Patent ID: 8827974

Claim:
An absorbent tampon comprising: a mass of an absorbent composite radially compressed into a generally cylindrical shape, said absorbent composite comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein, when the absorbent composite is in an uncompressed configuration, the second layer is positioned in a facing relationship on top of the first layer, said first layer comprises a first absorbent material having a first density and said second layer comprises a second absorbent material having a second density and the second density has a value which is greater than the first density, and wherein the first absorbent material and the second absorbent material comprise one of wood pulp, cotton, rayon, viscose, wool, flax, or hemp and the second layer further comprises a binder fiber melted or fused to absorbent fibers, and wherein the first layer has a first length, a first width, a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, and the second layer has a second length and a second width, and the first length is greater than the second length and the first width is the same as the second width such that the second layer extends from the first longitudinal side edge of the first layer to the second longitudinal side edge of the first layer, and wherein the first layer has a central region located at a position along the first length which is about one-half a distance of the first length as measured from a longitudinal end of the first layer and the second layer is positioned on the first layer such that the second layer contacts at least a portion of the central region of the first layer, and wherein when the absorbent composite is in a radially compressed configuration, a portion of the second layer is in a facing relationship with another portion of the same second layer; a cover that at least partially surrounds the absorbent composite, and an insertion end and a trailing end, wherein the insertion end is formed from the first longitudinal side edge and the trailing end is formed from the second longitudinal side edge.