
Greigg Ronald E.
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