Fibrous water-soluble unit dose articles comprising water-soluble fibrous structures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11878077-B2
Application number	US-202016823375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2020
Priority date	Mar 19, 2019
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

Described herein is a fibrous water-soluble unit dose with an active agent in the form of an acid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fibrous water-soluble unit dose comprising:
a soluble fibrous structure encasing an active agent,
wherein said active agent comprises from 5% to 90% of an active agent acid, wherein the active agent acid has a coating comprising citrate.

2. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein said active agent acid is selected from the group consisting acetic acid, adipic acid, aspartic acid, carboxymethyloxymalonic acid, carboxymethyloxysuccinic acid, citric acid, formic acid, glutaric acid, gluconic acid, hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, iminodiacetic acid, lactic acid, maleic acid, malic acid, malonic acid, oxydiacetic acid, oxydisuccinic acid, succinic acid, sulfamic acid, tartaric acid, tartaric-disuccinic acid, tartaric-monosuccinic acid, their salts or mixtures thereof, either alone or in combination.

3. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the active agent acid is comprises citric acid.

4. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 3 , wherein the citric acid serves as a bittering agent within the fibrous water-soluble unit dose article.

5. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose article of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises a bittering agent on an outer surface.

6. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the active agent comprises from about 50% to 70% by weight of the fibrous water-soluble unit dose.

7. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein said soluble fibrous structure forms a pouch which encases said active agent.

8. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein said active agent is commingled with said soluble fibrous structure to form a coform structure.

9. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein said soluble fibrous structure comprises fibrous elements having a surfactant therein.

10. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the composition of the water-soluble article comprises of 50% or greater of bio-based materials.

11. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the fibrous structure comprises fibrous elements comprising starch.

12. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the fibrous water-soluble unit dose comprises acetic acid.

13. The fibrous water-soluble unit dose of claim 1 , wherein the unit dose comprises an outer surface, wherein the outer surface comprises print.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Sivik Mark Robert
• Denome Frank William
• Hamersky Mark William
• Delaney Sarah Ann
• Escobar Sol Melissa
• English Iii Jack Wesley
• Mao Min

Classifications

• A61K9/282 Primary

  Organic compounds, e.g. fats · CPC title

• A61K9/2059

  Starch, including chemically or physically modified derivatives; Amylose; Amylopectin; Dextrin · CPC title

• C11D17/042 Primary

  Water soluble or water disintegrable containers or substrates containing cleaning compositions or additives for cleaning compositions · CPC title