High-foaming Bath Composition (e.g., Bubble Bath, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/135)
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Patent number: 6599513Abstract: The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in products for topical application to the skin. The products are very mild to the skin and may be easily formulated into a wide variety of personal care and dermatological products.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sembiosys Genetics Inc.Inventors: Harm M. Deckers, Gijs Van Rooijen, Joseph Boothe, Janis Goll, Maurice M. Moloney
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Patent number: 6589922Abstract: A non-irritating skin cleanser that contains water, a non-ionic surfactant, and a glyceryl monoester of a fatty acid. The skin cleanser is especially useful for cleansing irritated, diseased, damaged, or sensitive skin. The cleanser is especially useful for cleansing hands.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Dow Pharmaceutical SciencesInventors: Gordon J. Dow, Kevin Bean
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Patent number: 6582710Abstract: The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in products for topical application to the skin. The products are very mild to the skin and may be easily formulated into a wide variety of personal care and dermatological products.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Sembiosys Genetics Inc.Inventors: Harm M. Deckers, Gijs van Rooijen, Joseph Boothe, Janis Goll, Maurice M. Moloney
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Publication number: 20030109392Abstract: A scented spa bath additive that when added to a spa produces the visual and sensual effects of sitting in a large cocoa bath. The additive is added to the hot water of a spa to produce a chocolate scent and a foaming sensation to provide the user with the sensation of sitting in a hot cocoa bath. The additive is a whipped cocoa bath that not only produces a pleasant chocolate scent, but also produces a bubbly foam that produces a long-lasting froth. Unlike the large bubbles normally produced in spas by adding just a cocoa powder, the whipped cocoa bath of the present invention produces bubbles have a surface tension that allows for a long life, so that the experience can be extended.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: Hershey Entertainment & Resorts CompanyInventor: Jennifer Wayland Smith
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Patent number: 6558652Abstract: A particulate glucomannan gel is produced by swelling a glucomannan-rich flour with water in the presence of ethanol, treating the swollen particles with an alkali to form gelled particles followed by drying. The dried gel particles are incorporated into hygenic or cosmetic preparations as a deposit-cleaning agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Shimizu Chemical CorporationInventor: Tadahiko Takata
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Publication number: 20030083211Abstract: A foaming cosmetic composition intended to be added to a bath, and comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous medium:Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Delphine Ribery, Isabelle Penverne
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Publication number: 20030078172Abstract: The present application relates to a foaming composition for topical application containing at least one wax and a surfactant system such that at least one direct hexagonal or cubic paracrystalline phase appears when the temperature increases above 30° C. and such that this paracrystalline phase remains present up to at least 45° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Carole Guiramand, Valerie Hurel
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Patent number: 6518228Abstract: Aqueous compositions containing about 0.5-10% of at least one salt of a fatty acid amide of an amino acid, and about 0.05-0.2% of a salt of an acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, or about 0.1-0.75% of a salt of acrylates copolymer, are clear, foamable and ultra-mild on skin. When dispensed by a pump sprayer the compositions afford a dense, uniform, stable foam which when spread on the skin gives an elegant cushioning foam pad effect between the hand and skin.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1999Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Clairol IncorporatedInventors: Lise W. Jorgensen, Richard L. McManus, Bryan P. Murphy, Sharon L. Polanski, Robert D. Sabin
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Patent number: 6475965Abstract: A composition useful for moisturizing skin which comprises (a) a moisturizing effective amount of a compound of the structure: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: CH2OH, CH OH CH2 CO2—, or mixtures thereof wherein when X does not bear a negative charge, the said compound is a salt; and (b) a skin compatible carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zeenat Nabi, Thomas G. Polefka, Elizabeth D. Volz, Melonie D. Brown
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Patent number: 6472355Abstract: A rinse-off liquid personal cleansing composition comprises water, from about 1% to about 60% by weight of a watersoluble surfactant, and a water-insoluble oil corresponding to the formula: wherein R1 is H or C1-C20 alkyl, R4 is C1-C20 alkyl, R2 is H or C1-C20 alkyl, and R3 is C5-C20 alkyl, n is an integer from 0 to 3, and m is an integer from 1 to 1000, and having a number average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 25,000. The personal cleansing compositions of the invention provide excellent rinse feel and are exceptionally mild to the skin.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2000Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Russell Philip Elliott, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer
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Patent number: 6468514Abstract: The use of one or more cosurfactants (surfactant B) in a mixture with one or more surfactants different from surfactant B (surfactant A) for reducing the binding of surfactant A to the surface of the skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Beiersdorf AGInventors: Robert Schmucker, Martin Sugár
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Patent number: 6440923Abstract: A packaged aqueous self foaming liquid cleansing composition comprising a base composition comprising a surfactant system comprising an anionic surfactant and an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant and a hydrophobic component, and a post foaming agent, wherein the composition is substantially free of soap and thickens on the addition of the post foaming agent to the base composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ian Gardner Lyle, Tom Matthew Salmon, Margrit Schopper-Martens, Elisabeth Winterot
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Patent number: 6432395Abstract: A less irritating cleaning composition is provided containing only naturally derived components. The composition preferably comprises lactic acid or other C2-C6 organic acid, alkyl polyglucoside, alkyl glucoester and collagen protein.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Cogent Environmental Solutions Ltd.Inventors: Michael R. Rochon, Bernardus M. Tangelder
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Patent number: 6410504Abstract: The compounds of formula in which X is a C≡N group or a C(H)═O group and the C5-ring is either saturated or carries a double bond in one of the positions indicated by the dotted lines, or any mixture of two or more compounds of formula (I), are described. The compounds and mixtures were found to be useful as perfuming ingredients, with the compounds of the above formula in which X is a C≡N group and the C5-ring has a double bond in one of the positions indicated by the dotted lines, being particularly stable in aggressive media. The odor note of these compounds is quite close to that of citral, i.e. of the fresh-citrus type with green and lime connotations.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Firmenich, SAInventor: Wolfgang Giersch
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Patent number: 6399045Abstract: The present invention teaches liquid sunscreen compositions in which level of surfactant is higher than level at which the sunscreen component(s) are still soluble in the surfactant in which they are used; and which comprise minimal levels of cationic polymer. Combination of cationic polymer (especially preferred surfactants and at minimum levels) and minimal levels of sunscreen lead to compositions with minimal levels of deposition and minimal SPF. Further, the compositions also maintain good lather.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Leslie Jo Morgan, Sudhakar Puvvada, Liang Sheng Tsaur, Michael Paul Aronson, Andrew Lam, Shiji Shen, Ernest Weatherley Macaulay
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Patent number: 6387857Abstract: A personal wash liquid composition which comprises 10 to 40% of one or more anionic surfactants, 30 to 50% of one or more humectants, and less than 55% water, characterized in that the water activity of the product is less than 0.9. Compositions according to the invention have been found to have self-preserving properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2000Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John George Chambers, Phillip Moore
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Patent number: 6383997Abstract: An alcohol based antibacterial liquid formulation with high lathering properties, containing an antibacterial agent, an anionic surfactant, moisturizers, skin conditioners, and a high level of alcohol for frequent use in disinfecting the hands and body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mild, lathering formulation having high content of a low carbon alcohol, an antibacterial agent and at the same time, having an anionic surfactant to make it lather. The formulation is designed to be used with water to enhance the lathering of the solution, while disinfecting at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Dragoco Gerberding & Co. AGInventor: Marjorie McManus
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Patent number: 6365559Abstract: An aqueous foam producing personal cleansing composition is disclosed. The composition, which is normally clear and is essentially free of any amides of diethanolamine, comprises a cloud point depressing agent comprising ammonium chloride. The composition of the present invention is characterized by a low cloud point temperature such that the risk of forming an undesirable precipitate in the composition is reduced. Also disclosed is a method of reducing the cloud point temperature in a normally clear aqueous personal cleansing composition which is essentially free of amides of diethanolamine. The method comprises adding ammonium chloride to the composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Alberto-Culver CompanyInventors: Usha V. Murthy, Dipak K. Ghosh, Randy Schueller
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Publication number: 20020037267Abstract: A cleansing composition, which comprises at least one phosphate surfactant, at least one foaming nonionic surfactant and at least one cationic polymer devoid of saccharide groups in an aqueous medium, the composition having the appearance of a transparent gel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Veronique Guillou, Laurence Sebillotte-Arnaud, Dominique Bordeaux
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Patent number: 6362142Abstract: A surface-active composition useful for cleaning various types of substrates such as articles of clothing, various types of hard surfaces, as well as, human hair and skin, the composition containing: (a) an esterquat; (b) a chitosan and/or chitosan derivative; and (c) a protein hydrolyzate.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2000Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Cognis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Peter Weber, Bernd Fabry
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Patent number: 6333362Abstract: A pressurized device comprising an “ultrafine” foaming oil-in-water emulsion wherein the particle size of the oil particles constituting the oil phase ranges from 50 to 1000 nm, the ultrafine emulsion being preferably obtained according to the so-called “phase inversion” technique. These ultrafine oil-in-water emulsions, can be employed in particular for cleansing and care of the skin and they are rich in oils, fluid, pressurizable, foaming and translucent.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1997Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Raluca Lorant
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Patent number: 6329331Abstract: An aqueous detergent composition, which is in the form of a thickened, mobile fluid, comprising foaming detergent and a polymer or polymer mixture which is capable of forming a reversible gel, which polymer or mixture is present in the composition as a multiplicity of individual gel particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Michael Paul Aronson, Charles Rupert Brown, Robert James Chatfield, Peter Fairley, Ian Timothy Norton, Jason Richard Williams
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Patent number: 6310014Abstract: Personal and household care compositions that deliver an audible crackling or popping sound during use. The sound is created by the release of pressurized carbon dioxide that has been encapsulated in a water-soluble structure. The carbon dioxide gas is released as the encapsulating material dissolves or when it is ruptured by mechanical action. The popping or crackling sound helps create consumer interest by signaling the presence and continued action of the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Phyzz Inc.Inventor: Allen H. Rau
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Patent number: 6300296Abstract: The invention concerns a foaming aqueous medium (FAM) capable of forming a stable foam in the presence of grease (G). The foaming aqueous medium (FAM) of the present invention comprises water, at least one base surface-active agent (BSA) which comprises at least one amphiphilic additive (ADD), which is a fluorinated compound, compatible with said base surface-active agent (BSA). The present invention further concerns a liquid detergent composition for washing dishes by hand or textiles by hand comprising an effective amount of the foaming aqueous medium (FAM) of the present invention. The present invention also concerns a liquid composition for body hygiene, oral hygiene or body treatment comprising an effective amount of the foaming aqueous medium (FAM) of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventors: Vance Bergeron, Gilles Guerin
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Patent number: 6277798Abstract: Personal cleansing compositions comprise (a) from about 1% to about 25% by weight of water-soluble gel-forming nonionic surfactant, and (b) from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of alkyl sulphate fluidizing agent having the general formula R—OSO3M, wherein R is a straight or branched chain alkyl having an average of from 4 to 8 carbon atoms and M is selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkali earth metals, ammonium, alkanolamines and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Russell Phillip Elliott, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps
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Patent number: 6265364Abstract: A composition useful for moisturizing skin which comprises (a) a moisturizing effective amount of a compound of the structure: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: CH2OH, CH OH CH2CO2—, or mixtures thereof wherein when X does not bear a negative charge, the said compound is a salt; and (b) a skin compatible carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: LaTonya Kilpatrick-Liverman, Zeenat Nabi, Thomas G. Polefka
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Patent number: 6255264Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleansing and moisturising composition comprising: a) a surface active agent selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and cationic surface active agents, soap and mixtures thereof; b) a benefit agent; and c) a cationic polymer characterised in that the cationic polymer is present in the composition at levels of 0.05-3.0% by weight, and that the benefit agent is present in the neat composition as aggregated particles.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Olivier Fleurot, Robert Stanley Lee
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Patent number: 6248792Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a carboxylated alkyl polyglycoside in combination with an anionic surfactant to increase foam. The carboxylated alkyl polyglycoside, according to the invention, can be the reaction product of an alkyl polyglycoside with an alpha- or 2-halocarboxylic acid; the reaction product of an alkyl polyglycoside with an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid; or the reaction product of an alkyl polyglycoside with a cyclic carboxylic acid anhydride.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1999Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventor: Virginia Lazarowitz
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Patent number: 6224852Abstract: The present invention teaches liquid sunscreen compositions in which level of surfactant is higher than level at which the sunscreen component(s) are still soluble in the surfactant in which they are used; and which comprise minimal levels of cationic polymer. Combination of cationic polymer (especially preferred surfactants and at minimum levels) and minimal levels of sunscreen lead to compositions with minimal levels of deposition and minimal SPF. Further, the compositions also maintain good lather.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USAInventors: Leslie Jo Morgan, Sudhakar Puvvada, Liang Sheng Tsaur, Michael Paul Aronson, Andrew Lam, Shiji Shen, Ernest Weatherly Macauley
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Patent number: 6221816Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent composition comprising (A) 0.5 to 60% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants, (B) 0.01 to 20% by weight of a conditioning component, and (C) 0.1 to 30% by weight of a monoglyceryl ether having a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms. The composition is excellent in foaming performance, gives users a pleasant feeling upon use and brings about a sufficient conditioning effect on the skin and hair.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Kennichi Kasuga, Tetsuya Miyajima
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Patent number: 6177390Abstract: Disclosed are hair styling shampoo compositions which comprise from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, zwitterionic or amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof; from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an organic or silicone-grafted hair styling polymer; and from about 40% to about 94.9% by weight of water; wherein the Hair Feel Index (HFI) is at least about 0.65 and the Curl Retention Value (CRV) is at least about 70. The composition provides improved styling performance and improved hair feel from a shampoo composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Susan Marie Guskey, Everett Junior Inman, Teresa Ann Desch, Lynne Anne Fritschi, Stephanie Lynn Killion
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Patent number: 6169060Abstract: A body and hair cleanser composition that is non irritating to the skin and eyes is disclosed. The cleanser composition contains a) a sulfosuccinate anionic surfactant, b) a polyoxyethylene-alkylsulfate anionic surfactant; c) at least one amphoteric surfactant; and d) a polyoxyethylene-sorbitan nonionic surfactant. The weight ratio of sulfosuccinate anionic surfactant to polyoxyethylene-alkylsulfate anionic surfactant is about 1:0.25 to about 1:2, and the weight ratio of sulfosuccinate anionic surfactant to total amount of amphoteric surfactant is about 1:0.25 to about 1:2.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinji Taniuchi
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Patent number: 6162775Abstract: An anhydrous foaming cleansing composition for topical application to the man skin, comprising an anionic surfactant, glycerine, polyethylene glycol, and a water insoluble benefit agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Suree Methmanus-Spaltro
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Patent number: 6153208Abstract: The present invention relates to a substantially dry, disposable, personal cleansing article useful for both cleansing the skin or hair, and more particularly to a disposable, cleansing article having a substrate which preferably comprises of multiple layers. These articles are used by the consumer by wetting the dry article with water. The article comprises a water insoluble substrate having at least a first portion that is wet extensible and at least a second portion that is less wet extensible than said first portion and a lathering surfactant. Preferably, the articles of the present invention further comprise a conditioning component.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David Michael McAtee, Nicholas James Nissing, Erik John Hasenoehrl, David William Cabell
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Patent number: 6147038Abstract: This invention relates to the use of aminofunctional silicone microemulsions to make optically clear hair conditioning compositions. More particularly this invention is directed to optically clear hair conditioning compositions comprising an aminofunctional microemulsion, at least one long-chain quaternary amine salt, and water. The optically clear silicone compositions of this invention are useful in the hair care industry, especially as hair conditioners.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventor: Daniel Joseph Halloran
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Patent number: 6121215Abstract: A foaming effervescent bath composition is comprised of an effervescent base together with an anhydrous surfactant. The effervescent base may be sodium carbonate and an organic acid, or similar variations. The base is selected so as to provide a composition which has a high dissolution rate, of at least 0.4 g/sec. The product is designed so as to have a low density, not greater than about 1.0 g/cc. Surfactants that exhibit a high viscosity in the presence of low concentrations of salt give particularly good foaming performance. Other agents, such as a colorant, fragrance, humectant, or emollient, may be added.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: PHYZZ, Inc.Inventor: Allen H. Rau
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Patent number: 6113886Abstract: Novelty items that are combinations of articles of manufacture with bioluminescence generating systems and/or fluorescent proteins are provided. These novelty items, which are articles of manufacture, are designed for entertainment, recreation and amusement, and include toys, personal items, such as cosmetics, bath powders, body lotions, gels, powders and creams, toothpastes and other dentifrices, soaps, body paints, and bubble bath, fountains, including liquid "fireworks" and other such jets or sprays or aerosols of compositions that are solutions, mixtures, suspensions, powders, pastes, particles or other formulations.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Bruce BryanInventor: Bruce Bryan
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Patent number: 6066607Abstract: A system for cleansing the skin comprising a hydrophobic diamond-mesh sponge and a liquid cleansing and moisturizing composition with excellent lather in the same washing and rinsing operation. The system provides improved lather and overall acceptability for mild liquid cleansing compositions which contain moisturizers and especially for those which would otherwise have marginal lather.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gail Gordon, Cheryl Oram Schoenberg, Lisa Catherine Winder
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Patent number: 6057464Abstract: The invention relates to high-foaming zwitterionic and anionic surfactants which are prepared by sulfation of N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl-sugar amides, preferably using gaseous sulfur trioxide. The invention furthermore relates to compositions which comprise known surfactants and suitable solvents, in addition to the novel active compounds. The novel surfactants are particularly suitable for detergents and cosmetic formulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventor: Bernd Papenfuhs
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Patent number: 6043203Abstract: Detergent compositions comprised of an alkyl polyglycoside and an ester quat corresponding to formula (II) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 CO is an aliphatic acyl radical containing 12 to 22 carbon atoms and 0, 1, 2 or 3 double bonds, n=2 or 3 and X stands for halide, methosulfate or methophosphate ion are provided which are useful for the production of surface-active agents and for the enhanced recovery of crude oil.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignees: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Pulcra S.A., Henkel CorporationInventors: Allen D. Urfer, Oriol Ponsati Obiols, Nuria Bonastre
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Patent number: 6025311Abstract: A stable fluid polymer suspension is composed of at least one water soluble polysaccharide polymer in an aqueous carrier fluid in which the polysaccharide polymer does not significantly swell or dissolve where the polysaccharide polymer in the aqueous carrier fluid has the measured properties of:i) rendering the polymer(s) insoluble, resulting in a cloudy dispersion,ii) limiting the swelling of insolubilized polymer(s), leading to a polymer sediment volume of a 1 weight percent polymer dispersion to less than 1%, andiii) preventing phase separation for at least one week.This invention also Includes a method of preparing the stable fluid polymer suspension having the above mentioned measured properties. The stable aqueous fluid suspension of this invention is a clear, odorless, and stable formulation and is used in cosmetics, personal care, and household products.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1993Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: Aqualon CompanyInventors: Mary Theresa Clarke, Teng-Shau Young
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Patent number: 6013616Abstract: Surfactant mixtures which provide improve dermal compatibility and foam stability contain(a) monoglyceride(ether)sulfates, and(b) fatty acid condensation products selected from(b1) fatty acid isethionates,(b2) fatty acid taurates, and(b3) fatty acid sarcosinates.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Bernd Fabry, Ansgar Behler
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Patent number: 6008172Abstract: An aqueous-based, pleasant tasting, non-toxic bubble-making composition of at least one surfactant, at least one bubble-stabilizer functionally compatible with the selected surfactant(s) and other constituents of the composition, appearing in quantities relative to each other and the composition as a whole sufficient to produce bubbles of the desired form, size and stability but non-toxic if consumed orally in substantial quantities by a child, and at least one taste-enhancing agent functionally compatible with the composition as a whole in quantities relative thereto to produce a bubble-making composition which is relatively pleasant tasting.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1996Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Inventors: Oded Broshi, Robert W. Hartley, Richard J. Vetrone
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Patent number: 6004915Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 25% by weight of water-soluble gel-forming nonionic surfactant; (b) from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of alkyl sulfate fluidizing agent having an average of from 4 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain; and (c) optionally, from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase. The cleansing products demonstrate excellent low temperature fluidity characteristics, excellent mildness, in-use and after-use conditioning benefits, lathering and rinsibility.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Russell Phillip Elliott, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps
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Patent number: 5985809Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising at least one nonocclusive liquid polyol fatty acid polyester containing at least four fatty acid ester groups wherein the polyol moiety is selected from sugars and sugar alcohols containing from about 4 to about 8 hydroxyl groups, and wherein each carboxylic acid moiety has from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms and wherein the liquid polyol fatty acid polyester has a complete melting point of less than about 30.degree. C.; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof. The products provide excellent in-use and efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume and stability characteristics, skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water-feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson
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Patent number: 5981450Abstract: A surfactant mixture containing(a) monoglyceride sulfates or monoglyceride ether sulfates, and(b) amino acid derivatives selected from(b1) acyl glutamates,(b2) vegetable protein hydrolyzates, and(b3) vegetable protein fatty acid condensates.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Bernd Fabry, Ansgar Behler
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Patent number: 5977039Abstract: A system for cleansing the skin comprises a hydro-phobic diamond-mesh sponge and a liquid cleansing and moisturizing composition with excellent lather in the same washing and rinsing operation. The system provides improved lather and overall acceptability for mild liquid cleansing compositions which contain moisturizers and especially for those which would otherwise have marginal lather.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gail Gordon, Cheryl Oram Schoenberg, Lisa Catherine Winder, Gene Michael Altonen, Andrew Raymond Cipra
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Patent number: 5965500Abstract: The present invention provides high foaming aqueous liquid compositions with levels of oil/emollient equal to or in excess of level of surfactant. It is surprising that good levels of foam can be maintained at such high levels of emollient. In addition to surfactant and emollient, compositions also preferably comprise C.sub.12 -C.sub.24 fatty acid and/or cationic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Levers Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Sudhakar Puvvada
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Patent number: 5965515Abstract: Amine functionality-containing materials such as cationic cellulose-based compositions are coated to suppress their tendency to generate "amine odors" in an alkaline pH environment. Further provided are effervescent compositions, liquid or solid soap formulations, fabric softeners, shampoos and the like comprising such materials coated with a suitable coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1995Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignees: The Andrew Jergens Company, Kao CorporationInventor: Allen H. Rau
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Patent number: 5942479Abstract: A personal cleansing composition comprising: (a) from about 1% to about 30% by weight of a dispersed oil phase comprising a first oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) of greater than about 1.0 dynes/cm and a second oil component having an oil/surfactant solution interfacial tension (IFT) in the range of from about 0.1 to about 1.0 dynes/cm; and (b) from about 5% to about 30% by weight of water-soluble surfactant selected from anionic, nonionic, zwitterionic and amphoteric surfactants and mixtures thereof; and (c) water; and wherein the ratio of first to second dispersed oil component is in the range from about 20:1 to about 1:20. The cleansing products demonstrate excellent in-use efficacy benefits including excellent skin feel during and after use, good lather volume, stability and appearance characteristics, good skin conditioning, mildness, stability, cleansing, good water feel and appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Nicola Jacqueline Phipps, Wendy Victoria J. Richardson