Cosmetic pad and method for its manufacture

Abstract

A cosmetic pad and a method of manufacturing the same. The cosmetic pad includes a layer of hydroentangled cotton-based fibers that form a coherent, soft and resilient, mildly abrasive, linting-resistant fibrous material body having substantially smooth top and bottom surfaces. During its rotary stamping and cutting from a web, the pad is provided with at least one pressure print in a predetermined location in the material body, the pressure print identically aligned on both the top and bottom surfaces of the material body and defining a compression pattern that extends between the top and bottom surfaces of the material body.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cosmetic pad comprising:
 a) a layer of hydroentangled cotton-based fibers forming a coherent, soft and resilient, mildly abrasive, linting-resistant fibrous material body, said material body having substantially smooth top and bottom surfaces;   b) a pressure print in a predetermined, central location in said material body, said pressure print identically aligned on both said top and bottom surfaces of said material body and defining a compression pattern that extends between the top and bottom surfaces of said material body.   
     
     
         2 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said pressure print is a first pressure print, said pad further comprising a second pressure print in said material body extending along a circumference of said material body, said second pressure print defining a compression region at a radial distance from the circumference of said material body, said compression region extending between the top and bottom surfaces of said material body. 
     
     
         3 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said layer has an areal weight between 120 and 350 grams per square meter. 
     
     
         4 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said layer has an areal weight of substantially 270 grams per square meter. 
     
     
         5 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said pad has a minimum tensile strength of 1.2 kilograms per centimeter of said pad width in any radial direction. 
     
     
         6 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said layer is airlaid before hydroentanglement. 
     
     
         7 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said material body is characterized by a polygonal shape. 
     
     
         8 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said first pressure print is characterized by a predefined, visually recognizable design. 
     
     
         9 . A cosmetic pad as defined in  claim 8 , wherein said first pressure print is in the shape of a flower. 
     
     
         10 . A method of manufacturing a cosmetic pad, said method comprising:
 a) hydroentangling cotton fibers to form a web of coherent, soft and resilient, mildly abrasive, linting-resistant fibrous material having substantially smooth top and bottom surfaces;   b) heating the web;   c) applying a rotary dye to the heated web for stamping and cutting out a plurality of pads from the web, said applying a rotary dye to the heated web including defining at least one identically located pressure print in each of the plurality of pads simultaneously with the cutting of the plurality of pads, the pressure print defining a compression pattern that extends between the top and bottom surfaces of the respective pad.