Patent ID: 9522087
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing a tampon comprising: transporting a web of material in a machine direction, the web of material comprising a base web and an absorbent web, the absorbent web overlying the absorbent web in face-to-face relationship and having a free end and a bonded end wherein the bonded end is bonded to the base web; pivoting, in a first direction, the free end of the absorbent web in spaced relationship with the base web while the bonded end is bonded to the base web to define a pivoted position of the free end of the absorbent web; cutting the free end of the absorbent web to form slits while the free end is in the pivoted position and in spaced relationship with the base web; and pivoting, in a second direction opposite the first direction, the free end of the absorbent web such that the free end including the slits formed therein are placed back into face-to-face relationship with the absorbent web.