GB2448866A - Moisturising hand wipe - Google Patents

Abstract

A moisturising wipe comprises a wipe impregnated with moisturiser, the wipe preferably being biodegradable and dispensable from a dispensing container or packet.

Description

I. RAND WIPES This invention relates to a device for moisturizing the

skin.

After people wash their hands -and especially if there is basic soap or hard water-they usually find their hands are thy, rough and uncomfortable and they would seek out handcream to ease the discomfort, dryness or irritation that has been caused.

Other times people want to nourish their hands regularly to prevent ageing or dryness or roughness taking place.

Handcream is customarily found in tubes or bottles and can be messy to use and even time consuming.

These containers usually have to be held with both hands to open with lids that flip open or tops that.

have to be unscrewed or pulled off. Then the tube or jar or bottle has to be squeezed or shaken to release some handcream, and not always easy to judge the right amount, and rubbed into the hands.

Then the lid has to be secured again onto the container.

It is also difficult to get every bit of the handcream or lotion out of the container without cutting it open in order to utilize every part.

To overcome this problem the invention proposes sheets or tissue-type cloths, in various shapes and sizes, that are impregnated with moisturizer for hands (or other parts of the body skin such as face; legs; arms; feet or trunk).

They will be easily plucked from a container or packet.

The application would be easy and quick both to pull out of the container and to use by rubbing onto the hands (or other part of body) with no mess or spillage or waste.

They could be used at home, in the office, in the car, taken on holidays, anywhere.

They would be light to early and easy to move around.

They will be bio-degradable and easy to dispose of.

Figure 1 shows moist cloths Figure 2and 3 shows various containers housing the moist cloths Figure 4 shows various packets housing the moist cloths The containers will be re-sealable to keep them moist and clean, they could be plastic or tin or glass as long as they were able to keep the cloths sealed and moist.

The containers (and cloths themselves) can be of any colour, design, pattern to suit all tastes. They can be pretty designs, sporty designs, abstract designs, sophisticated designs, funky designs, children's designs, babies' designs, designs to blend into rooms like bathroom or bedroom, or offices or cars. The list is endless.

The people who could use them is varied -Women, Men, Babies and Children,, older skins, sensitive skins, troubled skins, dry skin, rough skin. The list is endless.

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Claims (5)

1. 2. CLAIMS 1. A Handwipe would be impregnated with moisturizer

   -handcream so that when rubbed onto the skin or hands some moisturizer would go onto the skin and relieve dryness and roughness and help make them feel soft and smooth and looking better.
2. 2. The wipes would be accessible from containers such as boxes or packets or jars.
3. 3. The wipes would be bio-degradable and easily disposed of.
4. 4. The containers would be resealable to keep in the moisture.
5. 5. The containers and wipes would be of any colour, design or pattern and adapted to suit all types of consumers.

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