Soap Patents (Class 510/481)
  • Patent number: 7314851
    Abstract: The invention discloses skin cleansing product which includes glycerinated soap and hard soap which comprises sericin protein from Thai silk, as a main ingredient, admixed with various components in the soap mass. The present products are safe for use and help nourish the skin so as to smooth and soften the skin when used. The product does not cause irritation and therefore can be used for unisex and all ages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of her Majesty Queen Sirikit
    Inventors: Prateep Meesilpa, Parn Pannengpet, Pojana Werasopon, Chanya Pannengpet, Danai Narkprasert, Boonya Sudatis, Wachiraporn Pewlong, Malee Bunjob, Piyawan Boocha, Pattamawadee Setakanna, Preeya Pinnil
  • Patent number: 7307051
    Abstract: A composition can indicate whether hands have been washed for an approximate predetermined period of time. The composition includes a pH indicator and a delivery system. The delivery system contains a pH-altering compound. The delivery system is added to the pH indicator approximately when hand washing begins. A method of washing hands is also presented. The pH indicator is applied to the hands. The delivery system is applied to the hands approximately when hand washing begins. The pH indicator and delivery system are mixed. A system for washing hands is also presented. The system includes a pH indicator, a delivery system, and a dispenser that releases the pH indicator and delivery system to hands. The hands are washed until the pH indicator changes color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventor: Sarah Rich
  • Patent number: 7307052
    Abstract: A thickened oxidant composition is formulated to be easily and evenly applied to a vertical surface to provide consumer preferred cling to the vertical surface. The composition has a low relaxation constant. The composition is useful in cleaning toilet bowls and other hard surfaces. The composition can be applied in a stream, a spray, or an aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Geetha Murthy, Daniela Fritter, Robert J. Iliff, Paula Ann Sanchez
  • Patent number: 7285521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synergistic detergent composition capable of reducing oiliness or greasiness of the skin and also reduce post wash re-accumulation of sebum on the skin. It is particularly preferred to formulate the composition as a wash off product by incorporating a clay belonging to the hormite group of the 2:1 type of clay minerals, and having an inverted ribbon configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Debojit Chakrabarty, Anant Kondiram Parte, Yashodhara Pawar
  • Patent number: 7259132
    Abstract: The invention is a preparation comprising an oil-in-water emulsion containing soap, the emulsion further comprising: (a) 4-12% by weight of at least one fatty acid with 12 to 18 carbon atoms, (b) 3-8% by weight of at least one trialkanolamine, (c) 1-8% by weight of at least one nonionic emulsifier, (d) 0-3% by weight of a fatty alcohol or fatty alcohol mixture, (e) 0.1-6% by weight of one or more emollients, (f) 1-10% by weight propellant with a vapor pressure of 76 to 420 kPa at 20° C., (g) 0-1% by weight of at least one cellulose derivative, and (h) 0.1-4% by weight of at lest one glycerol polyglycol ether isostearate, wherein the oil-in-water emulsion is free from fatty acid diethanolamides, and wherein the preparation is suitable for filling in an aerosol container. The invention also includes a pressurized gas container containing the preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Stefanie Conzelmann, Peter Maurer, Ilka Oelrichs
  • Patent number: 7109154
    Abstract: A combination toilet bar composition is described that contains soap, both amphoteric, and synthetic anionic surfactants in a specified ratio and a blend of hydrophobic emollients including a hydrocarbon with a titer of less than about 50 C. The toilet bar provides mild cleansing, moisturization, and creamy lather during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Husain Abbas
  • Patent number: 7053029
    Abstract: There is provided a soap that contains an indicator that produces an observable change after a period of time to show that sufficient cleaning has been done or to indicate the thoroughness of the cleaning. The soap is preferably made from two components that produce a color and/or viscosity changes after about 30 seconds of use. This use indicating change is useful for, for example, teaching children to was their hands for a sufficient period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gavin MacDonald, Naveen Agarwal, Yanbin Huang, Jaeho Kim
  • Patent number: 7045491
    Abstract: A non-clear (translucent to opaque) cleansing bar comprising: (a) from about 3 to about 40 weight % anionic soap; (b) from about 4 to about 40 weight % of at least one synthetic surfactant; (c) from 0.1 to about 10 weight % of a gelling agent from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, dibenzylidene xylitol, dibenzylidene ribitol, and mixtures thereof; (d) from about 5 to about 60 weight % of a humectant provided that glycerin is a component of the humectant and is present in an amount of about 2 to about 10 weight %; and (e) water; wherein all amounts are in % by weight based on the weight of the entire composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Regina Hourigan
  • Patent number: 7030069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid laundry detergent composition, comprising surfactant material other than fatty acid soap, an effective amount of a water-soluble dye, an enzyme and from 1% to 20% wt of fatty acid soap having from 12 to 20 C atoms, wherein at least 1% by weight (based on the liquid composition) of the fatty acid soap is unsaturated. In addition said composition comprises from 0.01% to 3% wt of a perfume composition and from 0.001% to 2% by weight of an antioxidant. It was found that the color characteristics of said composition do not deteriorate during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Neeraj Gupta, Sachindew Manodjkoemar Ramcharan, Simon Marinus Veerman, Patrick Zwamborn
  • Patent number: 7018971
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising: (i) a first step of admixing in a mechanical granulator, an aluminosilicate and a first liquid binder comprising at least one surfactant, to produce a powder; and (ii) a second step of admixing in a low shear granulator, the powder produced in step (i), a water soluble salt and a second liquid binder, to produce the said detergent granules; wherein in step (ii), no more than 2%, preferably 0% by weight of the aluminosilicate based on the weight of the detergent granules is introduced into the low shear granulator of step (ii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Akkermans, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Patent number: 7001878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid unit dose comprising a water-soluble packet and a liquid encased within the packet, the liquid being a detergent composition comprising: from 5% to 80% by weight of surfactant; from 1% to 15% by weight of non-aqueous solvent; less than 10% by weight of water; wherein the liquid detergent composition comprises fatty acid and further comprises fatty acid soap, wherein the molar ratio of fatty acid to fatty acid soap is from 5:1 to 1:5, and wherein the total level of fatty acid (neutralized and unneutralized) is from 20% to 50% by weight of the liquid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Lorenzo Matteo Pierre Gualco
  • Patent number: 6987085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin cleansing composition containing from 20 to 50% by weight of fatty acids and salts thereof, wherein the content of fatty acids having 20 to 24 carbon atoms is from 10 to 30% by weight of the total fatty acid components, and a weight ratio of fatty acids having not more than 15 carbon atoms to fatty acids having not less than 16 carbon atoms is in a range of from 20:80 to 50:50. The skin cleansing composition has many benefits such as high foamability, creamy foam quality, superior cleansing performance and rinsing property, low irritativeness and good storage stability, and gives a moist skin feeling after cleansing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Seki
  • Patent number: 6951833
    Abstract: A anti-microbial composition includes an effective amount of an extract of a plant of the Ranunculaceae family, a surfactant, and optionally an essential oil. To disinfect an object using the anti-microbial composition, the anti-microbial composition is brought into contact with the object. The composition of the invention may be used in the form of packaged towelettes, which are saturated with the composition of the invention. The composition is effective in disinfecting objects contaminated with anthrax, pneumococci, straphylococci, streptococci, tuberculi and a variety of fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventor: Deborah O'Neil
  • Patent number: 6936578
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising: a) a surfactant, and b) a fatty acid salt containing a fatty acid chain having at least one carbon—carbon double bond, wherein said composition, when dissolved in water to a concentration of 5 wt %, has a pH of 6.8 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Antonio Cordellina, Giorgio Franzolin, Alessandro Latini, Sara Quaggia
  • Patent number: 6897188
    Abstract: A liquid detergent concentrate is provided. The liquid detergent concentrate includes about 1 wt. % to about 40 wt. % combination anionic surfactant component and nonionic surfactant component containing about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % anionic surfactant and about 0.5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % nonionic surfactant, about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a water conditioning agent, and about 40 wt. % to about 95 wt. % water. The liquid detergent concentrate can be diluted with water to provide a liquid detergent use solution containing greater than 95 wt. % water. A method for washing textiles is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Gohl, Paul J. Mattia, Robert D. Hei, John W. Birckbichler, Richard D. Stardig
  • Patent number: 6894017
    Abstract: An isotropic aqueous liquid detergent composition comprising: (a) from 0% to 6%, preferably from 1% to 4% by weight of synthetic anionic surfactant; (b) from 5% to 25%, preferably from 10% to 20% by weight of soap; (c) from 0.03% to 5%, preferably from 0.10% to 1% by weight of a cationic polymer; and from 0.03% to 5%, preferably from 0.10% to 1% by weight of a cationic polymer or copolymer comprising at least one monomer unit which is cationic or carries at least one positive charge or carries a dipole moment greater than 3.5; and (d) from 5% to 70%, preferably from 10% to 30% by weight of nonionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lili Faucia Brouwn, John Hines, Johannes Cornelis Van De Pas
  • Patent number: 6846786
    Abstract: The present composition comprises bars having small amounts of surfactant and high amounts of sugars which bar maintains good rates of wear and foams adequately. The sugar has unexpectedly been found to structure bars, even when little or no insoluble fatty acid is used, without degrading bar properties. Further, the invention comprises a process for making such bars which are white and consumer desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Patel, Joseph Oreste Carnali
  • Patent number: 6841524
    Abstract: The present composition comprises bar having small amounts of surfactant and high amounts of sugars which bar maintains good rates of wear and foams adequately. The sugar has unexpectedly been found to structure bars, even when little or no insoluble fatty acid is used, without degrading bar properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Patel, Joseph Oreste Carnali, Ritu Verma
  • Patent number: 6833085
    Abstract: Calcium nitrate, which is known to have the effect of inhibiting elution of phosphorus contained as insoluble substance in sludge in rivers, lakes and coasts in a reducing environment, can be applied not by injection of an aqueous solution of calcium nitrate, but by putting it in a solid form. An agent for inhibiting elution of phosphorus is proposed which comprises calcium nitrate as the major component (10-30%), calcium carbonate or calcium sulfate (a total of 50-90%), and stearic acid or its salt (1-20%) as a hydrophobic substance for delaying elution of the calcium salt, and sucrose fatty acid isobutyl or paraoxy isobutyl benzoate (1-20%) as a binder, and the composition is pressed in a mold into tablets or briquette. The application into sludge by use of an air gun is preferable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventors: Kiyoharu Hamasaki, Hironobu Hirasawa, Noboru Yamada
  • Patent number: 6828288
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning composition which has a superior cleaning power, bactericidal power and the like, and which is highly safe. The present invention relates to a cleaning composition which is characterized in that this composition is formed by adding a soap to a mixture containing a silicic acid compound, an aluminum compound and water, or a solution of such a mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: IQ Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Takeshima
  • Patent number: 6794343
    Abstract: By providing a mixture of surfactants and water, with the water content ranging between bout 40% and 95% by weight based upon the weight of the entire composition, a unique, improved, liquid based foaming soap formulation is realized which is useable for a wide variety of applications, including wet shaving and dry shaving. In the preferred embodiment, the improved liquid based foaming soap formulations incorporate one or more therapeutic active in sufficient quantities to assure its efficacy. As a result, the formulation is useable for a wide variety of medical applications for preventing, treating, or reducing the spread or transmission of bacteria, virus, infections, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Inventors: Leonard Paul, George Rozsa, Theodore Rozsa
  • Patent number: 6790817
    Abstract: The invention is a solid chemical concentrate system of at least two cooperative shapes. The first shape is an inwardly curved bar having an inner opening. The second shape is an insert which is capable of interlocking with the bar by insertion into the bar inner opening. The solid chemical concentrate provides chemical systems having active constituents which may be the same, different but compatible or functionally and chemically incompatible combined within one matrix to provide at least one substantially continuous surface. The system may also comprise an aqueous soluble or dispersible polymeric film cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: 6784144
    Abstract: The invention describes a silicone oil emulsion stabilized with soap. The soap is formed in situ from one or more fatty acids and a cation of a base during the emulsification process. The invention also provides a method of forming a soap stabilized oil-in-water emulsion including the steps of forming a first mixture comprising a silicone oil, a base, and initial water, combining the first mixture with a fatty acid component and emulsifying the resultant combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Corning Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: David James
  • Publication number: 20040072717
    Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Antonio Cordellina, Giorgio Franzolin, Alessandro Latini, Sara Quaggia
  • Patent number: 6696398
    Abstract: A solid translucent or transparent soap composition comprising a cleansing effective amount of soap and an antidiscoloration effective amount of the benzotriazole 2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-6-dodecl-4-methylphenol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Aberdeen Allen, Jr., Enrique Joel Valencia Garcia
  • Patent number: 6693066
    Abstract: A toilet bar composition is described that contains an amido tertiary amine, amido amine salt, or amido ammonium skin conditioning agent in an amount effective to enhance skin feel and the deposition of hydrophobic emollients without having a deleterious effect on lathering speed, sand, and slip properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhakar Puvvada, Michael G. Clarke
  • Patent number: 6656893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent bar soap composition comprising a sodium salt of a fatty acid or a mixed sodium/potassium salt of a fatty acid, at least one amphoteric surfactant selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (A) to (C), a nonionic surfactant, and at least one glycerin derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignees: Shiseido Honecake Industry Co., Ltd., P & PF Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Saito, Daiji Nagahama, Nobuyuki Kishi, Tetsuo Nishina
  • Patent number: 6649585
    Abstract: Processes for preparing superbasic zinc soaps are disclosed. The processes described comprise: (a) providing a basic zinc carbonate; (b) providing at least one organic carboxylic acid; and (c) reacting the basic zinc carbonate and the at least one organic carboxylic acid at a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 200° C. The use of such soaps for stabilizing halogen-containing plastic compositions is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Daute, Joerg-Dieter Klamann, Peter Wedl, Ralf Picard
  • Patent number: 6605586
    Abstract: A process for the direct production of soap having the desired concentration of fatty acid from neutral fats by reacting, at a temperature higher than 100° C. and under pressure, an aqueous solution of an alkaline hydroxide or mixture of alkaline hydroxides having a quantity in moles equal to that of the fatty acids contained in the fat and/or oil and a quantity of water equal to that required to obtain the desired concentration of fatty acids in the final soap and heated at a temperature sufficient to obtain a clear solution, with the fat and/or oil previously heated at a temperature at least equal to that of the aqueous solution of the alkaline hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Meccaniche Moderne S.R.L. Chemical Plants Division
    Inventor: Carlo Pisoni
  • Patent number: 6605583
    Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Philip Gorlin
  • Publication number: 20030148908
    Abstract: A detergent package for immersion and dissolution in water (e.g. for laundry wash use) comprises a substantially anhydrous isotropic liquid detergent formulation encapsulating in water soluble film based on polyvinyl alcohol. The detergent formulation comprises an anionic surface active agent and a soap both dissolved in a liquid carrier. The formulation provides good water solubility, good detergency, high water softening power and compatability with the water soluble film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Jacques Michel, Philippe Davenne, Olivier Chevalier
  • Patent number: 6602845
    Abstract: Novel fatty acids and derivatives thereof such as salts, new surfactant systems comprising one or more of these compounds, consumer products such as laundry products, personal care products, pharmaceutical compositions, industrial cleaners, and the like comprising said compounds or surfactant systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Stedman Connor, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Deborah Jean Back, Toan Trinh, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Roland George Severson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Mark Robert Sivik, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Patent number: 6596682
    Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Philip Gorlin, Steve Zabarylo, Harry Aszman, John Fletcher
  • Patent number: 6555509
    Abstract: A multi-phase solid toilet article whose phases are separated by a membrane, and processes for making the article are described. Each phase is reproducibly fabricated to form an article allowing the user to sequentially or simultaneously derive benefits from the different materials contained in the article's layers. The membrane is either at least partially water soluble or dispersible in the case of a product used with water, or shearable in the case of a cosmetic product which is applied directly to or rubbed on the skin. The membrane material is selected to dissolve or disintegrate with product use, so as to accomplish its intended function of separating the different cosmetic materials until they are consumed. The flowable toilet or cosmetic formulations are simultaneously or separately transferred into the mold, simultaneously or separately allowed to harden, where the membrane divider is not removed and becomes a part of the finished product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Husain Abbas, Ray Hui, Laurie Ann Coyle
  • Patent number: 6551970
    Abstract: The invention relates to new detergent and conditioning hair-care compositions comprising (A) a washing base comprising an anionic surfactant and an amphoteric C10-C14 alkylbetaine surfactant, (B) a conditioning system comprising at least one cationic guar gum and at least one insoluble silicone, the silicone being introduced into the composition in non-emulsified form, and (C) a cosmetically acceptable medium, as well as a process of cleansing and conditioning the hair by application of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oréal
    Inventors: Sandrine Decoster, Bernard Beauquey
  • Patent number: 6506714
    Abstract: An aqueous, clear, cleansing composition comprising (a) a cleansing effective amount of a potassium salt of a long chain alkyl carboxylic acid or mixture thereof, the pH of said composition being from about 10.0 to about 11.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Zenaida Soriano, Ma. Theresa Lumain
  • Patent number: 6506716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable, aqueous heavy duty gel laundry detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactants, fatty acids, and detersive amines. The anionic surfactant component comprises alkyl ethoxylated sulfates and fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, Abdennaceur Fredj, Pramod Kakumanu Reddy, Robert Walter Boswell, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
  • Publication number: 20020198118
    Abstract: An improved cream soap is disclosed. The cream soap is comprised of water, a surfactant/soap system, one or more detergents, a preservative, and at least one structuring/emulsifying agent. Generally, the cream soap composition further comprises one or more of each of a colorant, a fragrance, and a skin benefit additive. The soap has a more paste-like consistency as compared to conventional cream soaps. And by virtue of its paste-like consistency, this soap can be stored in, and dispensed from a wider array of containment units, and also avoids the problem of “run off” that plagues conventional cream soaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Edmund D. George
  • Publication number: 20020198119
    Abstract: An improved powdered soap is disclosed. The powdered soap has a composition that includes a surfactant/soap system, which should comprise in the range of about 64% to 99% of the powdered soap composition, and an anti-itch/anti-dryness ingredient. Optionally, but preferably, the powdered soap includes at least one flow agent and one or more of each of a fragrance, a colorant, a foam booster, and an exfoliant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Edmund D. George
  • Publication number: 20020193277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning composition which has a superior cleaning power, bactericidal power and the like, and which is highly safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Takeshima
  • Patent number: 6488780
    Abstract: Detergent and conditioning compositions having a washing base and a conditioning system with an oil nanoemulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: L'Oreal S.A.
    Inventor: Daniéle Cauwet-Martin
  • Patent number: 6486111
    Abstract: A water soluble tablet comprising a cleaning composition which contains a bleach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Steve Zabarylo, John Fletcher, Philip Gorlin, Harry Aszman
  • Patent number: 6475979
    Abstract: Disclosed are cleansing products that include reduced malto-oligosaccharides. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a cleansing product includes a surfactant and a reduced malto-oligosaccharide. In accordance with another embodiment, the reduced malto-oligosaccharide is an encapsulant for a product carrier in a powdered laundry-type detergent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Grain Processing Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Barresi, Richard L. Antrim, Susan O. Freers
  • Patent number: 6451064
    Abstract: Liquid multipurpose cleaning compositions comprising a peroxygen bleach, a surfactant that exhibits a foaming property in the presence of a peroxygen bleach and a foam reducing system and processes for using same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble
    Inventors: Valerio Del Duca, Carlo Ricci, Carla Scorsini
  • Patent number: 6395701
    Abstract: Novel fatty acids and derivatives thereof such as salts, new surfactant systems comprising one or more of these compounds, consumer products such as laundry products, personal care products, pharmaceutical compositions, industrial cleaners, and the like comprising said compounds or surfactant systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel Stedman Connor, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Deborah Jean Back, Toan Trinh, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Roland George Severson, Thomas Anthony Cripe, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Mark Robert Sivik, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Marc Johan Declercq, Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere
  • Patent number: 6376439
    Abstract: A composition for a soap bar comprises: (i) from about 0.01 to about 7% by weight of silicone; (ii) from about 0.5% to about 5%,by weight of a first emollient selected from the group consisting of from polyols, selected from the group consisting of glycerin, sorbitol, and mixtures thereof; (iii) about 0.1 to about 5% by weight, of a second emollient selected from the group consisting of vegetable, animal or mineral oils, free fatty acids and mixtures thereof; (iv) about 60% to 90% by weight fatty acid soap; wherein bar has L% light transmittance under 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia de Ferran, Adolfo Gutmann, Sergio Roberto Leopoldino
  • Patent number: 6365567
    Abstract: A melt cast solid shaped detergent bar composition comprising 2-60% of water insoluble structurant and 2-50 detergent active, characterized in that it comprises 0.5-30% of a salting in electrolyte and 30-80% water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Suresh Murigeppa Nadakatti, Vijay Mukund Naik, Shiju Thomas
  • Patent number: 6358898
    Abstract: The invention describes a silicone oil emulsion stabilized with soap. The soap is formed in situ from one or more fatty acids and a cation of a base during the emulsification process. The invention also provides a method of forming a soap stabilized oil-in-water emulsion including the steps of forming a first mixture comprising a silicone oil, a base, and initial water, combining the first mixture with a fatty acid component and emulsifying the resultant combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Australia Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: David James
  • Publication number: 20020032134
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel detergent and conditioning compositions containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, (A) a washing base and (B) a conditioning system including an oil nanoemulsion. The invention is useful for hair and skin cleaning and care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventor: DANIELE CAUWET-MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20010016567
    Abstract: An object is to provide a homogeneous composite metallic soap containing molybdenum in high yields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Toru Imori, Mizuho Yoshida