Personal care composition in the form of a dissolvable article

US9233055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr. · Singapore, SG
• Eric Paul Granberg · Cincinnati, US
• Lynn Kristin Stechschulte · Cincinnati, US
• Matthew Steven Ritter · Monroe, US
• Jason Donald McCarty · Wilmington, US
• Michael Edward Thomas · Pretoria, ZA
• Todd Ryan Thompson · Loveland, US
• Jay Ryan Tenkman · Belmont, US
• Emily Ragland Muszynski · Cincinnati, US
• Dale F. Bittner · Hamilton, US
• Nathan Alan Gill · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/10
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An article that is a porous, dissolvable solid structure that dissolves easily due to the shape, product orientation and/or method of manufacturing the porous, dissolvable solid structure. The process of making the Article involves preparing a pre-mixture, aerating the pre-mixture, dosing the pre-mixture into individual cavities in molds, and drying the pre-mixture to an Article having an open celled foam with a % open cell of from about 80% to about 100%.