Patents Assigned to Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
  • Fabric conditioning compositions
    Patent number: 6927202
    Abstract: A concentrated, aqueous fabric softening composition comprises (a) an ester-linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material comprising at least one mono-ester linked component and at least one tri-ester linked component, the material being derived from fatty groups having an iodine value of from 0 to 3 and (b) an ester-linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material comprising at least one mono-ester linked component and at least one tri-ester linked component, the material being derived from fatty groups having an iodine value of from 20 to 140 wherein the total amount of unsaturated monoester component of material (b) is from 4 to 20% by weight of the total amount of (a) and (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care, USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Stephen Grainger, Stephane Roth, Stephen Mark Ilett, Melinda Walker
  • Cosmetic product with proof device
    Patent number: 6926904
    Abstract: A cosmetic product system is provided which includes a cosmetic composition for combating signs of aging, and a test device packaged with the composition. The device includes a mechanism for evaluating progress of the combat against the signs of aging occurring over a period of time within which the composition is applied to an area of skin being monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Liam Anthony Murray, Josephine Telesca, Robert Edward Gott
  • Liquid cleansing composition having simultaneous exfoliating and moisturizing properties
    Patent number: 6924256
    Abstract: Liquid lamellar cleansing compositions are described that contain synthetic surfactants, hydrophilic emollients and exfoliant particles where 80% or more of the particles have a major axis length of between 100 and 1000 microns. The combination of the mild surfactants, moisturizers, and exfoliants provide the user with simultaneous moisturization and exfoliation in a convenient liquid cleansing product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Massaro, Jessica Weiss Goldberg, Krishna Kumar Subramanyan, Anthony William Johnson, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff
  • Method of enhanced moisture or reduced drying using wet-skin treatment compositions
    Patent number: 6923975
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of enhancing moisture or reducing drying using wet skin treatment composition. These compositions are activated by water and retained efficiently on skin. Thus, the compositions (and methods used) impart desirable benefits to skin, are perceived to absorb quickly on wet skin and leave the skin feeling clean, but non-greasy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Paul Aronson, Liang Sheng Tsaur
  • Pucker resistant cosmetic sachet
    Patent number: 6919089
    Abstract: An article is provided for cleansing surfaces, the article includes a curvilinear pouch formed from a plurality of walls, at least one of the walls being water permeable, and at least one of the walls being formed from at least one web of non-woven entangled fibers, the fibers being entangled in a direction perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis of the web. An effervescent cleanser composition which is an anhydrous dry solid activatable by water to generated gases is held within the pouch, and upon generation of gases the pouch walls billow outwardly. Orientation of the entangled fibers in the direction of the minor axis minimizes puckering of the article in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Roland Bergquist
  • Fabric treatment composition
    Patent number: 6916780
    Abstract: A heat activated fabric treatment composition comprises from 3 to 75 wt % of one or more fabric treatment active ingredients, from 10 to 50 wt % of water, from 5 to 40 wt % of an oil and optionally from 2 to 30 wt % of a nonionic surfactant. The composition is provided in a dispensing device which, in use, is attached to the internal panel of a tumble dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan John Fry, Mansur Sultan Mohammadi
  • Skin care cosmetic methods of sebum control using carboxyalkylates of branched alcohols and/or alkoxylates thereof
    Patent number: 6916851
    Abstract: Cosmetic skin care methods of using and process of making carboxyalkylates of branched alcohols and/or alkoxylates thereof and process of making same. The compounds and compositions provide control of sebum secretion from sebocytes, improved oil control and improved skin feel, prevent shine and stickiness, while also providing anti-microbial activity against bacteria associated with acne, as well as providing anti-aging benefits which results in reduced appearance of wrinkles and aged skin, improved skin color, treatment of photoaged skin, improvement in skin's radiance and clarity and finish, and an overall healthy and youthful appearance of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Carol Annette Bosko, John Steven Bajor, Laurence Boen, Surajit Mukherjee
  • Fabric conditioning compositions
    Patent number: 6916779
    Abstract: A solid fabric conditioning composition comprises a cationic fabric softening agent, one or more carrier materials, perfume and a deposition aid for depositing the cationic fabric softening agent onto fabrics during a laundry treatment operation wherein the deposition aid is citric acid or a salt of citric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis James Gregory, Jordan Todorov Petkov, Sarah Wylde
  • Solid fabric conditioning compositions
    Patent number: 6914042
    Abstract: A solid fabric conditioning composition comprises from 15 to 75% by weight of cationic softening material (active ingredient), based on the total weight of the composition; one or more carrier materials and 50% or less by weight of the composition of one or more zeolites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis James Gregory, Sarah Wylde
  • Granular composition
    Patent number: 6911423
    Abstract: In order to improve the dispersion of nonionic surfactant into wash water from a granule in which the nonionic surfactant is carried on a water-insoluble granular material, the nonionic surfactant is intimately mixed with a structurant which is a non-soap ionic surfactant in finely divided particulate form. A preferred structurant is an anionic surfactant, for example, primary alcohol sulphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Robert Garrett, John Edley Wilson
  • Process for the preparation of a cosmetic active
    Patent number: 6911562
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a compound of formula I: wherein R is a hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl group which is straight chain, branched or cyclic, with or without an oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur heteroatom anywhere in the chain or ring by reacting a compound of formula II: with a source of hydrogen selected from either hydrogen or water in the presence of a mixture of at least two catalysts selected from nickel, raney nickel, and palladium, at a pH below 7.0 in a solvent medium comprising an alcohol having a carbon chain length of up to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandra Bhat, Vinodkumar Ramniranjan Dhanuka, Bijan Harichian
  • Treatment for fabrics
    Patent number: 6911053
    Abstract: A method of conferring one or more benefits during the laundering of textile fabrics is disclosed. The method includes contacting the fabric with a modified naturally occurring polysaccharide gum having ?1-4 linkages, and a weight average molecular weight of 250,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Henri Derk Bijsterbosch, Deborah Jane Cooke, Peter Neil Jones
  • Cleaning composition and method for using the same
    Patent number: 6908893
    Abstract: A novel cleaning composition for dry cleaning applications is described. The cleaning composition utilizes a stain removal composition having a stain removal surfactant and a stain removal solvent, and the dry cleaning applications use a solvent which is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, a biodegradable functionalized hydrocarbon or a silicone comprising solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Stephen Murphy
  • Particulate laundry detergent composition containing zeolite
    Patent number: 6908895
    Abstract: A particulate zeolite-built laundry detergent composition having a bulk density of at least 550 g/l comprising at least two different granular components containing both surfactant and builder, preferably one prepared by non-tower granulation and another spray-dried, also contains from 1 to 10 wt % citric acid admixed as a separate particulate component. The admixed citric acid improves dispensing and dissolution properties, whether or not separately admixed sodium carbonate is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vera Johanna Bakker, Arie Krijgsman, Edwin Leo Lempers, Jasper Mol
  • Soap bars comprising high levels of sugars made by extrusion route
    Patent number: 6906023
    Abstract: The invention provides process for making bar compositions with high level of sugar or sugars (greater than about 25% by wt.) and which can be extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Patel, Yury Yarovoy, Charles Craig Nunn, Joseph Oreste Carnali
  • Extrudable soap bars comprising high levels of sugars
    Patent number: 6906018
    Abstract: The invention provides bar compositions with high level of sugar or sugars (greater than about 25% by wt.) and which can be extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Patel, Yury Yarovoy, Charles Craig Nunn, Joseph Oreste Carnali
  • Personal product liquid cleansers comprising combined fatty acid and water soluble or water swellable starch structuring system
    Patent number: 6906016
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid cleansers which comprise water soluble or water swellable starch combining with linear C8 to C13 fatty acid to structure the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Liang Sheng Tsaur
  • Process for production of cotton swabs
    Patent number: 6905567
    Abstract: A process and equipment for manufacture of a swab article is provided wherein a stick is placed onto a conveyor, adhesive is applied to one or both ends of the stick, a portion of cotton coil is attached to the adhesive bearing end, and a shaper bar or similar means forces the cotton to assume a teardrop profile by applying force parallel to the stick, wherein the shaper bar or similar means moves in a direction perpendicular to the stick at a different rate of speed than that of the stick. Differences in the rate of speed reduce tailing of cotton normally associated with drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Liam Anthony Murray
  • Ordered liquid crystalline cleansing composition with particulate optical modifiers
    Patent number: 6906015
    Abstract: An ordered liquid crystalline phase cleansing composition is disclosed that contains a solid particulate optical modifier that modifies the appearance of the skin after rinsing the skin. A method of depositing the solid particulate optical modifier to the skin or hair with the ordered liquid crystalline phase cleansing composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Anat Shiloach, Rosa Paredes
  • Swab holder
    Patent number: 6902538
    Abstract: A swab assembly is provided which includes a swab fitted with an absorbent material at one end of a stick, and a holder for releasably capturing the swab. The holder includes a connecting bridge area with a central groove traversing along a length direction thereof flanked by first and second gripping wings, the wings being sufficiently flexible to bend between a relatively non-stressed and a stressed position allowing the stick, respectively to be engaged and to be released from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Alfred Bennett