Patent ID: 7241274

Claim:
A sanitary tampon comprising: an applicator composed of an outer tube having a front nose and a rear opening and a pusher inserted into the outer tube through the rear opening; and a tampon body contained in the outer tube and allowed to come out of the front nose when pushed by the pusher, the outer tube being provided with marks which serve as a measure of insertion distance of the outer tube into the vaginal cavity of a user, the marks being spaced away from the front nose of the outer tube, wherein the marks project from an exterior surface of the outer tube so as to be recognizable by touch and sight and include a first mark indicating a minimum distance beyond which the outer tube is insertable into the vaginal cavity and a last mark indicating a maximum distance beyond which the outer tube should not be inserted into the vaginal cavity, the first mark has a projection height of 0.1 to 0.5 mm as measured from the exterior surface of the outer tube, and the last mark has a larger projection height than the first mark as measured from the exterior surface of the outer tube and is located closer to the rear opening of the outer tube than the first mark.