ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,527, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ruggli AG (Koblenz, Switzerland).
"Device and method for joining multi-part tampon applicators" was invented by Samuel Schuler (Basel, Switzerland), Patrik Scheiber (Niederhasli, Switzerland) and Antonello Zuddas (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for joining multi-part tampon applicators, in particular three-part tampon applicators, which include at least one outer cylinder and a first inner cylinder, includes at least one joining station with at least one receiving finger for receiving one outer cylinder and one first inner cylinder each, as well as a...