IP Library Granted Patent US 8,066,444
Granted Patent B2
US 8,066,444 · App. 11/607,224 · Granted Nov 29, 2011

Disposable wipe with substance-filled blisters

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Patent No.
US 8,066,444
App. No.
11/607,224
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device including a base layer; a wipe layer attached to the base layer to define an interior space between the wipe and base layers; a plurality of blisters positioned within the interior space, each blister having a blister volume, wherein the sum of the blister volumes is a total blister volume; and an indication disposed on the wipe layer or the base layer corresponding to a single blister or a group of blisters indicating the ratio of the blister volume of that single blister or the sum of the blister volumes of that group of blisters to the total blister volume is disclosed.

Claims (11)

1. A device comprising:

a base layer;

a wipe layer attached to the base layer to define an interior space between the wipe and base layers;

a plurality of blisters positioned within the interior space, each blister having a blister volume, wherein the sum of the blister volumes is a total blister volume; and

an indication disposed on the wipe layer or the base layer corresponding to a single blister or a group of blisters indicating the ratio of the blister volume of that single blister or the sum of the blister volumes of that group of blisters to the total blister volume.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ratio is indicated by printing on the wipe layer or the base layer.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ratio is indicated by the shape of the blisters.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a barrier layer interposed between the wipe layer and the base layer.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a wipe.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a mitt.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wipe layer and the base layer are two portions of the same piece of material.

Assignments (2)
NAME CHANGE Recorded Feb 3, 2015
From: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
To: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 034880/0704 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2007
From: RIPPL, CARL G.; DUONG, CHI HAO
To: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 019387/0898 →