Lip balm composition

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.

The disclosure and prior art relates to lip balms and more particularly pertains to a new lip balm for delivering active THC to a person's lips.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a composition including petroleum jelly, camphor, menthol, phenol, beeswax, and cannabis.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to disclosure below, a new lip balm embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 6, the lip balm composition is a generally conventional lip balm that may be used for treating lips and, in the present invention, provide a delivery mechanism for tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, found in cannabis. The source of the cannabis includes typical plant varietals such as Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis. As such, the composition may be used for treating other ailments conventionally treated with THC.

The composition further includes petroleum jelly, camphor, menthol, phenol, and beeswax. Each of these is readily available and widely known, but each will be further explained below.

Petroleum jelly, which is also known as petrolatum, white petrolatum or soft paraffin, is a ubiquitously found ingredient of semi-solid hydrocarbons. White petroleum is used often in lip balms, as is beeswax, to help form a layer over the lips to seal in moisture. Beeswax, also known as cera alba and containing several chemical compounds including triacontanyl palmitate, is also easily found and mixed with the white petroleum to form a base of the lip balm composition.

Camphor, 1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, is a waxy, solid added for aroma and which is produced by the camphor laurel, Cinnamomum camphora. Menthol, 5-Methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol, is used as a local anesthetic and is producible synthetically or naturally from corn mint, peppermint or other mint oils.

The composition further contains cannabis such that the amount of THC within the composition is at least 3%. Generally, the upper limit of the total concentration of THC in the composition is 6% but higher amounts are possible, however such may detract the composition functioning as a skin protectorate.

An example of the composition may include, by volume:

• • 15% to 25% petroleum jelly;
  • 3% to 7% camphor;
  • 3% to 7% menthol;
  • 3% to 7% phenol;
  • 40% and 50% beeswax; and
  • 15% and 25% cannabis having a THC concentration of between 15% and 30% THC.

In another embodiment of the composition, the composition includes by volume:

• • 20% petroleum jelly;
  • 5% camphor;
  • 5% menthol;
  • 5% phenol;
  • 45% beeswax; and
  • 20% cannabis having a THC concentration of between 15% and 30% THC.

In use, the composition may be presented in a small container or within a conventional lip balm dispenser. The composition is applied to a person's lips to protect the lips while the THC may absorbed through the lining of the mouth and ingestion. However, localized effects on the lips themselves, such as reduced inflammation and pain, is achieved by absorption directly into the skin.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.