Container for fibrous wipes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11680373-B2
Application number	US-202016914526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Mar 31, 2010
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

Containers containing fibrous wipes that exhibit a novel combination of properties are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising a plurality of wet wipes within the container's interior, wherein the plurality of wet wipes comprise a liquid composition, wherein at least one of the plurality of wet wipes comprises a fibrous structure and a scrim present on at least one side of the fibrous structure, wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a Liquid Absorptive Capacity of greater than 12 g/g as measured according to the Liquid Absorptive Capacity Test Method.

2. The container according to claim 1 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a Soil Leak Through Lr Value of less than 8.5 as measured according to the Soil Leak Through Test Method.

3. The container according to claim 1 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength of greater than 5.0 N as measured according to the CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength Test Method.

4. The container according to claim 1 wherein the Basis Weight of the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes is at least about 15 g/m 2 to about 120 g/m 2 as measured according to the Basis Weight Test Method.

5. The container according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure is a co-formed fibrous structure.

6. The container according to claim 1 wherein the scrim comprises meltblown filaments.

7. The container according to claim 1 wherein the liquid composition comprises a lotion composition.

8. The container according to claim 7 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a Lotion Release of greater than 0.25 as measured according to the Lotion Release Test Method.

9. The container according to claim 7 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a DAT of less than 0.04 as measured according to the DAT Test Method.

10. The container according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure comprises a plurality of filaments.

11. The container according to claim 10 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes further comprises a plurality of solid additives.

12. The container according to claim 11 wherein at least one of the solid additives comprises a fiber.

13. The container according to claim 12 wherein the fiber comprises a wood pulp fiber.

14. The container according to claim 13 wherein the wood pulp fiber is selected from the group consisting of: Southern Softwood Kraft pulp fibers, Northern Softwood Kraft pulp fibers, Eucalyptus pulp fibers, Acacia pulp fibers.

15. The container according to claim 10 wherein at least one of the filaments comprises a thermoplastic polymer.

16. The container according to claim 15 wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of: polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoate, polyvinyl alcohol, polycaprolactone and mixtures thereof.

17. The container according to claim 1 wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes is an embossed wet wipe.

18. The container according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of wet wipes are in the form of a stack of folded wet wipes.

19. The container according to claim 18 wherein the stack of folded wet wipes exhibits a Saturation Gradient Index of less than 1.8.

20. The container according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of wet wipes are in the form of a roll of wet wipes.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Brennan Jonathan Paul
• Barnholtz Steven Lee
• Osborne Jeffrey Len
• Morison Pamela Marie

Classifications

• D21H27/007

  relating to absorbency, e.g. amount or rate of water absorption, optionally in combination with other parameters relating to physical or mechanical properties · CPC title

• D21H13/24

  Polyesters · CPC title

• D21H11/00

  Pulp or paper, comprising cellulose or lignocellulose fibres of natural origin only · CPC title

• D04H3/153

  Mixed yarns or filaments · CPC title

• D21H13/14

  Polyalkenes, e.g. polystyrene {polyethylene} · CPC title