Cleansing articles for skin or hair
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsErik John Hasenoehrl, Sabrina Turacchio
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Abstract
The present invention relates to substantially dry personal cleansing articles useful for cleansing the skin or hair. These articles are used by the consumer by wetting the substantially dry article with water and then rubbing the article against the skin or hair. The article comprises a water-insoluble substrate having non-fibrous polymeric raised areas on at least one surface of said water insoluble substrate that are formed of a polymeric material having a Shore A hardness of no more than about 80, and a lathering surfactant releasably associated with the substrate. Preferably, the articles of the present invention further comprise a conditioning component.
Claims16
A substantially dry personal cleansing article comprising:
- (a) a water-insoluble non-apertured substrate comprising non-fibrous polymeric raised areas printed on at least one surface of said water insoluble substrate, wherein said non-fibrous polymeric raised areas are formed of a polymeric material having a Shore A hardness of up to 80, and wherein said non-fibrous polymeric raised areas comprise a plurality of small continuous raised areas and a plurality of large continuous raised areas, and wherein each of said small continuous raised areas comprise a surface area of from about 0.1 mm2 to about 10 mm2 and each of said large continuous raised areas comprise a surface area of greater than 50 mm2 to about 5000 mm2;
- (b) from about 0.5% to about 250%, by weight of said substrate, of a lathering surfactant;
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- (c) from about 0.05% to about 99%, by weight of said substrate, of a conditioning component.
A substantially dry personal cleansing article comprising:
- (a) a water-insoluble non-apertured substrate comprising non-fibrous polymeric raised areas on at least one surface of said water insoluble substrate, wherein said non-fibrous polymeric raised areas are formed of a polymeric material having a Shore A hardness of up to 80, and wherein said non-fibrous polymeric raised areas comprise a plurality of small continuous raised areas and a plurality of large continuous raised areas, and wherein each of said small continuous raised areas comprise a surface area of from about 0.1 mm2 to about 10 mm2 and each of said large continuous raised areas comprise a surface area of greater than 50 mm2 to about 5000 mm2;
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- (b) from about 0.5% to about 250%, by weight of said substrate, of a lathering surfactant releasably associated with said substrate.
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