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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11583489 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016

Flushable wipe and method of forming the same

Applicant:

First Quality Tissue, Llc, Great Neck, NY (US);

Inventors:

Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Easley, SC (US);

James E. Sealey, II, Belton, SC (US);

Justin S. Pence, Anderson, SC (US);

Taras Z. Andrukh, Greenville, SC (US);

Zachary Korkowski, Greenville, SC (US);

Ashley Harris, Inman, SC (US);

Assignee:

FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US);

Attorney:

Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

Primary Examiner:

Genevieve S Alley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/73 (2006.01); D21H 17/66 (2006.01); D21H 17/65 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/19 (2006.01); A61K 8/60 (2006.01); A61K 8/66 (2006.01); A61K 8/88 (2006.01); A61K 8/92 (2006.01); A61K 8/97 (2017.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01); A61Q 19/10 (2006.01); D21H 17/36 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/32 (2006.01); D21H 27/40 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61K 8/0208 (2013.01); A61K 8/19 (2013.01); A61K 8/602 (2013.01); A61K 8/66 (2013.01); A61K 8/8129 (2013.01); A61K 8/8135 (2013.01); A61K 8/8158 (2013.01); A61K 8/88 (2013.01); A61K 8/922 (2013.01); A61K 8/97 (2013.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); A61Q 19/10 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); D21H 17/36 (2013.01); D21H 17/65 (2013.01); D21H 17/66 (2013.01); D21H 27/007 (2013.01); D21H 27/32 (2013.01); D21H 27/40 (2013.01); A61K 2800/805 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A single or multi-ply flushable and dispersible wet wipe including a wet laid fibrous web imprinted using a structuring fabric, a binder composition comprising poly(vinyl) alcohol, poly(vinyl) acetate, poly (ethylene) (vinyl) alcohols, poly (ethylene) (vinyl) acetate, copolymers of vinyl acetate-ethylene, or combinations thereof, and one or more additives. In an exemplary embodiment, the fibrous web is wetted by a wetting solution comprising 0.1% to about 10% by weight of one of the following: (1) boric acid; and (2) boric acid and a mono or divalent salt.

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