Compressed articles with microencapsulation
View Patent ↗A compressed article of hygiene is formed by a compressed cloth that has been compressed by dehydration or vacuum pressure into a coin shape and that is expandable upon contact with a liquid, and a plurality of microencapsulated beads containing a material. The microencapsulated beads are attached and embedded in the compressed cloth. Upon contact with water, expansion of the compressed cloth is unconstrained, and the compressed cloth when expanded has a shape of a facial mask with openings for eye, nose and mouth. The material is a facial treatment material that hardens upon drying.
1. A compressed article of hygiene consisting of:
a compressed cloth that has been compressed by dehydration or vacuum pressure into a coin shape and that is expandable upon contact with a liquid; and
a plurality of microencapsulated beads containing a material, the plurality of microencapsulated beads being attached to the compressed cloth,
so that, upon contact with water, expansion of the compressed cloth is unconstrained, and wherein the compressed cloth when expanded has a shape of a facial mask with openings for eye, nose and mouth, and wherein the material is a facial treatment material that hardens upon drying.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the material is released from the beads upon expansion of the cloth in the liquid.
3. The article of claim 1 , wherein the liquid comprises water.
4. The article of claim 1 , wherein the material contains clay.
5. The article of claim 1 , wherein the article is printed with a pattern or design.
6. A collection of compressed articles according to claim 1 , wherein the articles are sealed in a strip of packaging such that each article is separable from the other articles without exposing the other articles to air.
7. The collection according to claim 6 , wherein the strip contains sealed seams between the articles, and a perforation extends along each seam.