Patent ID: 6569828
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61K,A61Q,B32B,C11D

Abstract:
A cleaning wipe which comprises approximately by weight:(a) 20% to 95% of a water insoluble substrate which comprises a top layer of coarse fibers, an absorbent center layer, and a bottom layer of fine fibers, wherein the three layers are bonded together; and (b) 5% to 80% of a cleaning composition which comprises approximately by weight: (i) 0.5% to 12% of a water soluble cellulosic polymer selected from the group consisting of methyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and mixtures thereof; and (ii) 15% to 50% of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts of a fatty acid ethoxylated nonionic surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, alkyl polyglucoside surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, anionic surfactants and C12-C14 fatty acid monoalkanol amides and mixtures thereof; (iii) 5% to 50% of at least one solubilizing agent; (iv) 0.005% to 3% of a preservative selected from the group consisting of N-(hydroxymethyl)-N-(1,3-dihydroxy methyl-2,5-dioxo-4-imidaxolidinyl-N-(hydroxyl methyl)urea and iodopropynyl butyl carbamata; and (v) the balance being water, wherein only the center absorbent layer is impregnated with said cleaning composition and wherein said cleaning composition is not an emulsion and does not contain potassium sorbate, a polycarboxylate polymer, polyvinyl alcohol polymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer or methyl vinyl ether polymer.