Gel-wipe for personal care and household cleansing

US9622944B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. · US

Inventors

• Elizabeth Bruning · Somerville, US
• Gabriella Marie DeMarco · Berkeley Heights, US
• Euen Thomas Graham Ekman Gunn · Hopewell, US
• Claudia Kaminski · Milford, US
• Kevin Lahey · South Plainfield, US
• Prithwiraj Maitra · Montgomery, US
• Selina Moses · Plainsboro, US
• Delores Santora · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D06M2400/02
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Gel-wipes suitable for use in personal care and household cleansing applications are disclosed, which include a substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface and a body disposed between and defined by the first and second surfaces, fibers having an outer surface and an inner core, a polymeric gel distributed throughout the substrate such that a substantial portion of the fibers contain the polymeric gel distributed throughout the inner core of the fibers; and a liquid cleansing composition, wherein the inner core of a substantial portion of the fibers and the polymeric gel are substantially free of the liquid cleansing composition; as well as methods of making the gel-wipe.