US 11,766,388 B2Granted

Delivery of active ingredients from plant materials to skin

AssigneeMary Kay Inc.

InventorsDaniel Chen, James Swanzy

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Abstract

Disclosed is a method of cleansing facial skin. The method can include obtaining an apparatus that includes: (a) a water-permeable absorbent material, wherein the water-permeable absorbent material is a sponge, cloth, or mesh which has a first outer surface and a second outer surface; and (b) a composition comprising a plant material, a plant extract, or a combination thereof, wherein the plant material, the plant extract, or the combination thereof comprises Aloe vera extract and a Matricaria recutita (chamomile) extract. The method can also include contacting the apparatus with water heated to 30° C. to 100° C. for a sufficient period of time so as to release, solubilize, or release and solubilize the plant material, the plant extract, or the combination thereof to yield a treated apparatus and contacting and cleansing the facial skin with the treated apparatus.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method of cleansing a human's skin in need of exfoliation, the method comprising:

(i) obtaining an apparatus comprising:
(a) a water-permeable absorbent material, wherein the water-permeable absorbent material is a sponge, cloth, or mesh which has a first outer surface and an opposing second outer surface;
and
(b) a composition comprising:
salicylic acid;
Matricaria recutita extract;
and Aloe vera extract, wherein the composition exists between the first outer surface and the opposing second outer surface of the water-permeable absorbent material, wherein the water-permeable absorbent material is configured to absorb water and allow the absorbed water to contact the composition so as to release, solubilize, or release and solubilize the composition;
(ii) placing the apparatus in water heated to 30° C. to 100° C. for a sufficient period of time so as to release, solubilize, or release and solubilize the composition to yield a treated apparatus;
and
(iii) contacting the human's skin in need of exfoliation with the treated apparatus to exfoliate the human's skin in need of exfoliation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/533,562Filed 23 Nov 2021 · continuation
Priority: 17 Dec 2013
Published: US 2022/0079850 A117 Mar 2022
Granted: 26 Sep 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A61K 8/11
Characterised by special physical form: encapsulated compositions
A61F 13/00063
Accessories for dressings: comprising medicaments or additives, e.g. odor control, PH control, debriding, antimicrobic
A61K 8/97
Containing materials, or derivatives thereof of undetermined constitution: from algae, fungi, lichens or plants; from derivatives thereof
A61K 8/9789
Angiosperms [Magnoliophyta]: magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]

Family

Application61/917,205Us provisional application · filed 17 Dec 2013
Application14/572,272Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Dec 2014
Application15/805,974Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Nov 2017
US 9,839,589 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Dec 2017
Application16/041,322Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Jul 2018
US 10,052,269 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Aug 2018
Application16/799,334Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Feb 2020
US 10,610,465 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Apr 2020
US 2022/0079850 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Mar 2022
US 11,213,465 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0164813 A1Published application
US 2018/0055744 A1Published application
US 2018/0344592 A1Published application
US 2020/0188244 A1Published application
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