Patent ID: 7332224

Claim:
A skin-cleaning article for cleaning body and face comprising a substantially dry flexible substrate selected from the group consisting of a flexible pad or a sheet, which substantially dry flexible substrate is impregnated or coated with a dried-down non-foamed composition that comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane polymer dried-down non-foamed composition, at least one hydrophilic non-polyurethane polymer selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl esters of polymethyl vinyl ether/maleic acid polymers, quarternized copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymers, alkylated vinylpyrrolidone polymers, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene glycols, polyacrylate copolymers, and mixtures thereof, at least one water-soluble surfactant; and water, wherein prior to drying down the composition, the composition is impregnated into or coated onto the substrate as a non-foaming wet mixture comprising (a) between about 0.01% and about 90% of a hydrophilic polyurethane polymer; (b) between about 0.01% and about 90% of a hydrophilic non-polyurethane polymer selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl esters of polymethyl vinyl ether/maleic acid polymers, quarternized copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymers, alkylated vinylpyrrolidone polymers, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene glycols, polyacrylate copolymers, and mixtures thereof; (c) between about 0.05% and about 90% of at least one surfactant; and (d) between about 10% and about 85% water, where percentages are based on the total weight of the composition prior to drying down.