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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, Oshkosh, WI (US);
David Roland Otts, Appleton, WI (US);
Linda Susan Huard, Appleton, WI (US);
David John Tyrrell, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert Cosmo DiLuccio, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Frank Jerrel Akin, Marietta, GA (US);
Chantel Spring Buhrow, Weyauwega, WI (US);
Dennis Stein Everhart, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Brenda Marie Nelson, Appleton, WI (US);
Gary Lee Shanklin, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of sequestering skin irritants with a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a substrate, a hydrophilic skin irritant sequestering agent and a hydrophobic skin irritant sequestering agent. In one embodiment the sequestering agents are comprised of modified and non-modified clays. The present invention further also provides a method of sequestering skin irritants comprising administering to the stratum corneum of an individual's skin a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a substrate, a skin irritant sequestering amount of a combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic skin irritant sequestering agents. In one embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on a substrate. In another embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on the skin.