Feminine hygiene storage unit (US5988386)


	Parent Case:			CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/044,983, filed Mar. 20, 1998.
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	First Claim: Show all 20 claims			I claim: 1. A feminine hygiene storage unit, comprising: (a) a tampon section, the tampon section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the tampon section having an outer diameter, a plunger end, an expulsion end, a tampon compartment, and a tampon, the tampon being located in the tampon compartment and having a withdrawal string, the tampon compartment being adapted to contain the tampon; (b) a plunger section separate from and attached to the tampon section, the plunger section being coaxial with the tampon section, the plunger section being rigid and generally cylindrical, the plunger section having an outer diameter, a tampon end, a distal end, and at least one plunger compartment, the outer diameter of the plunger section being smaller than the diameter of the tampon compartment, the tampon end of the plunger section being located within the plunger end of the tampon section proximate to the tampon, the plunger section being adapted to slide into the tampon compartment so that the tampon is ejected through the expulsion end of the tampon section; and (c) at least one other menstrual product contained within the plunger compartment.
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Foreign References:

Publication	Date	IPC Code	Assignee	Title
EP0350924A2	1990-01	A61F 13/15	PERSONAL PRODUCTS CO	Folded flange sealed sanitary napkin
GB0868299	1961-05	A61L 15/16	ANTHONY FRANCIS LANE	Improvements in medicail dressings and catamenial devices
GB2048684	1980-12	A61F 13/472	KAO CORP	Sanitary towel
GB2094637	1982-09	A61F 13/20	COURTAULDS PLC	Catamenial tampon

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DERABS C1999-591033 DERABS C2000-070725 DERABS C2000-070725

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