Personal care product containing a product agent

US6281407A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven B. Warner · South Dartmouth, US
• James A. Davis · Roswell, US
• Sharon Linda Greene · Canton, US
• Rosann Kaylor · Cumming, US
• Pamela Jean Mayberry · Roswell, US
• Michael Tod Morman · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2001
• Expiry date: May 28, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is provided a personal care product having a drying agent incorporated into it. The drying agent can reduce or control the relative humidity in the air enclosed by a personal care product significantly. Such a drying agent may be a desiccant or humectant or a combination of both. The drying agent may function using chemical or physical means and may be in fibrous, particulate or other form. The reduction of the relative humidity within a personal care product will reduce skin hydration which is believed to reduce redness and irritation due to contact with fluids.