Claims
- 1. An absorbent tampon comprising:a mass of absorbent material which is fluid expanding, said tampon has a substantially planar configuration when said fluid contacts said tampon, said tampon exerting an X Dimension Force of at least about 400 grams, and a Z Dimension Force of less than about 200 grams.
- 2. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 wherein the Z Dimension Force is from about 40 grams to about 100 grams.
- 3. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 6 to about 9 grams.
- 4. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 9 to about 12 grams.
- 5. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 12 to about 15 grams.
- 6. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 15 to about 18 grams.
- 7. The absorbent tampon of claim 2 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of less than about 6 grams.
- 8. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 wherein the X Dimension Force is greater than about 600 grams and the Z Dimension Force is less than about 100 grams.
- 9. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 wherein the absorbent material is folded.
- 10. The absorbent tampon of claim 9 wherein the absorbent material has at least three folds.
- 11. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 housed in a directional applicator.
- 12. The absorbent tampon of claim 1 having a secondary absorbent member.
- 13. An absorbent tampon comprising:a mass of absorbent material which is fluid expanding, said tampon exerting an X Dimension Force of at least about 400 grams and a Z Dimension Force; wherein the ratio of the X Dimension Force to the Z Dimension Force is from about 10 to about 50.
- 14. The absorbent tampon of claim 13 wherein the absorbent material is a chevron shape prior to compression.
- 15. The absorbent tampon of claim 13 having an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 9 to about 12 grams.
- 16. The absorbent tampon of claim 13 wherein the tampon has a folded construction.
- 17. An absorbent tampon comprising:a mass of absorbent material which is fluid expanding, said tampon exerting a Z Dimension Force of from about 30 grams to about 200 grams and an X Dimension Force; wherein the ratio of the X Dimension Force to the Z Dimension Force is from about 10 to about 50.
- 18. The absorbent tampon of claim 17 wherein the ratio of the X Dimension Force to the Z Dimension Force is from about 15 to about 35.
- 19. The absorbent tampon of claim 18 wherein the absorbent material has at least three folds.
- 20. The absorbent tampon of claim 17 wherein the tampon undergoes minimal axial compression.
Parent Case Info
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/695,552, filed Oct. 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,554,814; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/309,467, filed May 10, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,258,075.
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