Skin care sheet and skin care article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016106633-A1
Application number	US-201414894753-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 30, 2014
Priority date	May 30, 2013
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A skin care sheet comprising a nonwoven fabric; the nonwoven fabric having a break elongation of at least 250%; the nonwoven fabric comprising an embossed section and a non-embossed section defined by the embossed section, the non-embossed pattern having a pitch of 1.2 to 10.0 mm; a proportion of a total area of the embossed section occupying from 5 to 30% of a total area of the nonwoven fabric on at least one surface of the nonwoven fabric; fibers present in the nonwoven fabric having a number-average fiber diameter of 0.1 to 15.0 μm; and the fibers containing a resin having a flexural modulus of 0.5 GPa or less, as well as a skin care article comprising the sheet, are provided.

First claim

1 . A skin care sheet comprising a nonwoven fabric;
the nonwoven fabric having a break elongation of at least 250%; the nonwoven fabric comprising an embossed section and a non-embossed section defined by the embossed section, the non-embossed section having a pitch of 1.2 to 10.0 mm; a proportion of a total area of the embossed section occupying from 5 to 30% of a total area of the nonwoven fabric on at least one surface of the nonwoven fabric; fibers present in the nonwoven fabric having a number-average fiber diameter of 0.1 to 15.0 μm; and the fibers containing a resin having a flexural modulus of 0.5 GPa or less.

2 . The skin care sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the nonwoven fabric is single-layered.

3 . The skin care sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the embossed section is an embossed line.

4 . The skin care sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the embossed line has a width of 0.1 to 1.3 mm.

5 . The skin care sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the embossed section separates a plurality of the non-embossed sections.

6 . A skin care article comprising the skin care sheet according to claim 1 , and a liquid cosmetic component.

7 . The skin care article according to claim 6 , wherein the skin care article is a cleansing sheet.

Assignees

• 3M Innovative Properties Co

Inventors

• Nagata Hiroyasu
• Fujieda Eiichi
• Sekiya Yukari

Classifications

• A61K8/0208 Primary

  Tissues; Wipes; Patches · CPC title

• A61P17/00

  Drugs for dermatological disorders · CPC title

• A61Q19/10

  Washing or bathing preparations · CPC title

• D04H1/541

  Composite fibres, e.g. sheath-core, sea-island or side-by-side; Mixed fibres · CPC title

• A61K8/8111

  Homopolymers or copolymers of aliphatic olefines, e.g. polyethylene, polyisobutene; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers · CPC title