Patterned lotion tissue

Abstract

Provided are tissue products containing an additive adapted to reduce skin irritation, such as a lotion, and a colorant may be manufactured with relatively low total add-on amounts of the additive without reducing effectiveness, while providing the product with a distinct aesthetic appearance. In a specific embodiment, the additive composition comprises an oil, a wax, and a colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent. The additive and colorant, which are preferably both hydrophobic and non-aqueous, are be added simultaneously and in the same pattern so as to provide a tissue product having a distinct aesthetic appearance that also provides a cue to the user that the product comprises a soothing additive. In certain instances an aesthetic pattern, particularly a coloured pattern, provides a visual cue to the user and reinforces the benefits of the product, enabling lower additive add-on levels without degrading the user experience.

1 . A patterned tissue product defining a major surface having a planar surface area, the tissue product comprising an additive composition comprising an oil and a wax and a colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent disposed on the major surface in a substantially identical first pattern covering less than about 80 percent of the planar surface area. 
     
     
         2 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the tissue product comprises two or more cellulosic plies and has a basis weight from about 10 to about 60 grams per square meter (gsm) and a tensile strength from about 500 to about 2,000 grams per 76.2 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the first pattern covers from about 50 to about 70 percent of the planar surface area. 
     
     
         4 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the oil is a petroleum or a mineral oil, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 4  wherein the additive composition further comprises a plant oil or a silicone oil. 
     
     
         6 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 5  wherein the plant oil is selected from the group consisting of aloe extract, sunflower oil and avocado oil and the silicone oil selected from the group consisting of dimethicone and alkyl methylsilicones. 
     
     
         7 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the additive composition comprises from about 30 to about 90 weight percent oil and from about 10 to about 40 weight percent wax and the composition has a melting point of from about 30 to about 70° C. 
     
     
         8 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 7  wherein the additive composition further comprises from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of a fatty alcohol. 
     
     
         9 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the additive composition has an add-on level of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 percent, based upon the weight of the tissue product. 
     
     
         10 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the pigment comprises a lake selected from the group consisting of carbon black, organic barium, strontium, calcium or aluminum lakes, lakes based on cochineal carmine, diketopyrrolopyrroles, FD&C Yellow No. 5 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake, FD&C Red No. 40 aluminum lake, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake and FD&C Green No. 3 aluminum lake and combinations thereof, a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of iron oxides, titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, cobalt oxide, cerium oxides, nickel oxides, chromium oxide, and zinc oxide and a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of talc, mica, kaolin, bismuth oxychloride, stainless steel and graphite. 
     
     
         11 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the wetting agent is selected from the group consisting of palmitic acid, hydrogenated polyisobutene, paraben, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  wherein the colorant comprises from about 90 to 95 percent pigment and from about 5 to about 10 percent wetting agent, based upon the weight of the colorant. 
     
     
         13 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 8  wherein the additive composition comprises from about 30 to about 90 weight percent mineral oil, from about 10 to about 40 weight percent ceresine wax and wherein the fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of acetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol and combinations thereof, the colorant comprises a pigment consisting essentially of a FD&C lake, a metal oxide and mica, and the wetting agent consists essentially of palmitic acid and hydrogenated polyisobutene. 
     
     
         14 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 1  further comprising a second major surface having a second planar surface area, the tissue product comprising an additive composition comprising an oil and a wax and a colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent disposed on the second major surface in a substantially identical second pattern. 
     
     
         15 . A patterned tissue product defining a major surface having a planar surface area, the tissue product comprising a non-aqueous additive composition comprising a mineral oil or a petroleum oil, a wax and a fatty alcohol and a hydrophobic colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent disposed on the major surface in a substantially identical first pattern, the tissue product having a weight from about 10 to about 60 grams per square meter (gsm) and a tensile strength from about 500 to about 2,000 grams per 76.2 mm. 
     
     
         16 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 15  wherein the wax is selected from the group consisting of beeswax, carnauba wax, paraffin wax, ceresine wax and alkyl methyl siloxanes. 
     
     
         17 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 15  wherein the first pattern covers from about 50 to about 70 percent of the planar surface area. 
     
     
         18 . The patterned tissue product of  claim 15  wherein the additive composition comprises from about 30 to about 90 weight percent mineral oil, from about 10 to about 40 weight percent ceresine wax and from about 5 to about 40 weight percent fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of acetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, and combinations thereof, and the colorant comprises a pigment consisting essentially of a FD&C lake, a metal oxide and mica and a wetting agent consisting essentially of palmitic acid and hydrogenated polyisobutene. 
     
     
         19 . A method of making a patterned lotion treated tissue product:
 a. providing a tissue web having one or more tissue plies;   b. providing a dispersion comprising an additive composition comprising a wax and an oil and a colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent;   c. applying the dispersion to the tissue web using a rotogravure process comprising an engraved roll; and   d. recovering from the rotogravure process a tissue product having the additive composition and the colorant disposed substantially disposed in a first pattern.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising the step of mixing the pigment and the wetting agent to form a hydrophobic colorant and dispersing the hydrophobic colorant in the additive composition.