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US 9,540,602 B2Granted
Conformable personal care articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsEdward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
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Abstract
A personal care article includes a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.
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A conformable personal care article, comprising:
- a) a first personal care composition in a first zone;
- b) a second personal care composition in a second zone, wherein each of the zones is defined by one or more barriers acting as a hinge;
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- c) a first water penetrable substrate adjacent to the first and second personal care compositions;
- wherein the total personal care composition is greater than about 3,500 wt. %, by weight of total substrate, the personal care article has a conformance value of about 10 or more in at least one direction as measured by the cantilever compliance test, and at least one of the personal care compositions is non-compliant.
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A conformable personal care article, comprising:
- a) about 4,000 wt. % or more, by weight of a total substrate, of a total personal care composition, wherein a first personal care composition is in a first zone, wherein a second personal care composition is in a second zone, wherein each of the zones is defined by one or more barriers, wherein the first and second personal care compositions are configured to be released at each zone and at least one of the first and second personal care compositions is non-compliant;
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- b) a first substrate surrounding the first and second personal care compositions and having a water flux rate of about 0.1 cm3/(cm2*s) to about 60 cm3/(cm2*s);
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- c) a second substrate surrounding the first substrate and having a water flux rate of about 0.1 cm3/(cm2*s) to about 60 cm3/(cm2*s) and
- wherein the personal care article has a conformance value of about 10 or more in at least one direction as measured by the cantilever compliance test.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.