Patent ID: 6936211

Claim:
A method of making an applicator device for inserting an object into a mammalian body cavity from a tubular member having an inner surface and a rim disposed at one end thereof comprising the steps of: a) inserting a sleeve having an expandable profiling surface into an end of the tubular member; b) expanding the profiling surface wherein the profiling surface deforms the tubular member to form a shoulder projecting radially outwardly from the tubular member adjacent the end of the tubular member wherein the shoulder has an inner surface; c) collapsing the profiling surface inwardly away from tubular member; and d) forming a return margin directed inwardly from the shoulder, toward the inner surface thereof, and distal the tubular member thereby forming the applicator device having a rim comprising the shoulder and the return margin, whereby the inner surface of the shoulder extends from the inner surface of the tubular member.