Patent ID: 6955817

Claim:
A disposable, single use, personal cleansing article for cleansing and conditioning the skin, said personal cleansing article being water-activated during use to generate lather, said article comprising: (a) a water-insoluble substrate having at least one cleansing surface containing a plurality of apertures, said apertures ranging in average size from about 0.5 to about 12 mm in diameter and being located within said cleansing surface of said substrate at a frequency of from about 0.5 to about 12 per linear centimeter; (b) from about 0.5% to about 250% by weight of said substrate of a lathering surfactant releasably associated with said substrate; and (c) from 0.01% to about 99% by weight of said substrate of a conditioning component added onto or impregnated into said substrate, wherein said conditioning component comprises petrolatum; wherein the substrate is a nonwoven substrate comprised of fibers.