MXPA00004961A - Personal cleansing wipe articles having superior softness - Google Patents

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The present invention relates to personal cleansing wipe articles which have superior softness, feel and cleansing properties. The wipes of the present invention comprise a substrate and an aqueous liquid cleansing composition which is coated onto or impregnated into said substrate to the extent of from about 100%to about 400%by weight of the substrate. The substrate is a single-layer, nonwoven substrate which is formed from hydroentangled fibers. Upon a substantial portion of a base surface comprising the substrate there exists a three-dimensional pattern comprising a plurality of discrete, raised fibrous regions. The raised fibrous regions have a density which is substantially the same as the density of the base surface. The raised fibrous regions are joined to the base surface by a fibrous transition region. The aqueous liquid cleansing composition comprises an effective amount of a cleansing surfactant.

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CLOTHING ARTICLES FOR PERSONAL CLEANING THAT HAVE SUPERIOR SOFTNESS TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to personal cleansing cloth articles having superior softness, feel and cleanliness properties. The personal cleansing wipes of the present invention comprise a single, nonwoven layer of hydroentangling substrate and an aqueous liquid cleaning composition, coated or impregnated in the substrate.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Consumers have in the past used absorbent sheets impregnated with topical compositions for a variety of purposes. For example, cloths impregnated with cleaning compositions are frequently used to conveniently wash the hands and face while traveling or being in public, or at any time when there is no easy access to water and soap. These cloths are also frequently used in babies to clean them after defecation. Some consumers have expressed the desire that personal cleaning cloths, baby cloths or other cloths for use on human skin have a softer skin feel than cloths that are commercially available today. Applicants have discovered that softer cloth compositions can be provided by the use of particular nonwoven, patterned substrates made of hydroentangled fibers in combination with an aqueous cleaning composition. Substrates made from hydroentangled fibers are well known in the art. See, for example, Evans; U.S. Patent 3,485,706; Issued December 23, 1969. Substrates with design are also known in the art. The prior art describes two basic ways of forming a design on a non-woven substrate: engraving and mechanical opening. The substrates with design produced by said method of the prior art are associated with the refusal by the consumer. Mechanical engraving involves the application of force to a network by rigid members, such as reliefs on the periphery of a roller, to create areas of high density in the substrate, without changing the basis weight of the high density areas. Unfortunately, the mechanical engraving process can provide a design at the expense of other properties desired by the consumer. In particular, the engraving can interrupt the links between the fibers, thereby reducing the voltage resistance of the network. Additionally, the design may not remain intact when the substrate is wetted. The opening involves tensioning a network of fiber bundles around a series of holes or openings. These designs are not three-dimensional; Elevated portions do not exist on the sheet. Although a visual effect is provided, that type of design does not result in increased softness for the substrate. An object of the present invention is to provide cloth articles that are impregnated with an aqueous cleaning composition having superior softness, feel and cleanness properties compared to the prior art compositions. Another object of the present invention is to achieve superior smoothness, feel and cleanliness without incurring consumer negatives with respect to other aspects of cloth articles.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to personal cleansing cloth articles having superior softness, feel and cleanliness properties. The cloths of the present invention comprise a substrate and an aqueous liquid cleaning composition that is coated or impregnated in said substrate in about 100% to about 400% by weight of the substrate. The substrate is a single layer nonwoven substrate that is formed from hydroentangled fibers. In a substantial portion of a base surface comprising the substrate there is a three-dimensional pattern comprising a plurality of discrete, high fibrous regions. The high fibrous regions have a density that is substantially the same as the density of the base surface. The raised fibrous regions are bound to the base surface by a fibrous transition region. The aqueous liquid cleaning composition comprises an effective amount and a cleaning surfactant.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to personal cleansing cloth articles having superior softness, feel and cleanliness properties. As used herein, the term "personal cleaning cloth article" refers to products in which a sheet of porous or absorbent material has been impregnated with a personal cleaning composition for the purpose of carving the cloth product into a surface (eg skin) to clean the surface. The personal cleansing cloth articles of the present invention comprise a particular substrate and a liquid aqueous cleaning composition that is coated or impregnated in the substrate. The ingredients used to prepare the personal cleansing cloth articles of the present invention, as well as the process for preparing them, are described in detail below: I. Ingredients A. Substrate The personal cleansing cloth compositions of the present invention comprise a nonwoven single layer substrate formed of hydroentangling fibers. "Non-woven" means that the substrate is comprised of fibers that are not woven in the fabric, but instead are formed into a layer of sheet, mat or pad having characteristics of adequate basis weight, caliber, absorption and strength. . The fibers from which the substrate is formed can be natural, synthetic or mixtures thereof. Suitable natural fibers from which substrates are prepared herein include, for example, wood pulp, wool, silk, jute, hemp, cotton, flax, henequen, ramin and mixtures thereof. Suitable synthetic fibers from which substrates can be prepared herein include rayon, cellulose ester, polyvinyl derivatives, polyolefins, polyamides, acetate, acrylic, modacrylic fibers, polyester, polyurethane foam and mixtures thereof. Specific examples of some of said synthetic materials include acrylic such as acrilan, creslan, and fibers based on acrylonitrile, orlon; cellulose ether fibers such as cellulose acetate, arnel, and accelerate; polyamides such as for example, (nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 610, and the like); polyesters such as fortrel, kodel and polyethylene terephthalate fiber, dacron; polyfines such as polypropylene, polyethylene; polyvinyl fibers and acetates; polyurethane foams and mixtures thereof.

These and other suitable fibers in the nonwoven materials prepared therefrom are generally described in Riedel, "Nonwoven Bonding Methods and Materials," Nonwoven World (1987); The Encvclopedia A Americana, vol. 11, pp. 147-153, and vol. 26, pp. 566-581 (1984); patent of E.U.A No. 4,891, 227, to Thaman et al., Issued January 2, 1990; and U.S. Patent No. 4,891, 228, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. The substrate used in the present invention is formed of hydroentangled fibers. One way of preparing a substrate from hydroentangled fibers is to place a network of fibers in a topographic support member comprising an essentially flat bottom surface with at least one depressed region significantly displaced from the bottom surface of the forming plate . Typically, the support member comprises several depressed regions, placed as depressions in certain The predetermined arrangement will form a desired pattern of raised portions in the non-woven substrate. The fibrous network is pre-soaped or moistened with water while in said support member to ensure that its treatment remains on the support member. The support member with the fibrous network therein passes under a series of holes from each of which a fluid, such as water, is expelled under high pressure and is directed towards the upper surface of the fibrous network, ie said surface of the network that is out of contact with the topographic support member . Initially, said fluid forces the "mold" from the beginning of the network towards the three-dimensional support member; As the fluid force application process continues, the fibers are entangled and secured to provide a nonwoven substrate comprising a base surface and one or more discrete, high fibrous regions that are permanently placed with respect to each other. The water is then transported away from the support member, preferably using a vacuum cleaner. The fibrous network becomes dehydrated. The substrate formed without water is removed from the support member. The formed substrate passes over a series of drying cylinders to dry the substrate. The substrate can then be terminated or processed in another manner as desired. Methods for preparing hydroentangled networks are well known in the art. See, for example, Evans; U.S. Patent 3,485,786; Issued on December 23, 1969; Kalwarres; U.S. Patent 2,862,251 and Griswold; U.S. Patent 3,025,585, which generally describes the hydroentangling processes and which are incorporated herein by reference. See also U.S. Patent 5,674,591; James et al; issued on October 7, 1997, which specifically describes a hydroentangling process, including the apparatus used in said process, which can be used to prepare the substrates with design employed in the present invention. U.S. Patent 5,674,591 is incorporated herein in its entirety. The substrates of the present invention are preferably single layer substrates. "Single layer" refers to the substrate being removed from the topographic support layer as a single, unitary piece that does not require the addition of other fibrous or non-fibrous structural components. In particular, a canvas does not bind to the nonwoven substrate employed in the present invention. It is understood that the single layer substrates herein can include one or more types of fiber, including different synthetic fibers, different natural fibers and / or a combination of synthetic and natural fibers. Said different fibers can be blended in a homogeneous way through the thickness of the substrate, or alternatively, they can be arranged in layers through the thickness of the substrate. As described above, the particular, non-woven, hydroentangled substrates of the present invention comprise a base surface having on a substantial portion of the base surface a three-dimensional design comprising a plurality of discrete, high fibrous regions. In one embodiment of the present invention, the basis weight and density, respectively, of the raised hybrid regions are substantially the same as the basis weight and the density, respectively, of the base surface. As used herein, the term "basis weight" is the weight of a fibrous network unit area or portion thereof being characterized. As used herein, the term "density" is the weight of a unit volume of a fibrous network or portion thereof being characterized. Traditional engraving pattern procedures produce regions of varying density.

In a second embodiment of the present invention, the basis weight of the high fibrous portions is greater than the basis weight of the base surface and the density of the high fibrous regions is substantially the same as the density of the base surface. In a third embodiment of the present invention, the basis weight of some elevated fibrous regions is substantially the same as the basis weight of the base surface and the basis weight of other high fibrous regions is greater than the basis weight of the base surface. In this embodiment, as in other embodiments, the density of all the high fibrous areas is essentially the same as the density of the base surface. The raised fibrous regions of the substrate herein bind to the base surface of the substrate herein by a fibrous transition region. The fibrous transition region comprises a fiber-poor region and a fiber-rich region. The fibrous transition region, including the fiber-poor region and the fiber-rich region, is described in detail in the U.S.A. 5,674,591, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The average basis weight of the nonwoven substrates of the design used in the present invention ranges from about 40 to about 90 grams per square meter, preferably from about 40 to about 75 grams per square meter, more preferably from about 50 to about 75 grams per square meter as measured by the INDA IST 130.1 standard test. The gauge of the substrates employed in the present invention ranges from about 0.3 to about 1.05 mm, preferably from about 0.5 to about 1.00 mm, more preferably from about 0.6 to about 0.9 mm, as measured by the standard test INDA IST 120.1 (95). The substrates of the present invention can be opened, although not necessarily.

B. Aqueous Liquid Cleaning Composition 1. Cleaning Surfactant The personal cleansing cloth articles of the present invention comprise an effective amount of a cleaning surfactant to provide a cleaning benefit. Typically, the aqueous cleaning composition used in the present invention comprises from about 0.5% to about 12.5%, preferably from about 0.75% to about 11%, and more preferably from about 1% to about 10%. %, and more preferably about 1% about 5%, based on the weight of the cleaning composition, of a cleaning surfactant. Preferably, said surfactants or combinations of surfactants should be soft, which means that said surfactants provide sufficient cleaning or detersive benefits but do not excessively dry to the skin. A wide variety of cleaning surfactants are useful herein and include those selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic surfactants and mixtures thereof. to. Anionic Surfactants Non-limiting examples of anionic surfactants useful in the compositions of the present invention are described in McCutcheon's, Detergents and Emulsifiers, North American edition (1986), published by allured Publishing Corporation; McCutcheon's, Functional Materials, North American edition (1992); and patent E.U.A. No. 3,929,678, to Laughiin et al, issued December 30, 1975, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. A wide variety of anionic surfactants are useful herein. Non-limiting examples of anionic surfactants include those selected from the group consisting of sarcosinates, sulfates, isethionates, taurates, phosphates and mixtures thereof. Among the isethionates, they are preferred to the alkylisethionates, and among the sulfates, they are preferred to alkyl and alkyl ether sulphates. Alkyl isethionates typically have the formula RCO-OCH 2 CH 2 SO 3 M wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl of about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, and M is a water-soluble cation such as ammonium, sodium, potassium and triethanolamine. Non-limiting examples of said isethionates include those alcoyl isethionates selected from the group consisting of ammonium cocoyl isethionate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium lauroyl isethionate and mixtures thereof. Alkyl and alkyl ether sulphates typically have the respective formulas ROSO3M and RO (C2H4O) xSO3M, wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl of about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, x is about 1 to about 10, and M is a water-soluble cation such as amino, sodium, potassium and triethanolamine. Another suitable class of anionic surfactants are the water-soluble salts of the organic reaction products, of sulfuric acid of the general formula: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of a straight or branched chain saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 8 to about 24, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms; and M is a cation. Still other anionic synthetic surfactants include the class designated as succinamates, olefin sulfonates having from about 12 to about 24 carbon atoms, and b-alkyloxyalkyl sulfates. Examples of such materials are sodium lauryl sulfate and ammonium lauryl sulfate. Other anionic materials include sarcosinates, the non-limiting examples of which include sodium lauryl sarcosinate, sodium cocoyl sarcosinate and lauryl sarcosinate ammonium. Other anionic materials useful herein are soaps (e.g., alkali metal salts, e.g., sodium or potassium salts) of fatty acids, typically having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably from about from 10 to around 20 carbon atoms. The fatty acids used in the manufacture of soaps can be obtained from natural sources such as, for example, glycerides derived from plants or animals (for example, palm oil, coconut oil, soybean oil, castor oil, tallow, lard). , etc). Fatty acids can also be prepared synthetically. The soaps are described in more detail in the U.S. patent. No. 4,557,853, cited above. Other anionic materials include phosphates such as monoalkyl, dialkyl and trialkyl phosphate salts. Other anionic materials include alkanoylsarcocinates corresponding to the formula RCON (CH3) CH CH2CO2M wherein R is alkyl or alkenyl of about 10 to about 20 carbon atoms, and M is a water soluble cation such as ammonium, sodium, potassium and trialkanolamine (for example, triethanolamaine), whose preferred example is sodium lauroyl sarcosinate. Taurates that are based on taurine, which are also known as 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, are also useful. Examples of taurates include N-alkyl taurines such as that prepared by the reaction of dodecylamine with sodium isethionate according to the teaching of the U.S. patent. 2,658,072, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Non-limiting examples of preferred anionic surfactants useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulphonate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium tridice-sulfate, ammonium cetyl sulfate, sodium cetyl sulfate, ammonium cocoyl isethionate, lauryl isethionate. of sodium, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate and mixtures thereof. Especially preferred for use herein are ammonium laurisulfate and ammonium laureth sulfate. b. Nonionic Surfactants Non-limiting examples of nonionic surfactants for use in the compositions of the present invention are described in McCutcheon's, Detergents and Emulsifiers, North American edition (1986) published by allured Publishing Corporation; and McCutcheon's, Functional Materials, North American edition (1992); which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Nonionic surfactants useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylenes, alkyl glucosides, alkyl polyglycosides, polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, alkoxylated fatty acid esters, sucrose esters, amine oxides, and mixtures thereof. The alkyl glucosides and alkyl polyglucosides are useful herein, and can be broadly defined as condensation products of long chain alcohols, for example C8-30 alcohols, with sugars or starches or polymers of sugar or starch, i.e., glycosides or polyglycosides . Said compounds can be represented by the formula (S) n-O-R wherein S is a sugar portion such as glucose, fructose, mannose and galactose; n is an integer from about 1 to about 1000, and R is an alkyl group of C8-30. Examples of the long chain alcohols from which the alkyl group can be derived include decyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol and the like. Preferred examples of such surfactants include those where S is a glucose portion, R is a C8-20 alkyl group, and n is an integer from about 1 to about 9. Commercially available examples of said surfactants include decyl polyglucoside. (available as APG 325 CS from Henkel) and lauryl polyglucoside (available as APG 600CS and 625 CS from Henkel). Also useful are sucrose ester surfactants such as sucrose cocoate and sucrose laurate. Other useful nonionic surfactants include polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants, whose more specific examples include glucosamides, corresponding to the structural formula: wherein: R 1 is H, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, preferably C 1 -C 4 alkyl, more preferably methyl or ethyl, more preferably methyl; R2 is C5-C31 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably C7-C19 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably C9-C17 alkyl or alkenyl, more preferably C11-C15 alkyl or alkenyl; and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocardyl moiety having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or an alkoxylated derivative (preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated) thereof. Z is preferably a sugar portion selected from the group consisting of glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose, silose, and mixtures thereof. An especially preferred surfactant corresponding to the above structure is coconut alkyl-N-methyl glucosamide (ie, wherein the R2CO- portion is derived from the fatty acids of coconut oil). Methods for making compositions containing polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are described, for example, in the patent specification of G.B. 809,060, published February 18, 1959 by Thomas Hedley & Co., U.S. Patent. No. 2,965,576, to E.R. Wilson, issued December 20, 1960, patent of E.U.A. No. 2,703,798, to A.M. Schwartz, issued March 8, 1955; and patent of E.U.A. No. 1, 985,424. to Piggott, issued on December 25, 1934; which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Other examples of nonionic surfactants include amine oxides. The amine oxides correspond to the general formula R1R2R3NO1 wherein Ri contains an alkyl, alkenino or monohydroxyalkyl radical of from about 8 to about 18 atoms, from about O to about 10 portions of ethylene oxide, and from about 0 to about of 1 glyceryl moiety, and R2 and R3 contain from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms and from 0 to about 1 hydroxy group, for example, (radicals, methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxyethyl or hydroxipyl) The arrow in the formula is a conventional representation of a semipolar link. Examples of amine oxide suitable for use in this invention include dimethyl dodecylamine oxide, oleyl di (2-hydroxyethyl) amine oxide, dimethyloctylamine oxide, dimethyl-decylamine oxide, dimethyl tetradecylamine oxide, of 3,6,9-trioxaheptadecyldietylamine, di (2-hydroxyethyl) -l-10-tetradecylamine oxide, 2-dodecoxyethyldimethylamine oxide, 3-dodecoxy-2-hydroxypropyldi (3-hydroxypopoly) amine oxide, dimethylhexadecylamine oxide. Non-limiting examples of preferred nonionic surfactants for use herein are those selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylenes, C8-C14 glucosamides, alkyl polyglucosides of C8-C14, sucrose cocoate, sucrose laurate, lauramine oxide, cocoamine oxide, and mixtures thereof. c. Amphoteric surfactants. The term "amphoteric surfactants", as used herein, is also intended to comprise zwitterionic surfactants, which are well known to formulators skilled in the art as a subset of amphoteric surfactants.

A wide variety of amphoteric surfactants can be used in the compositions of the present invention. Particularly useful are those which are broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic secondary and tertiary amines, preferably wherein the nitrogen is in the cationic state and in which the aliphatic radicals can be straight or branched chain wherein one of the radicals contains a group soluble in ionizable water, for example, carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate Non-limiting examples of amphoteric surfactants useful in the compositions of the present invention are described in McCutcheon's, Detergents and Emulsifiers, North American edition (1986) published by allured Publishing Corporation; and McCutcheon's, Functional Materials, North American edition (1992), which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Non-limiting examples of amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants are those selected from the group consisting of betaines, sultaines, hydroxysultaines, alkyliminoacetates, iminodialkanoates, aminoalkanoates and mixtures thereof. Examples of betaines include the higher alkyl betaines, such as coconut dimethylcarboxymethylbetaine, lauryldimethylcarboxymethylbetaine, lauryldimethylalphacarboxyethylbetaine, cetyldimethylcarboxymethylbetaine, cetyldimethylbetaine, (available as Lonzaine 16SP from Lonza Corp.), laurylbis- (2-hydroxyethyl) carboxymethylbetaine, oleyldimethylgamma-carboxypropylbetaine, laurylbis- ( 2-hydroxypropyl) alpha-carboxyethylbetaine, cocodimethylsulfopropylbetaine, lauryldimethylsulfoethylbetaine, laurylbis- (2-hydroxyethyl) sulfopropylbetaine, amidobetaines and amidosulfobetaines (wherein the radical RCONH (CH2) 3 is attached to the nitrogen atom of betaine), oleylbetaine (available as Velvetex Amphoteric OLB-50 from Henkel), and cocamidopropylbetaine (available as Velvetex BK-35 and BA-35 from Henkel). Examples of sultaines and hydroxysultaines include materials such as cocamidropopilhidroxisultaína (available as Mirataine CBS from Rhone-Poulenc). Preferred for use herein are amphoteric surfactants having the following structure: R2 OR R1_ (C-NH - (CH2) m) n- N- R4- X ^ 3 where R1 is unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl having from about 9 to about 22 carbon atoms. The preferred R1 has from about 1 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; more preferably from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms; more preferably still from about 14 to about 18 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 1 to about 3, more preferably from about 2 to about 3, and more preferably about 3; n is 0 or 1, preferably 1; R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 1 to about 3 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or monosubstituted with hydroxy, the preferred R2 and R3 are CH3; X is selected from the group consisting of CO2; SO3 and SO4; R4 is selected from the group consisting of saturated or unsaturated alkyl, straight or branched chain, unsubstituted or monosubstituted with hydroxy having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms; when X is CO2, R4 preferably has 1 or 3 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 carbon atom. When X is SO3 or SO4, R4 preferably has from about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; more preferably 3 carbon atoms. Examples of amphoteric surfactants of the present invention include the following compounds: Cetyldimethylbetaine (this material also has the designation CTFA cetylbetaine) Cocamidoproipylbetaine where R has from about 9 to about 13 carbon atoms Cocamidropopilhidroxydisultain where R has from about 9 to about 13 carbon atoms. Examples of other useful amphoteric surfactants are the alkyliminoacetates, and iminodyalkanoates and aminoalkanoates of the formulas RN [CH2) m CO2M] 2 and RNH (CH2) mCO2M wherein m is from 1 to 4, R is an alkyl or alkenyl, of C8 -C22 > and M is H, alkali metal, ammonium and alkaline earth metal, or alkanolammonium. Also included are imidazolium and ammonium derivatives. Specific examples of suitable amphoteric surfactants include sodium 3-dodecyl aminopropionate, sodium 3-dodecylaminopropansulfonate, N-higher alkylapartic acids such as those produced in accordance with the teaching of the US patent. 2,438,091, which is incorporated in the present coreference in its entirety; and the products sold under the trade name "Miranol" and described in U.S. Patent 2,528,378, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Other examples of useful amphoteric include amphoteric phosphates, such as coamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate (commercially available as Monaquat PTC, from Mona Corp.). Also useful are amphoacetates such as disodium lauroampanediacetate, sodium lauroamfoacetate, and mixtures thereof. d. Cationic Surfactants Non-limiting examples of cationic surfactants useful herein are described in McCutcheon's, Deterqents and Emulsifiers, North American edition (1986), published by allured Publishing Corporation; and McCutcheon's, Functional Materials, North American edition (1992); which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Non-limiting examples of cationic surfactants useful herein include cationic alkylammonium salts such as those having the formula: R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N + X "where R 1 is selected from an alkyl group having from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms, or aromatic aryl or alkaryl groups having from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms: R 2, R 3, and R 4 are independently selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 18 atoms carbon, or aromatic aryl or alkaryl groups having from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms, and X is an anion selected from chloride, bromide, iodide, acetate, phosphate, nitrate, sulfate, methylisulfate, ethylsulfate, tosylate, lactate, citrate, glycolate and mixtures thereof In addition, alkyl groups may also contain ether linkages, or substituents of hydroxy or amino group (for example, alkyl groups may in containing portions of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol).

More preferably, R-i is an alkyl group having from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from H or an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 are independently selected from H or an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and X is as described in the previous paragraph. More preferably, Ri is an alkyl group having from about 12 to about 18 carbon atoms; R2, R3, and R4 are selected from H or an alkyl group having from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and X is as described previously. Alternatively, other useful cationic surfactants include amino-amides, wherein in the above structure Ri is alternatively R5CO- (CH2) n-, wherein R5 is an alkyl group having from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms. carbon, and n is an integer from about 2 to about 6, more preferably from about 2 to about 4, and more preferably from about 2 to about 3. Non-limiting examples of said cationic emulsifiers include stearamidopropyl chloride phosphate -PG-dimonium, stearamidopropylethylimonium ethosulfate, stearamidopropyl dimethyl (myristyl acetate) ammonium chloride, stearamidopropyl dimethyltearylammonium tosylate, stearamidopropyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, stearamidopropyl dimethyl ammonium lactate and mixtures thereof.

Non-limiting examples of cationic quaternary ammonium salt surfactants include those selected from the group consisting of cetylammonium chloride, cetylammonium bromide, laurylammonium chloride, laurylammonium bromide, stearylammonium chloride, stearylammonium bromide, cetyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, bromide of cetildimetilamonio chloride lauryl bromide, lauryl, of stearyldimethylammonium chloride, bromide stearyldimethylammonium, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, lauryltrimethylammonium chloride, lauryltrimethylammonium bromide, stearyltrimethylammonium chloride, bromide stearyltrimethylammonium lauryldimethylammonium chloride, estearildimetilcetildisebodimetilamonio chloride , dicethylammonium chloride, dicythylammonium bromide, dilauryl ammonium chloride, dilaurammonium bromide, distethylammonium chloride, distethylammonium bromide, dicetylmethylammonium chloride, dicetylmethylammonium bromide or, dilaurylmethylammonium chloride, dilaurylmethylammonium bromide, distearylmethylammonium chloride, distearyldimethylammonium chloride, distearylmethylammonium bromide and mixtures thereof. Additional quaternary ammonium salts include those in which the C-I2 to C22 alkyl carbon chain is derived from a tallow fatty acid or a coconut fatty acid. The term "sebum" refers to an alkyl group derived from tallow fatty acids (usually hydrogenated tallow fatty acids), which generally have mixtures of alkyl chains on the scale of C- | 6 to C18. The term "coco" refers to an alkyl group derived from a coconut fatty acid, which generally has mixtures of alkyl chains on the scale of C12 to C14. Examples of quaternary ammonium salts of said tallow and coconut sources include ditallowdimethylammonium chloride, ditallowdimethylammonium methylisulfate, tallow di (hydrogenated) dimethylammonium chloride, di (hydrogenated) dimethylammonium tallow acetate, ditallowdipropylammonium phosphate, ditallowdimethyl ammonium nitrate, di (cocoalkyl) d-methylammonium, di (cocoalkyl) dimethylammonium bromide, tallowammonium chloride, coconut ammonium chloride, stearamidopropyl-PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, stearamidopropylethylimoniate ethosulfate, stearamidopropyl dimethyl (myristyl) chloride lacetato) ammonium, estaramidopropyldimethyltetearylammonium tosylate, stearamidopropyldimethylammonium chloride, stearamidopropyldimethylammonium lactate, and mixtures thereof. Preferred cationic surfactants useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of dilauryl dimethyl ammonium chloride, distearyldimethylammonium chloride, dimyristyldimethylammonium chloride, dipalmityldimethylammonium chloride, distearyldimethylammonium chloride, and mixtures thereof. 2. Optional ingredients a. Conditioning ingredients __ _ The aqueous cleaning composition used in the personal cleansing wipes of the present invention may optionally and preferably comprise a lipophilic skin conditioning agent which is useful to provide a conditioning benefit to the skin during use of the product. The aqueous cleaning solution employed in the present invention typically comprises from about 0.1% to about 30%, preferably from about 0.5% to about 20%, preferably from about 1% to about 10%, and more preferably from about 1% to about 5% by weight of the aqueous cleaning composition. The lipophilic skin conditioning agent is selected from one or more oil-soluble conditioning agents, such that the heavy arithmetic average solubility parameter of the lipophilic skin conditioning agent is less than or equal to 10.5. It is recognized, based on said mathematical definition of solubility parameters, that it is possible, for example, to achieve the required arithmetic average solubility parameter, ie, less than or equal to 10.5, for the lipophilic skin conditioning agent comprising two or more compounds if one of the compounds has an individual solubility parameter greater than 10.5. The solubility parameters are well known to the formulation chemist skilled in the art and are commonly used as a guide to determine the compatibility and solubilities of the materials in the formulation process. The solubility parameter of a chemical compound, d, is defined as the square root of the cohesive energy density for said compound. Typically, a solubility parameter for a compound is calculated from tabulated values of the additive group contributions for the heat of vaporization and molar volume of the components of said compound, using the following equation: 1/2 ? ™ where S¡ E¡ = the sum of the vaporization heat additive group contributions, and S¡ m¡ = the sum of the additive group contributions of molar volume The standard tabulations of the vaporization heat additive group contributions and molar volume for a wide variety of atoms and groups of atoms are compiled in Barton, AFM Handbook of Solubility Parameters, CRC Press, chapter 6, table 3, pp. 64-66 (1985), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The equation of the above solubility parameter is described in Fedors, R. F., "A Method for Estimating Both the Solubility Parameters and Molar Volumes of Liquids", Polymer Enqineerinq and Science, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 147-154 (February 1974), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The solubility parameters obey the law of mixtures, so that the solubility parameter for a mixture of materials is given by the heavy arithmetic average (ie, the heavy average) of the solubility parameters for each component of said mixture. See, Handbook of Chemistry and Phvsics, 57th. edition, CRC Press, p. C-726 (1976-1977), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The formulation chemicals typically report and use the solubility parameters in units of (cal / cm3) 1/2. The tabulated values of the contributions of the additive groups for the heat of evaporation in the Handbook of Solubility Parameters are reported in units of kJ / mol. However, such tabulated vaporization heat values are easily converted to cal / mol using the following well-known relationships: 1 J / mol = 0.239006 cal / mol and 1000 J = 1 kJ.

See Gordon, A.J. et al, The Chemist's Companion, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 456-463, (1972), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The solubility parameters have also been tabulated for a wide variety of chemical materials. The tabulations of the solubility parameters are found in the aforementioned Handbook of Solubility Parameters. Also see "Solubility Effects In Product, Packege, Penetration, and Preservation", C.D. Vaughan, Cosmetics and Toiletries. vol. 103 October 1988, pp. 47-69, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Non-limiting examples of lipophilic skin conditioning agents useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, petrolatum, branched chain hydrocarbons of C7-C40, C1-C30 alcohol esters of carboxylic acids of C1 -C30, alcohol esters of C1-C30 of C2-C30 dicarboxylic acids, monoglycerides of carboxylic acids of C1-C30, diglycerides of carboxylic acids of C1-C30, triglycerides of carboxylic acids of C1-C30, ethylene glycol monoesters of carboxylic acids of C1-C30, ethylene glycol diesters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, propylene glycol monoesters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, propylene glycol diesters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, monoesters and polyesters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids of sugars, polydialkylsiloxanes, polydiarylsiloxanes, polyalkarylsiloxanes, cyclomethicones having from 3 to 9 silicon atoms, veget oils ales, hydrogenated vegetable oils, C4-C20 alkyl ethers of polypropylene glycol, dialkyl ethers of C8-C30 and mixtures thereof. Mineral oil, which is also known as petrolatum liquid, is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petrolatum. See The Merck Index, tenth edition, entry 7048, p. 1033 (1983) and International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, fifth edition, vol. 1 . p. 415-417 (1993), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Petrolatum, which is also known as petroleum jelly, is a colloidal system of non-straight chain solid hydrocarbons and high boiling liquid hydrocarbons, in which most liquid hydrocarbons are kept within the micelles. See The Merck Index, tenth edition, entry 7047, p. 1033 (1983); Schindler, Druq. Cosmet. Ind., 89, 36-37, 76, 78-80, 82 (1961); and Intertional Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, fifth edition, vol. 1 p. 537 (1993), which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Straight and branched chain hydrocarbons having from about 7 to about 40 carbon atoms are useful herein. Non-limiting examples of said hydrocarbon materials include dodecane, isododecane, squalane, cholesterol, hydrogenated polyisobutylene, docosane (e.g., a C22 hydrocarbon), hexadecane, isohexadecane (a commercially available hydrocarbon sold as Permethyl® 101 A by Presperse, South Plainfield , NJ). Also useful are C7-C40 isoparaffins, which are branched C7-C40 hydrocarbons. Also useful are C 1 -C 30 alcohol esters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids and C 2 -C 30 dicarboxylic acids, including straight and branched chain materials as well as aromatic derivatives. Also useful are esters such as monoglycerides of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, diglycerides of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, triglycerides of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, ethylene glycol monoesters of C 1 -C 30 carboxylic acids, ethylene glycol diesters of carboxylic acids of C1-C30, propylene glycol monoesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids, and propylene glycol diesters of C1-C30 carboxylic acids.

The straight chain and branched chain arylcarboxylic acids are included herein. The propoxylated and ethoxylated derivatives of said materials are also useful. Non-limiting examples include diisopropyl sebacate, diisopropyl adipate, isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, myristyl propionate, ethylene glycol distearate, 2-ethylhexyl palmitate, isodecyl neopentaanoate, di-2-ethylhexyl maleate, cetyl palmitate, myristyl myristate, stearyl stearate, cetyl stearate, behenyl butyryl, dioctyl maleate, dioctyl sebacate, diisopropyl adipate, cetyl octanoate, diisopropyl dilinoleate, caprylic / capric triglyceride, caprylic / capric triglyceride PEG-6, triglyceride caprylic / capric PEG-8 and mixtures thereof. Also useful are various mono-esters of C1-C30 and polyesters of sugars and related materials. Said esters are derived from a sugar or polyol portion and one or more carboxylic acid moieties. Depending on the constituent acid and sugar, said esters may be in liquid or solid form at room temperature. Examples of liquid esters include: glucose tetraolate, the glycosyl tetraesters of soybean oil fatty acids (unsaturated), the mixed sugar soybean oil fatty acid tetraesters, the galactose tetraesters of oleic acid, the arabinose tetraesters of linoleic acid, xylose tetralinoleate, galactose pentaoleate, sorbitol tetraoleate, sorbitol hexaesters of unsaturated soybean oil fatty acids, xylitol pentaolet, sucrose tetraoleate, sucrose pentaoleate, sucrose hexaoleate, sucrose hepatoleate, octaoleate sucrose and mixtures thereof. Examples of solid esters include: sorbitol hexaester in which the carboxylic acid ester moieties are palmitoleate and araquidate in a molar ratio of 1: 2; the octaester of raffinose in which the carboxylic acid ester portions are linoleate and behenate in a molar ratio of 1: 3; the maltose heptaester wherein the esterifying carboxylic acid moieties are sunflower seed oil and lignocerate fatty acids in a molar ratio of 3: 4; the octaester of sucrose wherein the esterifying carboxylic acid moieties are oleates and behenate in a molar ratio of 2: 6; and the octaester of sucrose wherein the esterifying carboxylic acid moieties are laurate, linoleate and behenate in a molar ratio of 1: 3: 4. A preferred solid material is the sucrose polyester in which the degree of esterification is 7-8, and in which the fatty acid portions are mono- and / or di-unsaturated and behenica of C18, in a molar ratio of unsaturated: behenic from 1: 7 to 3: 5. A particularly preferred solid sugar polyester is the sucrose polyester wherein there are about 7 portions of behenic fatty acid and about a portion of oleic acid in the molecule. Other materials Include cottonseed oil or fatty acid esters of sucrose soybean oil. Ester materials are further described in the U.S.A. No. 2,831, 854, U.S. Patent No. No. 4,005,196, to Jandacek, issued on January 25, 1977; patent of E.U.A. No. 4,005,195 to Jandacek, issued January 25, 1977, patent of E.U.A. No. 5,306,516, to Letton et al, issued April 26, 1994; patent of E.U.A. No. 5,306,515, to Letton et al, issued April 26, 1994; patent of E.U.A. No. 5,305,514 to Letton et al, issued April 26, 1994; patent of E.U.A. No. 4,797,300, to Jandacek et al, issued January 10, 1989; patent of E.U.A. No. 3,963,699, to Rizzi et al, issued June 15, 1976; patent of E.U.A. No. 4,518,772, to Volpenhein, issued May 21, 1985; and patent of E.U.A. No. 4,517,360, to Volpenhein, issued May 21, 1985; which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Non-volatile silicones such as polydialkylsiloxanes, polydiarylsiloxanes and polyalkarylsiloxanes are also useful oils. Said "silicones" are described in the patent of E.U.A. No. 5,069,897, to Orr, issued December 3, 1991, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The polyalkylsiloxanes correspond to the general chemical formula R3SiO [R2SiO] xSiR3, wherein R is an alkyl group (preferably R is methyl or ethyl, more preferably methyl) and x is an integer up to about 500, selected to achieve the desired molecular weight . Commercially available polyalkylsiloxanes include polydimethylsiloxanes, which are also known as dimethicones, non-limiting examples of which include the Vicasil® series sold by the General Electric Company and the Dow Corning® 200 series sold by Dow Corning Corporation. Specific examples of polydimethylsiloxanes useful herein include a Dow Corning® 225 fluid having a viscosity of 10 centistokes and a boiling point greater than 200 ° C, and Dow Corning® 200 fluids having viscosities of 50, 350 and 12,500 centistokes, respectively, and boiling points greater than 200 ° C. Also useful are materials such as trimethylsiloxysilicate, which is a polymeric material corresponding to the general chemical formula [(CH2) 3SiO? / 2]? [SiO2] y) where x is an integer of about 1 to about 500 and "y" is an integer from about 1 to about 500. A commercially available trimethylsiloxysilicate is sold as a mixture with dimethicone as Dow Corning ® 593 fluid. Dimethiconols, which are dimethyl silicones, are also useful herein. finished hydroxy. Such materials can be represented by the general chemical formulas R3S0O [R2SiO] xSiR2OH and HOR2S0O [R2SiO] xSiR2OH, wherein R is an alkyl group (preferably R is methyl or ethyl, more preferably methyl) and x is an integer up to about 500, selected to achieve the desired molecular weight. Commercially available dimethiconols are typically sold as mixtures with dimethicone or cyclomethicone (e.g., Dow Corning® 1401, 1402, and 1403 fluids). Also useful herein are polyalkylaryl siloxanes, with polymethylphenylsiloxanes having viscosities of from about 15 to about 65 centistokes at 25 ° C being preferred. Such materials are available, for example, as SF 1075 methylphenyl fluid (sold by General Electric Company) and cosmetic grade phenyltrimethicone fluid 556 (sold by Dow Corning Corporation). Vegetable oils and hydrogenated vegetable oils are also useful herein. Examples of vegetable oils and hydrogenated vegetable oils include safflower oil, castor oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, shad oil, palm kernel oil, palm oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, oil rapeseed, linseed oil, rice wheat oil, pine oil, sesame oil, sunflower seed oil, hydrogenated sunflower oil, hydrogenated castor oil, hydrogenated coconut oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, oil of hydrogenated shad, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, hydrogenated palm oil, hydrogenated peanut oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, hydrogenated rapeseed oil, hydrogenated flaxseed oil, hydrogenated rice wheat oil, hydrogenated sesame oil, hydrogenated sunflower seed and mixture thereof. Also useful are C4-C20 alkyl esters of polypropylene glycols, C1-C20 carboxylic acid esters of polypropylene glycols, and dialkyl C8-C30 ethers. Non-limiting examples of such materials include butyl ether PPG-14, stearyl ether PPG-15, dioctyl ether, dodecyl octyl ether, and mixtures thereof. b. Active Ingredients The personal cleansing wipes of the present invention may also optionally comprise a safe and effective amount of one or more active ingredients or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. 3 The term "safe and effective amount", as used herein, refers to an amount of an active ingredient high enough to modify the condition to be treated or provide the desired benefit to the skin, but low enough to avoid serious side effects, at a reasonable benefit for the risk ratio within the scope of the medical judgment. What is considered a safe and effective amount of the active ingredient will vary with the specific asset, the ability of the active to penetrate through the skin, the age, health condition, and condition of the user's skin, and other similar factors . The active ingredients useful herein may be categorized by their therapeutic benefit or their postulated mode of action. However, it should be understood that the active ingredients useful herein may in some cases provide more than one therapeutic benefit or operate by more than one mode of action. Therefore, the classifications herein are for convenience and are not intended to limit the active ingredient to a particular application or applications listed. Likewise, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said active ingredients are useful herein. The following active ingredients are useful in the compositions of the present invention. Anti-acne active: Examples of useful anti-acne actives include keratolytics such as salicylic acid (o-hydrobenzoic acid), salicylic acid derivatives such as 5-octanoylsalicylic acid, and resorcinol; retinoids such as retinoic acid and its derivatives (e.g., cis and trans); amino acids D and L containing sulfur and its derivatives and salts, particularly its N-acetyl derivatives, a preferred example of which is N-acetyl-L-cysteine; lipoic acid; antibiotics and antimicrobials such as benzoyl peroxide, octopirox, tetracycline, 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4,4'-trichlorobanilide, azelaic acid and its derivatives, phenoxyethanol, phenoxypropanol, phenoxyisopropanol, acetate of ethyl, clindamycin and meclocycline; seboestate such as flavonoids; and salts of bile such as cyminol sulfate and its derivatives, deoxycholate and cholate. Anti-wrinkle and anti-atrophy active ingredients of the skin: Examples of anti-wrinkle and anti-atrophy active ingredients include retinoic acid and its derivatives (for example, cis and trans); retinol; retinyl esters; niacinamide, salicylic acid and derivatives thereof; amino acids D and L containing sulfur and its derivatives and salts, particularly the N-acetyl derivatives, a preferred example of which is N-acetyl-L-cysteine; thiols, for example ethanethiol; hydroxylic acids, phytic acid, lipoic acid; lysophosphatidic acid, and skin release agents (eg, phenol and the like). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): Examples of NSAIDS include the following categories: propionic acid derivatives; acetic acid derivatives; phenamic acid derivatives; biphenylcarboxylic acid derivatives; and oxicamas. All of these NSAIDs are described fully in the U.S. patent. 4,985,459 to Sunshine et al., Issued January 15, 1991, incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Examples of useful NSAIDS include acetylsalicylic acid, ibuprofen, naproxen, benoxaprofen, flurbiprofen, fenoprofen, fenbufen, ketoprofen, indoprofen, pirprofen, carprofen, oxaprozin, pranoprofen, miroprofen, thioxaprofen, suprofen, alminoprofen, thiaprofenic acid, fluprofen and bucioxic acid. Steroidal antiinflammatory drugs including hydrocortisone and the like are also useful. Topical anesthetics: Examples of topical anesthetic drugs include benzocaine, lidocaine, bupivacaine chlorprocaine, dibucaine etidocaine, mepivacaine, tetracaine, dicllonine, hexylcaine, procaine, cocaine, ketamine, pramoxin, phenol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Artificial Tanning Agents and Accelerators: Examples of artificial tanning agents and accelerators include hydroxyacetone, tyrosine, tyrosine esters such as ethyl tyrosinate, and phospho-DOPA. Antimicrobial and antifungal agents: Examples of antimicrobial and antifungal agents include β-lactam drugs, quinolone drugs, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, tetracycline, erythromycin, amikacin, 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4, 4'-trichlorobanilide, phenoxyethanol, phenoxypropanol, phenoxyisopropanol, doxycycline, capreomycin, chlorhexidine, chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, clindamycin, ethanbutol, hexamidine isethionate, metronidazole, pentamidine, gentamicin, kanamycin, lineomycin, methacycline, methenamine, minocycline, neomycin, netilmicin, paromomycin , streptomycin, tobramycin, miconazole, tetracycline hydrochloride, erythromycin, zinc erythromycin, erythromycin estolate, erythromycin stearate, amicazine sulfate, doxycycline hydrochloride, capreomycin sulfate, chlorhexidine gluconate, chlorhexidine hydrochloride, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, hydrochloride of oxytetracycline, clindamycin hydrochloride, hydro etanbutol chloride, metronidazole hydrochloride, pentamidine hydrochloride, gentamicin sulfate, kanamycin sulfate, lineomycin hydrochloride, methacycline hydrochloride, methenamine hippurate, methenamine mandelate, minocycline hydrochloride, neomycin sulfate, netilmicin sulfate, sulfate paramomycin, streptomycin sulfate, tobramycin sulfate, miconazole hydrochloride, amanfadine hydrochloride, amanfadine sulfate, octopirox, parachloromethaximinol, nystatin, tolnaftate, zinc pyrithione and clotrimazole. Preferred examples of actives useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, glycolic acid, lactic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, acetylsalicylic acid, 2-hydroxybutanoic acid, 2-hydroxybutanoic acid, -hydroxypentanoic acid, 2-hydroxyhexanoic acid, cis-retinoic acid, trans-retinoic acid, retinol, phytic acid, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, lipoic acid, azelaic acid, arachidonic acid, benzoyl peroxide, tetracycline, ibuprofen, naproxen, hydrocortisone, acetaminophen, resorcinol, phenoxyethanol, phenoxypropanol, phenoxyisopropanol, 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide, octopirox, lidocaine hydrochloride, clotrimazole, miconazole, sulfate neocicin, and mixtures thereof.

Active Sun Blockers: Sun blocking assets are also useful herein. A wide variety of sun blocking agents is described in the US patent. No. 5,087,445, to Haffey et al., Issued February 1, 1992; patent of E.U.A. No. 5,073,372, to Turner et al., Issued December 17, 1991; patent of E.U.A. No. 5,073,371, to Turner et al., Issued December 17, 1991; and Segar? n, et al., in chapter VIII, pages 189 et seq., of Cosmetics Science and Technology, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Non-limiting examples of sunblockers that are useful in the compositions of the present invention are those selected from the group consisting of 2-ethylexyl p-methoxycinnamate, 2-ethylexyl N, N-dimethyl-p-aminobenzoate, p-aminobenzoic acid, 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulphonic acid, octocrylene, oxybenzone, homomethyl salicylate, octylsalicylate, 4,4'-methoxy-t-butyldibenzoylmethane, 4-isopropyldibenzoylmethane, 3-benzylidenecamphor, 3 (4-methylbenzylidene) camphor, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, silica, iron oxide, and mixtures thereof. Still other useful sunscreens are those described in the U.S.A. No. 4,937,370 to Sabatelli, issued June 26, 1990; and patent of E.U.A. No. 4,999,186, to Sabatelli, issued March 12, 1991; said two references are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Especially preferred examples are those sunscreens which include those selected from the group consisting of 4-N, N- (2-ethylhexyl) methylaminobenzoic acid ester of 2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone, 4-N, N-, N-, (2-ethylhexyl) methylaminobenzoic acid with 4-hydroxydibenzoylmethane, 4-N, N- (2-ethylhexyl) -methylaminobenzoic acid ester of 2-hydroxy-4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) benzophenone, 4-N, 4- N, N- (2-ethylhexyl) -methylaminobenzoic acid of 4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) dibenzoylmethane, and mixtures thereof. The exact amounts of sunscreens that can be used will vary depending on the sunscreen selected and the desired sun protection factor (SPF) to be achieved. SPF is a commonly used photoprotection measure of a sunscreen against erythema. See Federal Register, Vol. 43, No. 166, pp. 38206-38269, August 25, 1978, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Non-limiting examples of preferred active ingredients useful herein include those selected from the group consisting of salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, niacinamide, cis-retinoic acid, trans-retinoic acid, retinol, retinyl palmitate, phytic acid, N-acetyl L -systeine, acelaic acid, lipoic acid, resorcinol, lactic acid, glycolic acid, ibuprofen, naproxen, hydrocortisone, phenoxyethanol, phenoxypropanol, phenoxyisopropanol, 2,4,4 ', - trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4,4 '-trichlorocarbanilide, 2-ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnamic acid, oxybenzone, 2-phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid, dihydroxyacetone, and mixtures thereof. c. Proton Donor Agents The aqueous cleansing composition comprising the personal cleansing wipes of the present invention can optionally comprise from about 0.1% to about 10%, preferably from about 0.5% to about 8%, more preferably from about 1% to about 5%, based on the weight of the cleaning composition, of a proton donor agent. "Proton donor agent" refers to any acid compound or mixture thereof, which results in an associated acid in the skin after use. The proton donor agents can be organic acids, including polymeric acids, mineral acids or mixtures thereof. A non-exclusive list of examples of organic acids that can be used as a proton donor agent are adipic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, glycolic acid, glutaric acid, benzoic acid, malonic acid, salicylic acid, gluconic acid, polymeric acids, their salts, and mixtures thereof. A non-exclusive list of examples of mineral acid for use herein are hydrochloric, phosphoric, sulfuric acid and mixtures thereof. Polymeric acids are especially preferred acids for use herein from the point of view that they cause less itching to the skin than others. As used herein, the term "polymeric acid" refers to an acid with repeating units of carboxylic acid groups attached in a chain. Suitable polymeric acids may include homopolymers, copolymers and terpolymers, but they must contain at least 30 mol% carboxylic acid groups. Specific examples of suitable polymeric acids useful herein include straight chain poly (acrylic) acid and its copolymers, both ionic and nonionic, (e.g., maleic-acrylic, sulfonic-acrylic and styrene-acrylic copolymers), those polyacrylic acids interlaces have a molecular weight of less than about 250,000, preferably less than about 100,000, poly (α-hydroxylic) acids, poly (methacrylic) acid, and naturally occurring polymeric acids such as caragic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, and alginic acid . Straight chain poly (acrylic) acids are especially preferred for use herein. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the proton donor agent is used to regulate the pH of the aqueous cleaning composition at a pH ranging from about 3.0 to about 6.0, more preferably from about 3.0 to about 5.0 and more preferably from about 3.5 to about 4.5. d. Water-soluble conditioning agent and conditioning The present invention may also optionally comprise water-soluble conditioning agents. Such water-soluble conditioning agents are typically included in the aqueous cleaning composition cooled in the present at a level ranging from about 0.1% to about 2%, preferably from about 0.2% to about 1.5%. , more preferably from about 0.5% to about 1% by weight of the aqueous cleaning composition.

Non-limiting examples of conditioning agents useful as water-soluble conditioning agents include those selected from the group consisting of polyhydric alcohols, polypropylene glycols, polyethylene glycols, ureas, pyrrolidone carboxylic acids, ethoxylated and / or propoxylated C3-C6 diols and triols. , C2-C6 alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids, ethoxylated and / or propoxylated sugars, polyacrylic acid copolymers, sugars having up to about 12 carbon atoms, sugar alcohols having up to about 12 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof . Specific examples of useful water-soluble conditioning agents include materials such as urea; guanidine; glycolic acid and glycolate salts (for example, ammonium and quaternary alkylammonium); lactic acid and lactate salts (for example, ammonium and quaternary alkylammonium); sucrose, fructose, glucose, erutrosa, erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, glycerol, hexanotriol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, and the like; polyethylene glycols such as PEG-2, PEG-3, PEG-30, PEG-50, polypropylene glycols such as PPG-9, PPG-12, PPG-15, PPG-17, PPG-20, PPG-26, PPG-30, PPG-34; alkoxylated glucose; hyaluronic acid; and mixtures thereof. Also useful are materials such as aloe vera in any of its variety of forms (e.g., aloe vera gel), chitin, sodium polyacrylate grafted with starch such as Sanwet (RTM) IM-1000, IM-1500, and IM -2500 (available from Celanese Superabsorbent Materials, Portsmouth, VA); lactate monoethanolamine; acetamide monoethanolamine; and mixtures thereof. Propoxylated glycerols are also useful as described in the propoxylated glycerols described in the US patent. No. 4,976, 953, to Orr et al., Issued December 11, 1990, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. and. Drying Agents The drying agents can be employed in the aqueous cleaning compositions employed herein to promote the rate of drying of the liquid composition once applied to the skin by rubbing the cloth product into the skin. Some aqueous cleansing compositions can give a sticky impression when applied to the skin, especially during the time that the composition takes to dry. It has been found that fast-drying compositions provide a softer feeling to the skin, with less stickiness. Suitable drying agents include isoparaffin, alcohols and combinations thereof. A mixture of isopraphine and ethanol is especially preferred. The drying agents are typically included in the cleaning compositions employed at a level that will vary from about 1% to about 60%, preferably from about 3% to about 40%, more preferably from about 5% to about 20% in weigh. f. Other optional ingredients The compositions of the present invention may comprise a wide variety of other optional components. Said additional components must be pharmaceutically acceptable. The CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Handbook, second edition, 1992, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety, discloses a wide variety of non-limiting cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients commonly used in the skin care industry, which are suitable for use in the compositions of the present invention. Non-limiting examples of functional classes of ingredients are described on page 537 of said reference. Examples of these and other functional classes include: abrasives, absorbers, anticaking agents, antioxidants, vitamins, binders, biological agents, pH regulating agents, bulking agents, chelating agents, chemical additives, dyes, cosmetic astringents, cosmetic biocides, denaturants, drug astringents, external analgesics, formers film, fragrance components, humectants, opacifying agents, pH adjusters, preservatives, propellants, reducing agents, skin whitening agents, and sun blocking agents. Also useful herein are the aesthetic components such as fragrances, pigments, dyes, essential oils, skin sensitizers, astringents, skin softening agents and skin healing agents. g. Viscosity of the aqueous cleaning composition The aqueous cleaning compositions employed in the cloth product herein preferably have a scale viscosity of from about 1 to about 1000, preferably from about 5 to about 200 centipoise as it is measured by the Brookfield digital viscometer, model DV-II + Version 3.2 according to the operating instructions described in manual No. M / 92-161 H895. Examples of aqueous cleaning compositions suitable for use herein are described in the following U.S. Patents. and U.S. patent applications, which are incorporated herein by reference. The patent application of E.U.A. with serial number 08 / 727,807 (pages 3-6 and 8); patent application E.U.A. with serial number 08 / 868,668 issued June 4, 1997; patent of E.U.A. 4,941, 995 issued July 17, 1990 to Richars; patent of E.U.A. 4,904,524, issued on February 27, 1990 to Yoh; patent of E.U.A. 5,043,155 to Puchalski; patent of E.U.A. 5,534,265 to Fowler; patent of E.U.A. 5,648,083 to Blieszner and patent application E.U.A. with serial number 08 / 736,471 issued on October 24, 1996.

II. Preparation of absorbent sheets impregnated with aqueous liguid cleaning solution Any suitable method for the application of aqueous or aqueous / alcoholic impregnations, including dip coating, spray coating or metered dose, can be used to impregnate the substrates herein with the emulsion composition described herein. More specialized techniques, such as Meyer's rod, knives or floating sheets, which are typically used to impregnate cleaning solutions in absorbent sheets can also be used. The cleaning solution should preferably comprise from about 100% to about 400%, preferably from about 200% to about 400% by weight of the absorbent sheet. Prior to or after impregnation of the liquid cleaning solution in the substrate, the substrate can be folded into stacks. The substrate is then typically packaged in any of the moisture and vapor impermeable packaging known in the art.

EXAMPLES The following are non-limiting examples of the personal cleansing cloth compositions of the present invention.

Aqueous cleaning compositions The aqueous cleaning compositions (examples 1-10) are The aqueous cleaning compositions (Examples 1-10) are impregnated into substrates of the type described in Examples 1 and 2 of the US patent. 5,674,591, where the base weight of the substrate is 60 grams per square meter and where the design is star-shaped. 230% by weight of the substrate of the aqueous cleaning composition is impregnated into the substrate by introducing the compositions into the substrate through a cup. Each of the resulting cloth articles will exhibit desirable properties of softness, feel and cleanliness.

Aqueous cleaning compositions (Examples 1-10) are impregnated into substrates of the type described in Examples 1 and 2 of the U.S.A. 5,674,591, where the basis weight of the substrate is 60 grams per square meter and where the design is zigzag. 230% by weight of the substrate of the aqueous cleaning composition is impregnated into the substrate by introducing the compositions into the substrate through a cup. Each of the resulting cloth articles will exhibit desirable properties of softness, feel and cleanliness.

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1. NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS 1. - An article of personal cleaning cloth having superior properties of softness, sensation and cleanliness, said article of cloth comprises: A. - a nonwoven single layer substrate formed of hydroentangling fibers, said substrate having a substantial portion and a three dimensional design of a base surface thereof, said design comprises a plurality of discrete, high fibrous regions, wherein the high fibrous regions have a density that is substantially the same as the density of the base surface, and wherein said high fibrous regions they are joined to said base surface by a fibrous transition region; and B. - an aqueous liquid cleaning composition comprising an effective amount of a cleaning surfactant, said aqueous liquid cleaning composition being coated or impregnated in said substrate to an extent of 100% to 400% by weight of the substrate.
2. 2. The article of personal cleaning cloth according to claim 1, further characterized in that said raised fibrous regions have a basis weight that is substantially the same or greater than the base weight of the base surface.
3. 3. The article of personal cleansing cloth according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the basis weight of some elevated fibrous regions is substantially the same as the basis weight of the base surface and wherein the basis weight of the base The rest of the high fibrous regions is greater than the base weight of the base surface.
4. 4. The article of personal cleaning cloth according to any of the preceding claims, which has an average basis weight ranging from 40 to 900 grams per square meter and a caliber that varies from 0.3 to 1.05 millimeters.
5. 5. The article of personal cleaning cloth according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the aqueous cleaning composition comprises: a.- from 0.5% to 12.5% of a surfactant; and b.- from 0.5% to 5% of a lipophilic skin moisturizing agent.
6. 6. The article of personal cleaning cloth according to any of the preceding claims, which additionally comprises from 1% to 60% of a drying agent. .- The article of personal cleaning cloth according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the aqueous cleaning composition comprises: a.- from 0.5% to 12.5% of a surfactant; b.- from 0.1% to 10% of an acid; and c- from 0.5% to 5% of a lipophilic skin moisturizing agent; and wherein said aqueous cleaning composition has a pH ranging from 3 to 6. 8. - The article of personal cleaning cloth having superior properties of softness, feel and cleanliness, said article of cloth comprises: A. - a single layer nonwoven substrate formed of hydroentangling fibers, said substrate having a substantial portion and a three-dimensional design of a base surface thereof, which design comprises a plurality of discrete, high fibrous regions, wherein said raised fibrous regions are joined to said base surface by a fibrous transition region; and B. - an aqueous liquid cleaning composition comprising an effective amount of a cleaning surfactant, said aqueous liquid cleaning composition being coated or impregnated in said substrate to the extent of 100% to 400% by weight of the substrate; and wherein said three-dimensional design is formed as the fibers are wound. 9. A process for preparing a personal cleaning cloth article having superior properties of softness, sensation and cleanliness, said method comprises: A. - placing a network of fibers in a foraminous formation plate or topographic support member comprising an essentially flat bottom surface with at least one depressed region significantly displaced from the bottom surface of the forming plate; B. - apply fluid force to the upper surface of the fibrous network, so that the fibers are rolled and a design substrate is formed; C- transport the fluid away from the substrate with design; and D. - coating or impregnating the substrate with design with an aqueous cleaning composition comprising an effective amount of a cleaning surfactant to the extent of 100% to 400% by weight of substrate. 10. The article of personal cleaning cloth having reduced tack impression, said article of cloth comprises: A. - a non-woven substrate; and B. an aqueous liquid cleaning composition comprising: 1.- from 0.5% to 12.5% by weight of a cleaning surfactant; 2.- from 0.1% to 30% of a lipophilic skin-moisturizing agent; and 3.- from 1% to 60% of a drying agent comprising isoparaffin; wherein said aqueous liquid cleaning composition is coated or impregnated in said substrate to the extent of 100% to 400% by weight of the substrate.