Extruded artisan soap having inner vein

US7858571B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Pedro Da Silva · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Katia Cristina Baquete · São Paulo, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D17/0095
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An extruded and stamped personal washing bar comprising an artisan crafted appearance having top and bottom stamped faces bounded by a parting line or edge band and a horizontal plane intersecting the parting line or edge band, said bar further comprising an outer surfactant phase and a substantially contiguous inner vein comprising a thermoplastic mass, wherein said inner vein is located between the top and bottom stamped faces of the bar and wherein a projection of the inner vein onto the horizontal plane intersecting the parting line or edge band has a maximum width that is at least 20% of a maximum width of the bar in said horizontal plane.