Patent ID: 9474656
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A tampon applicator, comprising: an outer tube with an absorber stored inside; an inner tube inserted inside the outer tube and movable towards and into the outer tube to push the absorber to outside the outer tube; and an auxiliary grip member, wherein an aperture through which the absorber is configured to be pushed out is formed at one end of the outer tube, and a grip unit configured to be gripped by a user is formed at the other end of the outer tube, the auxiliary grip member includes a caved-in unit caving in from a terminal end of the cover unit towards a distal end side of the auxiliary grip member in a direction of insertion, in which the tampon applicator is configured to be inserted inside a vagina of the user, is formed in the terminal end of the cover unit, and in a state when a distal end of the inner tube in the direction of insertion is in contact with an inner circumference of the outer tube, a length from the distal end of the inner tube up to the caved-in unit of the auxiliary grip member is shorter than a length of the inner tube in a longitudinal direction of the tampon applicator.