Preloaded dual purpose cleaning and sanitizing wipe

US9096821B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• THE CLOROX COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Janiece Hope · Pleasanton, US
• Nancy A. Falk · Lyndhurst, US
• Wenyu Zhang · Pleasanton, US
• Jared Heymann · Pleasanton, US
• Mona M. Knock · Pleasanton, US
• Mike Kinsinger · Northampton, US
• Bernard Hill · San Francisco, US
• Vidya Ananth · Pleasanton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D1/62
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to preloaded cleaning and sanitizing wipes comprising a nonwoven substrate, and a cleaning formulation loaded onto or within the nonwoven substrate. The cleaning composition may include about 0.001% to about 10% by weight of an antimicrobial compound comprising a quaternary ammonium compound, less than about 4% by weight of an alcohol solvent containing a single hydroxyl group, a preservative, about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of a glycol solvent (e.g., preferably a glycol ether solvent), about 0.05% to about 10% of one or more surfactants, and water. The composition may have a pH from about 4 to about 8.