Glyceride Copolymer Wipe Composition for Stable Skin Softening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fibrous structures, such as wet wipes, face challenges in providing effective skin softening benefits while maintaining stability and avoiding the high costs and instability issues associated with traditional emollients, particularly silicones and unsaturated lipophilic emollients, which are prone to oxidation and require expensive antioxidants.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a composition that includes glyceride copolymers, specifically those formed through metathesis reactions, which provide skin softening benefits and stability, and can be combined with clay minerals and rheology modifiers to enhance tactile sensation and stability, reducing the greasy feel and improving the overall performance of the emollient.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional emollients (silicones, unsaturated lipophilic emollients) are used to provide skin softening benefits, then skin softening performance is improved, but stability deteriorates due to oxidation and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the emollient by using saturated glyceride copolymers instead of traditional unsaturated emollients. This parameter change eliminates the double bonds that are prone to oxidation, thereby improving composition stability while maintaining skin softening benefits through the copolymer structure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite materials by combining glyceride copolymers with clay minerals and rheology modifiers. This composite approach creates a stable emulsion system where the glyceride copolymer provides softening, clay minerals enhance tactile sensation, and rheology modifiers control flow properties, achieving both performance and stability
2Reliability
If high concentrations of lipophilic emollients are added to provide skin softening benefits, then skin softening performance is improved, but composition stability deteriorates due to rheology issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces rheology modifiers as intermediary substances that mediate between the lipophilic glyceride copolymer and the aqueous phase. These intermediaries control the flow and stability characteristics of the emulsion, preventing rheology breakdown even at high emollient concentrations while maintaining skin softening effects
3Reliability
If expensive emollients (silicones, functionalized silicones) are used to achieve skin softening benefits, then skin softening performance is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive, long-lasting synthetic emollients like silicones with more economical glyceride copolymers derived from renewable resources. This substitution uses cheaper feedstocks (vegetable oils, animal fats) to create effective emollients that achieve similar skin softening benefits at lower manufacturing cost
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The use of glyceride copolymers in combination with clay minerals and rheology modifiers results in a stable and effective skin softening composition that maintains skin health, reduces the greasy feel, and enhances the tactile experience, providing a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional emollients.
Implementation Method 1
The emollient may maintain or improve the health of skin by delivering beneficial components to the skin
Implementation Method 2
rheology modifiers, and perfumes
Data Source
AI summary
A composition comprising a glyceride copolymer that may be combined with a fibrous structure, including a wipe.