Patents by Inventor Jenny Wiggans

Jenny Wiggans 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).

  • Patent number: 9150822
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric conditioner composition comprising (a) from 2 to 9 wt % of a fabric softening active, by weight of the total composition, wherein the fabric softening active is an ester-linked quaternary ammonium compound having fatty acid chains comprising from 20 to 35 wt % of saturated C18 chains and from 20 to 35 wt % of monounsaturated C18 chains, by weight of total fatty acid chains; and (b) from 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, by weight of the total composition, of a floc prevention agent, which is a non-ionic alkoxylated material having an HLB value of from 8 to 18, wherein the aqueous fabric conditioner composition has a viscosity of greater than 50 cps, preferably from 55 to 200 cps as measured on a cup and bob viscometer; the viscosity being continuously measured under shear at 106 s?1 for 60 seconds, at 25° C. and wherein the composition leads to little or no floc formation upon addition to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Clowes, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Denis James Gregory, Robert Allan Hunter, Karl Gareth Kean Jones, James Merrington, Mark Nicholas Newman, Janette Perry, Shaun Charles Walsh, Jenny Wiggans
  • Publication number: 20140057827
    Abstract: An aqueous fabric conditioner composition comprising (a) from 2 to 9 wt % of a fabric softening active, by weight of the total composition, wherein the fabric softening active is an ester-linked quaternary ammonium compound having fatty acid chains comprising from 20 to 35 wt % of saturated C18 chains and from 20 to 35 wt % of monounsaturated C18 chains, by weight of total fatty acid chains; and (b) from 0.01 to 0.5 wt %, by weight of the total composition, of a floc prevention agent, which is a non-ionic alkoxylated material having an HLB value of from 8 to 18, wherein the aqueous fabric conditioner composition has a viscosity of greater than 50 cps, preferably from 55 to 200 cps as measured on a cup and bob viscometer; the viscosity being continuously measured under shear at 106 s?1 for 60 seconds, at 25° C. and wherein the composition leads to little or no floc formation upon addition to water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Clowes, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Denis James Gregory, Robert Allan Hunter, Karl Gareth Kean Jones, James Merrington, Mark Nicholas Newman, Janette Perry, Shaun Charles Walsh, Jenny Wiggans
  • Patent number: 6479448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a concentrated liquid detergent composition with a pigment. The composition is color stable and the pigment remains stabily dispersed for at least 4 weeks at 37° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dawson Cropper, Nikki Sullivan, Jenny Wiggans
  • Patent number: 6451750
    Abstract: A water soluble package formed from a copolymeric polyvinyl alcohol film, wherein the comonomer comprises a carboxylate function, the package containing a substantially non-aqueous liquid composition which comprises: at least one ionic ingredient with an exchangeable hydrogen ion; and a molar excess (with respect to the amount of exchangeable hydrogen ions in the at least one ionic ingredient) of a stabilizing compound effective for combining with the exchangeable hydrogen ions to hinder the formation of lactones within the film, but can be as low as 95 mole % if the stabilizing compound comprises an inorganic base and/or ammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Hewitt, Hannah Mansfield, Jenny Wiggans
  • Publication number: 20020016280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a concentrated liquid detergent composition with a pigment. The composition is color stable and the pigment remains stabily dispersed for at least 4 weeks at 37° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dawson Cropper, Nikki Sullivan, Jenny Wiggans
  • Publication number: 20020013243
    Abstract: A water soluble package formed from a copolymeric polyvinyl alcohol film, wherein the comonomer comprises a carboxylate function, the package containing a substantially non-aqueous liquid composition which comprises: at least one ionic ingredient with an exchangeable hydrogen ion; and a molar excess (with respect to the amount of exchangeable hydrogen ions in the at least one ionic ingredient) of a stabilizing compound effective for combining with the exchangeable hydrogen ions to hinder the formation of lactones within the film, but can be as low as 95 mole % if the stabilizing compound comprises an inorganic base and/or ammonium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcolm Hewitt, Hannah Mansfield, Jenny Wiggans