Striped Personal Cleanser Patented by PG

US Patent No. 8,124,573 B2; The Procter & Gamble Company has been awarded a US patent for a personal cleansing article. It is comprised of at least one cleansing phase stripe comprising a surfactant, an electrolyte comprising an anion selected from the group consisting of phosphate, chloride, sulfate, citrate and mixtures thereof, a cation selected from the group consisting of sodium, ammonium, potassium, magnesium and mixtures thereof, water and a density modifier comprising a low density microsphere; and at least one benefit phase stripe comprising a hydrophobic skin benefit agent. The benefit phase is substantially free of surfactant and substantially anhydrous. The cleansing phase stripe and the benefit phase stripe have essentially the same density.