Patents by Inventor Connie Sheets

Connie Sheets has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050233938
    Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for cleaning and imparting fabric care benefits to fabrics laundered therewith. Such compositions comprise (A) at least one detersive surfactant; (B) droplets of a silicone blend comprising a nitrogen-containing amino or ammonium functionalized polysiloxane and a nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, optical brighteners, suds suppressors and combinations thereof. The functionalized polysiloxane component of the silicone blend has a relatively low, i.e., less than 30 mol %, content of reactive/curable groups, a nitrogen content which ranges from 0.05% to 0.30% by weight and a viscosity which ranges from 0.00002 m2/s to 0.2 m2/s. The nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane material ranges in viscosity from 0.01 m2/sec to 2.0 m2/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Connie Sheets, James Charles Theophile Burckett St Laurent, Hugo Robert Denutte
  • Publication number: 20050009720
    Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions for cleaning and imparting fabric care benefits to fabrics laundered therewith. Such compositions comprise (A) at least one detersive surfactant; (B) droplets of a silicone blend comprising a nitrogen-containing amino or ammonium functionalized polysiloxane and a nitrogen-free non-functionalized polysiloxane; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, optical brighteners, suds suppressors and combinations thereof. The functionalized polysiloxane component of the silicone blend has a relatively low, i.e., less than 30 mol %, content of reactive/curable groups, a nitrogen content which ranges from 0.05% to 0.50% by weight and a viscosity which ranges from 0.00002 m2/s to 0.2 m2/s. The nitrogen-free, non-functionalized polysiloxane material ranges in viscosity from 0.01 m2/sec to 2.0 m2/sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Jervier, Connie Sheets
  • Publication number: 20050009721
    Abstract: The invention is directed to liquid laundry detergent compositions for treating non-keratinous substrates under domestic wash conditions, such composition comprise (A) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; (B) a silicone blend comprising a non-functionalised silicone and a functionalised silicone; and (C) at least one additional non-silicone laundry adjunct selected from the group consisting of detergent builders, detersive enzymes, dye transfer inhibiting agents, and combinations thereof. The claimed compositions are further essentially free of any coacervate phase-forming polymer and essentially free of any cationic deposition aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Jean-Pol Boutique, Stefano Scialla, Gregory Jervier, Connie Sheets