Absorbent article composition for sequestering skin irritants

US6485733B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Linda Susan Huard · Appleton, US
• David John Tyrrell · Milwaukee, US
• David Roland Otts · Appleton, US
• Bernard Minerath · Oshkosh, US
• Brenda Marie Nelson · Appleton, US
• Chantel Spring Buhrow · Weyauwega, US
• Dennis S. Everhart · Alpharetta, US
• Robert DiLuccio · Wilmington, US
• Frank Jerrel Akin · Marietta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/412
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Absorbent personal care articles, such a diapers and adult incontinent briefs, are provided comprising an absorbent article and having disposed thereon a skin irritant sequestering effective amount of an unmodified particulate skin irritant sequestering agent, and a lipophilic skin health benefit agent. An unmodified particulate skin irritant sequestering agent can be a clay, such as bentonite or laponite unmodified by organic amphiphilic compounds. A lipophilic skin health benefit agent can be stearic acid, isoparrafin, petrolatum, and a combination thereof. The skin irritant can be bound to the sequestering agent either on an individual's skin or on the absorbent article.