Textured article

• US 20030031703A1
• Filed: 08/07/2001
• Published: 02/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: McMeekin, Linda J., Luizzi, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US09/923,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20030031703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/443
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1018 comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1036 containing a cosmetic substance, e.g. impregnated with liquid or containing a soluble solid substance
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/00 Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/02 Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves, or similar cleaning or rubbing implements brushes in general A46B; sponges for domestic cleaning A47L13/16; specially for massage A61H7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/0208 Tissues; Wipes; Patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 Preparations for care of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/00 Preparations for care of the hair
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2836 Phenol-aldehyde condensate

Abstract

An article containing: a substrate having at least two surfaces; and raised elements on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the article is useful for providing skin care benefits is disclosed. The raised elements may be made from hot melt coatings, natural rubber, synthetic rubber, polyolefins, ethylene vinyl acetate, or thermoplastic elastomers.

Claims

1. A textured article comprising:

a substrate having at least two surfaces; and

raised elements on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the article is useful for providing skin or hair care benefits.

2. The article according to claim 1 wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of a woven fabric, a knit fabric, a nonwoven fabric, a laminate of a fabric and a polymeric film, a flocked fabric, and combinations thereof.

3. The article according to claim 1 wherein the raised elements are formed from hot melt coatings comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers, block copolymers, and combinations thereof.

4. The article according to claim 3 wherein the hot melt coating comprises from about 15% to about 100% olefin polymer or a block copolymer, from about 0% to about 60% tackifying resin, and from about 0% to about 50% wax.

5. The article according to claim 1 wherein the raised elements are discrete and are in a shape selected from circular dots, hexagons, hearts, diamonds, rectangles, stars, and triangles.

6. The article according to claim 2 wherein the substrate has a basis weight ranging from about 20 grams per meter to about 500 grams per square meter.

7. The article according to claim 5 wherein the discrete raised elements cover from about 10 percent to about 90 percent of the surface of at least one side of the substrate.

8. The article according to claim 6 wherein the discrete raised elements have a diameter ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 3 mm.

9. The article according to claim 6 wherein the discrete raised elements have a height greater than about 0.01 mm as measured from the surface of the substrate.

10. The article according to claim 1 further comprising a skin or hair care composition.

13. A method for cleansing the skin or hair comprising topically applying the article of claim 1 to said skin or hair.

14. The article of claim 1 wherein the article is in the form of a dry or wet wipe.

15. A method for cleansing exfoliating or massaging the skin comprising topically applying the article of claim 1 to said skin.

11. A method of providing an exfoliating wipe comprising:

providing a substrate selected from the group consisting of a woven fabric, a knit fabric, a nonwoven fabric, a laminate of a fabric and a polymeric film, a flocked fabric, and combinations thereof; and

pattern coating raised elements onto the substrate utilizing a hot melt coating selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers, block copolymers, and combinations thereof.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the pattern coating is applied by a method selected from hot melt rotary screen coating and hot melt gravure coating.