Patent ID: 7288513

Claim:
An abrasive disinfecting and sanitizing article, consisting essentially of, in combination to obtain a slower drying time of its liquid composition: a towel substrate formed from an absorbent fibrous matrix, the substrate having two opposed surfaces, at least one of the opposed surfaces having an abrasive component permanently attached thereto or an integral part thereof; and, a disinfecting and sanitizing agent formed as a liquid composition in the substrate, the agent formulated from: an organic solvent being an alcohol present in a concentration of about 10 percent to 40 percent by weight; a nonionic surfactant system present in a concentration of about 0.5 percent to 20 percent by weight wherein the nonionic surfactant comprises a mixture of linear secondary alcohols reacted with ethylene oxide; one or more pathogen killing agents present in a concentration of about 0.255 percent to 10.5 percent by weight, wherein the one or more pathogen killing agents are dual chain quaternary (N-alkyldimethylethylbenzyl chloride, N-alkyldimethylethylbenzyl ammonium chloride), ortho phenyl phenol, paratertiary amyl phenol and parachlorometaxylenol; an emollient present in a concentration of about 0.05 percent to 3.0 percent by weight, the emollient being an aloe vera gel providing a slower drying time of the liquid composition; a pH modifying agent present in a concentration of about 0.05 percent to about 2.0 percent by weight; and water present in a concentration of about 50.0 percent to 89.9 percent by weight, wherein the abrasive component accounts for about 10 percent to 90 percent of a surface area of the at least one of the opposed surfaces, and wherein application of the substrate with the agent absorbed therein on object to be disinfected and sanitized provides an abrasive disinfecting and sanitizing action by a scrubbing action on the object.