US 12,129,594 B2
Active agent-containing articles that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties
Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Cincinnati, OH (US); Michael Sean Pratt, St. Bernard, OH (US); Gregory Charles Gordon, Loveland, OH (US); Mark Robert Sivik, Mason, OH (US); and Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,885.
Application 18/203,885 is a continuation of application No. 15/877,593, filed on Jan. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,697,905.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/451,085, filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313445 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06M 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/22 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); C11D 17/04 (2006.01); D04H 1/4209 (2012.01); D04H 1/4374 (2012.01); D04H 1/559 (2012.01); D04H 3/007 (2012.01); D06M 16/00 (2006.01); D06M 17/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/30 (2006.01); D21H 27/32 (2006.01); D21H 27/38 (2006.01)
CPC D06M 13/005 (2013.01) [A61K 8/027 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/22 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); C11D 17/044 (2013.01); D04H 1/4209 (2013.01); D04H 1/4374 (2013.01); D04H 1/559 (2013.01); D04H 3/007 (2013.01); D06M 16/00 (2013.01); D06M 17/00 (2013.01); D21H 27/004 (2013.01); D21H 27/30 (2013.01); D21H 27/32 (2013.01); D21H 27/38 (2013.01); D06M 2200/00 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-ply water-soluble article comprising two or more plies, wherein the two or more plies are bonded to each other to form the multi-ply water-soluble article, wherein at least one of the two or more plies comprises a water-soluble fibrous structure comprising one or more water-soluble fibrous elements wherein at least one of the water-soluble fibrous elements comprises one or more filament-forming materials and one or more active agents releasable from the water-soluble fibrous elements;
wherein the multi-ply water-soluble article exhibits an Average Inter-Ply Peak Peel Force of greater than 0.03 N to about 5.00 N as measured according to the Inter-Ply, Intra-Ply, and Whole 180° Peel Test Method, such that the multi-ply water-soluble article exhibits an Average Hand Dissolution Value of less than 30 Dissolution Strokes to greater than 0 Dissolution Strokes as measured according to the Hand Dissolution Test Method, an Average Maximum Peak Force of less than 20.00 N as measured according to the Modified Circular Bend Test Method, and an Average Bending Stiffness of less than 2500.0 N/m as measured according to the Modified Circular Bend Test Method;
wherein the multi-ply water-soluble article has one or more of:
a width from about 1 cm to about 11 cm;
a length from about 1 cm to about 20 cm;
a height from about 0.01 mm to about 50 mm;
a mass from about 0.25 g to about 50 g;
a volume from about 0.25 cc to about 60 cc; and
a density from about 0.05 g/cc to about 0.8 g/cc.