US 7,320,953 B2
Fibrous toilette article
Gregory Aaron Grissett, Jacksonville, N.C. (US); Diane Marie Keenan, Derby, Conn. (US); Filomena Augusta Macedo, Naugatuck, Conn. (US); and David Robert Williams, Monroe, Conn. (US)
Assigned to Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, Conn. (US)
Filed on Sep. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/938,384.
Prior Publication US 2005/0277566 A1, Dec. 15, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C11D 17/04 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 510—140  [510/141; 510/142; 510/439] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleansing article comprising:
(i) a fibrous web comprising a continuous network of bonded fibers, the web having a first and second major surface each being on opposite faces of the web and having a porosity ranging from 0.985 to 0.999; and
(ii) a solid or semi-solid foamable composition joinably penetrating the web, the composition and the web being present in a relative weight ratio ranging from about 30:1 to about 2000:1, at least a major portion of the first major surface being exposed above the foamable composition, and a majority of surfaces defining an exterior of the article being formed of the foamable composition, the article being a toilet bar.