Cleaning wipe
(19) AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE (54) (51)6 (21) (87) (30) (31) (43) (71) (72) (74) Title Cleaning wipe International Patent Classification(s) C11D 001/83 C11D 017/04 CI ID 003/37 CI ID 003/20 Application No: 2004230538 WIPO No: WO04/092317 Priority Data (33) (22) Application Date: 2004.04.14 Number 10/412,958 Publication Date : (32) Date 2003 .04.14 2004 .10.28 Country US Applicant(s) Colgate-Palmolive Company Inventor(s) Dastbaz, Nathalie; Simon, Joelle Agent/Attorney FB Rice & Co, 139 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053 -1- A cleaning wipe comprising a non-woven fabric wherein the non-woven fabric is impregnated with a cleaning composition. What Is Claimed : 1. A cleaning wipe which comprises: (a) 15 wt. % to 35 wt. % of a non-woven fabric; and (b) 65 wt. % to 85 wt. % of a liquid cleaning composition being impregnated in said non-woven fabric, wherein said liquid cleaning composition comprises: (i) 0. 5 wt. % to 8 wt. % of at least one ethoxylated nonionic surfactant; (ii) 0.25 wt. % to 10 wt. % of a C1-C4 alkanol or a mixture thereof ; (iii) 0.5 wt. % to 8 wt. % of a cosurfactant; (iv) 0.1 wt. % to 15 wt. % of an anionic surfactant; (v) 0.25 wt. % to 5 wt. % of a maleic acid/olefin copolymer ; and (vi) the balance being water.
2. The cleaning wipe of Claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant is an ethoxylated alkyl ether sulfate.
3. The cleaning wipe of Claim 2, wherein said Cl-C4 alkanol is ethanol or isopropanol.
4. The cleaning wipe of Claim 3, wherein said cosurfactant is a glycol ether. f 5. The cleaning wipe of Claim 2, wherein said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether.
6. The cleaning wipe of Claim 1, wherein said cosurfactant is glycol ether.
7. The cleaning wipe of Claim 6, wherein said glycol ether is propylene glycol N-butyl ether.
8. The cleaning wipe of claim 1, further including 0.05 wt. % to 2.5 wt. % of magnesium sulfate.
9. The cleaning wipe of claim 1, further including a fatty acid.
10. The cleaning wipe of claim 1, further including a proton donating agent.
11. The cleaning wipe of Claim 1, further including a preservative.
12. The cleaning wipe of Claim 1, further including a perfume.
13. The cleaning wipe of Claim 1, wherein the liquid cleaning composition has a pH of 5 to 8.