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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Liberty Township, OH (US);
James Merle Heinrich, Fairfield, OH (US);
Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Darren Paul Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
Thomas Edward Dufresne, Morrow, OH (US);
Julie Masters Lubbers, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Renee Danielle Bolden, Hamilton, OH (US);
Lee Arnold Schechtman, Fairfield, OH (US);
Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Liberty Township, OH (US);
James Merle Heinrich, Fairfield, OH (US);
Kathleen Mary Kaufman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Darren Paul Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
Thomas Edward Dufresne, Morrow, OH (US);
Julie Masters Lubbers, Fort Thomas, KY (US);
Renee Danielle Bolden, Hamilton, OH (US);
Lee Arnold Schechtman, Fairfield, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a dissolvable article in the form of a porous dissolvable solid structure, comprising from about 10% to about 50% water soluble polymer; from about 1% to about 25% plasticizer; from about 23% to about 75% surfactant; wherein the surfactants comprise one or more surfactants from Group I, wherein Group I includes anionic surfactants, and one or more surfactants from Group II, wherein Group II includes a surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic and combinations thereof; wherein the ratio of Group I to Group II surfactants is from about 5:95 to about 30:70; and wherein the dissolvable article has a density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3.