Lotioned tissue paper
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAlrick Vincent Warner, Thomas James Klofta
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A lotion composition for imparting a soft, lubricious, lotion-like feel when applied to tissue paper in amounts as low as from about 5 to about 15% by weight, and tissue paper treated with such lotion compositions are disclosed. The lotion composition comprises plastic or fluid emollient such as petrolatum, or a mixture of petrolatum with alkyl ethoxylate emollient, an immobilizing agent such as a fatty alcohol or fatty acid to immobilize the emoilient on the surface of the tissue paper web and optionally a hydrophilic surfactant to improve wettability when applied to toilet tissue. Because less lotion is required to impart the desired soft, lotion-like feel benefits, detrimental effects on the tensile strength and caliper of the lotioned paper are minimized or avoided.
Claims21
A lotioned tissue paper having applied to at least one surface thereof, in an amount of from about 2 to about 20% by weight of the dried tissue paper, a lotion composition for treating tissue paper which is semi-solid or solid at 20.degree. C. and which comprises:
- (A) from about 20 to about 95% of a substantially water free petrolatum emollient having a plastic or fluid consistency at 20.degree. C.;
- (B) from about 5 to about 80% of an agent capable of immobilizing said petrolatum emollient on the surface of the tissue paper, said immobilizing agent having a melting point of at least about 35.degree. C. and comprising a member selected from the group consisting of C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohols, C.sub.12 -C.sub.22 fatty acids, and mixtures thereof;
- (C) from about 1 to about 50% of a nonionic hydrophilic surfactant having an HLB value of at least about 4, wherein said hydrophilic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alcohols having an alkyl chain of from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and having an average degree of ethoxylation ranging from about 1 to about 54, and ethoxylated sorbitan esters of C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 fatty acids having an average degree of ethoxylation of from about 2 to about 20;
- and
- (D) from about 1 to about 50% of an additional hydrophilic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a dioctyl ester of sodium sulfosuccinic acid, silicone polyether copolymer, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.