Patents Assigned to Unilever Home and Personal Care USA
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 7033983
    Abstract: Particulate laundry detergent compositions, especially high bulk density powders and tablets, contain low levels of aloe vera. The aloe vera is preferably present in the form of colored, preferably, green, speckles having a 1% solution pH not exceeding 9. The detergent compositions preferably contain a mild surfactant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Olaf Cornelis Beers, Rudolfus Johannes Hafkamp
  • Method of treating hair with heat and a cap which provides a signal regarding treatment
    Patent number: 7033581
    Abstract: A hair covering which comprises a woven or nonwoven substrate comprising synthetic or natural materials, which are impregnated, or coated, or both, with a mutable dye is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Raymond Pyles
  • Liquid detergent composition
    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
  • Fabric care composition comprising a block copolymer having a methoxyethyl acrylate core polymer and an alkyl methacrylate flanking polymer
    Patent number: 7030076
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric care composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and a textile compatible carrier, a method of treating fabric with such a composition as part of a laundering process and the use of a thermoplastic elastomer or a composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer to improve the crease recovery properties and/or elasticity and/or shape retention of a fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Carswell, James Bernard Cooper, Ezat Khoshdel, Euan Stuart Reid, Keith Leslie Rutherford
  • Detergent compositions
    Patent number: 7030077
    Abstract: Particulate laundry detergent compositions, especially high bulk density powders and tablets, contain low levels of aloe vera or other herbal extract beneficial to the skin. The herbal extract is preferably present in the form of coloured, preferably, green, speckles having a 1% solution pH not exceeding 9. The detergent compositions preferably contain a mild surfactant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Olaf Cornelis Beers, Rudolfus Johannes Hafkamp
  • Container for consumer products with concealed stretch release adhesive structure
    Patent number: 7025231
    Abstract: A container for a consumer product suitable for mounting on a wall, the container comprising: a stretch release adhesive structure located at least partially on the one or more side surfaces; and an outer label substantially covering the stretch release adhesive structure. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the container includes an inner label, in order to provide additional instructions, following removal of the outer label and/or to provide a mechanism by which to effect easy removal of the container from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Leslie Rutherford, Mark Gregory Neuhalfen
  • Fabric care composition
    Patent number: 7026277
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has ?-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single step of preparing the latex particles by emulsion polymerisation of latex monomers with the simultaneous grafting of the polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Ferguson, Christopher Clarkson Jones, David Richard Arthur Mealing
  • Cross-polarized imaging method for measuring skin ashing
    Patent number: 7024037
    Abstract: A process for measuring skin ashing is provided. The process comprises selecting a desired skin testing area and acguiring an image of the area using x-polarization technique. The image is analyzed by obtaining a light distributing image, storing the difference between this image and the original image and using a differential in intensity to define ashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Liang Sheng Tsaur, Helene Santanastasio, Pravin Shah, Srinivasan Krishnan
  • Gel laundry detergent composition
    Patent number: 7022657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shear thinning, transparent, gel laundry detergent composition, comprising a surfactant system containing surfactant material selected from an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant or a mixture thereof, and from 1 to 8% by weight of a fatty alcohol gelling agent having the formula wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen and saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C1–C16 alkyl groups, whereby the total number of carbon atoms in the gelling agent is between 8 and 17. It has been found that this gel laundry composition can stable suspend particles or capsules either for improving visual appearance or for practical reasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Hines, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu
  • Process for the production of detergent granules
    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
  • Process for the production of detergent granules
    Patent number: 7018972
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of detergent granules, the process comprising: (i) a first step of admixing in a mechanical granulator, a solid component and a first liquid binder, to produce a powder; and (ii) a second step of admixing in a low shear granulator, the powder produced in step (i), and a second liquid binder, to produce the detergent granules; the second liquid binder having a different composition from the first liquid binder and the weight ratio of the first liquid binder to the second liquid binder being from 15:1 to 1:1, preferably from 10:1 to 1:1, more preferably from 5:1 to 1:1, most preferably from 3:1 to 2:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Maria Akkermans, Roland Wilhemus Johannes van Pomeren, Remy Antal Verburgh
  • Liquid laundry detergent with polyanionic ammonium surfactant
    Patent number: 7018968
    Abstract: A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising: (a) from about 0.1% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a polyanionic ammonium surfactant; (b) a liquid carrier; (c) wherein the composition is substantially free of bases having pKa equal to or greater than 10, other than nitrogen-based bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun Peng Zhu, Tamara Padron, Kimball James Woelfel
  • Process of making fatty alcohol based gel detergent compositions
    Patent number: 7018970
    Abstract: According to the inventive method of making gels, the main mixture comprising most of the ingredients with the exception of a fatty alcohol is mixed, using at least one in-line mixer, with the gelling post-mix comprising the fatty alcohol. The preferred process includes the mixing of the main mixture and the gelling post-mix just prior to either filling or storing the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Yun-Peng Zhu, Charles Ebert, Agnes Boudou, Ronald Frederick Vogel, John David Hines
  • Fabric treatment article and method
    Patent number: 7018976
    Abstract: A fabric treatment article for use in a conventional home clothes dryer is described that deodorizes and freshens clothing in need of freshening without imparting additional stains. The product is particularly suited for delivering a fragrance to relatively dry clothing and can be added directly to the dryer without the need for a bag to contain the product and clothing during the dryer cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, divison of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Stephen Murphy, Michael Orchowski, Daniel Joseph Fox, Jeanette Ashley, Nancy Ann Falk
  • Perfume composition
    Patent number: 7015186
    Abstract: A pouch comprising perfume particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Julien Aussant, Vidyadhar Sudhir Ranade
  • Fabric conditioning compositions
    Patent number: 7015188
    Abstract: A fabric softening composition comprises a cationic fabric softening compound comprising 2 or more long hydrocarbyl chains, an oil comprising from 8 to 40 carbon atoms, a nonionic stabiliser comprising a nonionic alkoxylate having an average alkoxylation number of from 10 to 40 wherein the composition is in the form of a macroemulsion. A method for softening fabrics comprises adding the fabric softening composition to a laundry operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Jane Adama, Craig Warren Jones, Marie Anne Maxwell
  • Reduced odor toilet bar composition
    Patent number: 7015179
    Abstract: Toilet bar compositions are described that contain specific odor masking agent(s). The odor masking agent(s) reduce malodor without the need for elevated amounts of masking fragrances that individuals may not prefer and who use the composition for personal cleansing or who are exposed to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventors: Michael Massaro, Sandra Dawn Meraviglia, Syed Husain Abbas, Bipinchandra J. Khara, Makarand S Shevade, Michael Bernardus Van Vlijmem
  • Effervescent cleaning composition comprising surfactant, builder, and dissolved gas
    Patent number: 7012056
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous effervescent liquid cleaning composition which upon contact with water provides effervescent action, and which comprises at least 5% wt of a surfactant and a dissolved gas in a sufficient amount to provide the effervescent action, said gas having a higher solubility in an aqueous surfactant-containing composition than in water. It has been found that this composition is easy to produce at affordable cost and gives consumer perceivable benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
    Inventor: Neeraj Gupta
  • Fabric detergent compositions
    Patent number: 7012059
    Abstract: A liquid detergent formulation comprising: a) an effective amount of a nonionic/cationic surfactant system, and, b) not more than 10% wt of a lubricant oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Fiona Louise Baines, Timothy David Finch, Emily Jane Peckham, Stephane Patrick Roth
  • Detergent bars comprising radiation curable resins
    Patent number: 7012057
    Abstract: The invention concerns solid shaped detergent compositions comprising 0.5–95% by weight detergent active and 0–90% by weight of inorganic particulates and/or other conventional ingredients and wherein the external surface of said shaped detergent composition comprises at least one polymer film obtained by radiation curing or a radiation-curable resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bir Kapoor, Samiran Mahapatra, Kamsu Venkatasatyanarayana Murthy