Appeal 2007-2157
Application 11/000,692
However, “these articles over time breed bacteria, germs and mold” (id. at
2).
The Specification discloses “a personal cleansing kit and method
utilizing a washing implement that provides users with a cue to dispose of
the implement after a pre-determined number of washing events. . . . The
cue is the visual degradation of the implement from a pleated to a relatively
non-pleated condition” (id. at 3). The implement also signals users that the
implement is no longer suitable for use because “the relatively non-pleated
implement resulting from extended use becomes functionally inferior on
foam enhancement and aesthetic feel. The cushion effect of the pleated form
degrades to an elongated thin fibrous web of inferior body” (id. at 4).
DISCUSSION
1. CLAIMS
Claims 1-13 are pending and on appeal. Claim 1 is representative and
reads as follows:
Claim 1. A personal cleansing kit comprising:
(i) a water-insoluble fibrous web folded into a
plurality of pleats, each pleat being formed
with two forks into a U-shape with the two
forks being held together by hydroentangled
fibers or restrained from unfolding by a
weak adhesive to last from about 3 to about
100 separate personal washing events;
(ii) a cleansing composition comprising from
about 0.5 to about 60% by weight of
surfactants in a carrier, wherein each event
utilizes at least a foaming amount of the
cleansing composition.
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