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Granted Patent B2
US 11,529,292 · App. 17/838,692 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Compositions in the form of dissolvable solid structures

Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt (Cincinnati, OH); Jennifer Elaine Hilvert (Cincinnati, OH); Pamela Ann Keune (West Chester, OH); Alessandra Massa (Cincinnati, OH); Melanie Anne Kay (Hamilton, OH); Mark William Hamersky (Hamilton, OH); Mark Robert Sivik (Mason, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 11,529,292
App. No.
17/838,692
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described are effervescent dissolvable solid structures having fibers formed from a composition comprising surfactant and water soluble polymeric structurant, having a total dissolvable solid structure density of from about 0.100 g/cm 3 to about 0.380 g/cm 3 , having a surfactant dose of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 g, and a surfactant density of from about 0.1 g/cm 3 to about 0.3 g/cm 3 . Also described are processes for manufacturing the Dissolvable Solid Structure.

Claims (43)

1. A dissolvable fibrous structure comprising a plurality of meltblown dissolvable fibrous elements wherein the fibrous elements are formed from a fibrous element-forming composition and the fibrous elements comprise:

a. from about 10% to about 75% of an active wherein the active comprises a surfactant;

b. from about 14% to about 70% of a fibrous element-forming material consisting of one or more water soluble polymeric structurants;

 wherein the fibrous elements comprise from about 0.5 g to about 4.0 g surfactant;

wherein the dissolvable fibrous structure comprises:

a surfactant density from about 0.1 g/cm 3 to about 0.3 g/cm 3 ;

a bulk density of the dissolvable fibrous structure is from about 0.100 g/cm 3 to about 0.380 g/cm 3 ;

a weight from about 1.0 g to about 4.0 g;

a footprint from about 1 cm 2 to about 50 cm 2 ;

wherein the fibrous elements comprise filaments;

wherein the plurality of fibrous elements are inter-entangled or otherwise associated with one another to form the fibrous structure.

2. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the fibrous elements comprise from about 0.8 g to about 2 g surfactant.

3. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 2 , wherein the fibrous elements comprise from about 0.9 g to about 1.5 g surfactant.

4. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 3 , wherein the fibrous elements comprise from about 1.0 g to about 1.4 g surfactant.

5. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant density is from about 0.12 g/cm 3 to about 0.25 g/cm 3.

6. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 5 , wherein the surfactant density is from about 0.15 g/cm 3 to about 0.18 g/cm 3 .

7. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the footprint of the dissolvable solid fibrous structure is from about 10 cm 2 to about 50 cm 2 .

8. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 7 , wherein the footprint of the dissolvable solid fibrous structure is from about 17 cm 2 to about 23 cm 2 .

9. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the wherein the bulk density of the dissolvable solid fibrous structure is from about 0.100 g/cm 3 to about 0.375 g/cm 3 .

10. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the wherein the bulk density of the dissolvable solid fibrous structure is from about 0.300 g/cm 3 to about 0.375 g/cm 3 .

11. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid fibrous structure further comprises a basis weight of from about 400 g/m 2 to about 1800 g/m 2 .

12. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid fibrous structure further comprises a basis weight of from about 400 g/m 2 to about 1750 g/m 2 .

13. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid fibrous structure further comprises a basis weight of from about 400 g/m 2 to about 1650 g/m 2 .

14. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , comprising one or more soluble polymeric structurants at from about 10% to about 30% by weight.

15. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid structure dissolves in less than about 25 strokes of the hand dissolution method.

16. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 15 , wherein the dissolvable solid structure dissolves in less than about 15 strokes of the hand dissolution method.

17. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein at least 50% of the fibrous elements comprise a diameter of less than 150 microns.

18. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the dissolvable solid fibrous structure is a hair conditioner and wherein the surfactant comprises a cationic surfactant.

19. The dissolvable fibrous structure of claim 1 , wherein the one or more water soluble polymeric structurants is selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene oxides, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, copolymers of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyvinyl methyl ether, polyvinyl formamide, poly acrylamide, starch and starch derivatives, pullulan, gelatin, hydroxypropylmethylcelluloses, methylcelluloses, carboxymethycelluloses, salts and combinations thereof.

20. A dissolvable fibrous structure comprising a plurality of meltblown dissolvable fibrous elements wherein the fibrous elements are formed from a fibrous element-forming composition and the fibrous elements comprise:

a. from about 25% to about 65% of an active wherein the active comprises a cationic surfactant;

b. a fatty alcohol;

c. from about 14% to about 30% of a fibrous element-forming material;

 wherein the fibrous elements comprise from about 0.5 g to about 4.0 g cationic surfactant;

wherein the dissolvable fibrous structure comprises:

a plurality of apertures extending from a top surface to the bottom surface;

a surfactant density from about 0.13 g/cm 3 to about 0.3 g/cm 3 ;

a bulk density of the dissolvable fibrous structure is from about 0.100 g/cm 3 to about 0.380 g/cm 3 ;

a weight from about 1.0 g to about 4.0 g;

a footprint from about 1 cm 2 to about 50 cm 2 ;

wherein the fibrous elements comprise filaments;

wherein the plurality of fibrous elements are inter-entangled or otherwise associated with one another to form the fibrous structure;

wherein the fibrous structure is a conditioner composition.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16431115 · Jun 4, 2019
Continuation PCTUS2018015364 · Jan 26, 2018
Provisional Application 62451237 · Jan 27, 2017
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