Colorant, Soap, Or Organic Silicon Containing Component Patents (Class 510/343)
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Publication number: 20110112005Abstract: A laundry detergent composition having: (a) from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % by weight of an alkyl ether sulfate of the general formula: R—(OCH2CH2)x—O—SO3M, wherein R is a non-petroleum derived fatty alcohol with even number of carbon chain lengths of from about C8 to about C20 and wherein x is from about 0.5 to about 8, and where M is an alkali metal or ammonium cation; wherein the composition is substantially free of zeolite builder; wherein the composition is substantially free of phosphate builder; and wherein the composition is substantially free of silicate salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent
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Publication number: 20110104221Abstract: The present invention relates to a controlled release carrier system that can be incorporated into rinse-off application products containing at least one surfactant such as heavy duty liquids (HDL), Rinse Cycle Fabric Softeners (RCFS), Shampoos, Hair Conditioners, Shower Gels, cleansing products, and that enhance deposition of lipophilic active materials like fragrance, fine perfumes, flavours and other volatile compounds onto a surface. The fragrance composition is encapsulated within a shell comprising a silicon-containing material and the shell has a mean diameter size which is lower than 30 micrometer. The surfactant composition containing the fragrance composition is washed off and the fragrance is progressively released.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Fabrizio S. Galeone, Lorry Deklippel, Leon Andre Marteaux, Stephane Ugazio
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Publication number: 20110005004Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric comprising the step of contacting a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising a bleach ingredient to water to form a wash liquor, and laundering fabric in said wash liquor, wherein the bleach ingredient has a logPo/w greater than about 0, wherein the bleach ingredient is capable of generating species having a XSO of from about 0.01 to about 0.30, wherein the laundry detergent is contacted to water in such an amount so that the concentration of the laundry detergent composition in the wash liquor is from above 0 g/l to 4 g/l, and wherein from 0.01 kg to 2 kg of fabric per litre of wash liquor is dosed into said wash liquor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Richard Dykstra, Alan Thomas Brooker, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts, Gregory Scot Miracle
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Publication number: 20100167977Abstract: The invention relates to a clothes washing product. According to the invention, a solar ultraviolet, radiation filtering substance is added to the conventional composition of a clothes washing product, such as a softener, detergent (structured or non-structured liquid, powder or tablets), pre-wash products, stain removers, scale removers, whiteners or any other additive. Consequently, with each wash, the ultraviolet radiation filtering substance is deposited on the clothes, forming a barrier thereon that protects the wearer's skin from harmful radiation, the cumulative effects of which can be serious.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventor: Albert Infantes
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Patent number: 7713921Abstract: Liquid detergent composition comprising greater than 5% anionic surfactant, less than 15% nonionic surfactant, a light-sensitive ingredient and an inorganic pearlescent agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jean Pol Boutique, Karl Ghislain Braeckman
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Patent number: 7704937Abstract: A composition for treating or cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the composition comprises a lipophilic fluid, a polyalkyleneoxide polysiloxane surfactant, and a second surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Anna Vadimovna Noyes, John Cort Severns, Frederick Anthony Hartman, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Arseni V. Radomyselski, Paul Amaat France, Jeffrey John Scheibel, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, John Christopher Deak, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab
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Patent number: 7700530Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a cleanser including a balance of components for providing consumers with an enhanced exfoliation experience that smoothes skin immediately and sustains the smooth feeling for an extended period of time. Additionally, the cleanser provides a simultaneous cleansing and warming effect to the consumer's skin. Particularly, in one embodiment, the cleanser includes a combination of a water soluble carrier, a warming agent, a water soluble silicone surfactant, and an exfoliant.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Scott W. Wenzel, Uyen TuongNgoc Lam, Corey Thomas Cunningham
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Patent number: 7691799Abstract: The present invention is related to a conditioning composition for hair comprising at least one arylated silicone and at least one silicone quaternary compound. The conditioning composition of the present invention can be in the form of a shampoo, cleansing-conditioning composition, or in the form of a conditioner used after washing hair with cleansing compositions. It has surprisingly been found out that a composition comprising at least one arylated silicone and at least one silicone quaternary compound gives hair its natural excellent shine, volume and body, elasticity and it is easily manageable.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: KPSS-Kao Professional Salon Services GmbHInventors: Michael Molenda, Martin Hoffmann, Iika Tietjen, Vera Bistram, Andrea Ast, Claudia Arbter
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Publication number: 20100081602Abstract: Compositions for treating fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linens and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of soils from and/or care of and/or treatment of fabric articles, especially while providing superior garment care for articles sensitive to water as compared to conventional fabric article treating compositions, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: John Christopher Deak, John Christian Haught, Joseph Michael Ladd, JR., John Cort Severns, Christian Arthur Jacques K. Thoen, Jerome Howard Collins
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Publication number: 20100069279Abstract: Compositions comprising disiloxane surfactant compositions comprising a silicone composition comprising a silicone having the formula: MM? where M=R1R2R3SiO1/2; M?=R4R5R6SiO1/2; with R1 selected from the group consisting of branched monovalent hydrocarbon radical of from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and R7, where R7 has the formula: R8R9R10SiR12 with R8, R9, and R10 each independently selected from the group of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and monovalent aryl or alkaryl hydrocarbon radicals having from 6 to 13 carbon atoms and R12 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from the group of from 1 to 6 carbon atom monovalent hydrocarbon radicals or R1, with R4 an alkylpolyalkyleneoxide of the general formula: R13(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)cR14 where R13 is a divalent linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having the structure: —CH2—CH(R15)(R16)dO— where R15 is H or methyl; R16 is a divalent alType: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.Inventors: Mark D. Leatherman, George A. Policello, Suresh K. Rajaramaran
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Patent number: 7678752Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for fabric laundering comprising selected organosilicones which are formulated into microemulsions for improved deposition onto fabrics to provide fabric care benefits.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Mary Jane Combs, David Gladney, Jr., Connie Lynn Sheets
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Patent number: 7629305Abstract: A cleaning composition with a limited number of natural ingredients contains a nonionic surfactant, a solvent and a short chain syndetic. The cleaning composition can be used to clean laundry, soft surfaces, and hard surfaces and cleans as well or better than commercial compositions containing synthetically derived cleaning agents.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Erika Szekeres, David Jackson Lestage, Joe McShane, David R. Scheuing, Laura Shimmin
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Patent number: 7608575Abstract: Systems, compositions and methods for fabric laundering comprising selected organosilicones which are formulated into microemulsions for improved deposition onto fabrics to provide fabric care benefits.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke
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Patent number: 7601680Abstract: A composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. Each hydrophobic moiety of the foregoing composition may include silicon. A method for linking a first hydrophobic moiety to a second hydrophobic moiety using a spacer to form a Gemini surfactant is provided. A pesticide having an active ingredient and a composition having a first hydrophobic moiety linked to a spacer, which is linked to a second hydrophobic moiety to form a Gemini surfactant is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Momentive Performance MaterialsInventors: Dong Wang, Wenqing Peng
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Publication number: 20090229057Abstract: A hand laundering method contains the steps of providing a liquid laundry detergent, diluting the liquid laundry detergent, hand washing laundry and rinsing the laundry. The liquid laundry detergent has a pH of from 7-13 and contains 3-40% of a sudsing surfactant, 0.01-1% of a silicone-containing suds suppressor, 25-85% water, and the balance other ingredients. The liquid laundry detergent is diluted about 1:150-1:1000 with water in a container to form a laundry liquor. Liquid laundry detergents and a method of saving water using such liquid laundry detergents are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Jan Julian Marie-Louise BILLIAUW, Wesley (Yvonne Pieter) BOERS, Joseph (Tan) CHIO, Ronaldo (Musico) FABICON, Biyan HUANG, Jing LI, Nixon (Lao) OCAMPOCHUA, Sylvain (Andre) SORIN, Joia (Kirin) SPOONER-WYMAN
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Publication number: 20090186797Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a laundry detergent composition, comprising a hueing dye and a pearlescent agent, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least 10 and a wash removal value in the range of from about 30% to about 85%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot
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Patent number: 7550422Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition with a metal-complexing dye and surfactant for giving a color change when in contact with selected metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Giorgia Sgargetta, Stacie Ellen Hecht, Jichun Shi, Mark Robert Sivik, Donald Leroy Wilke
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Publication number: 20090118155Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid laundry liquid detergent formulation comprising a dye that reduces precipitation of the dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Stephen Norman Batchelor, Jayne Michelle Bird, Carol Meacock, Dawn Rigby, Jacqueline Williams
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Publication number: 20090088363Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition comprising a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 50 ?m and is present in composition at a level of from 0.02% to 2.0% by weight of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Tim Roger Michel Vanpachtenbeke
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Patent number: 7507696Abstract: The present invention is related to an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair with reduced color wash our and therewith color durability is extended. Accordingly the subject of the present invention is an aqueous cleansing composition especially for keratin fibers such as human hair comprising one or more surfactant selected form anionic, non-ionic and amphoteric ones at a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight calculated to total composition, at least one monoglyceride with 12 to 22 C atoms in fatty acid moiety and at least one compound comprising a silicone polymer, a quaternary ammonium group and a polyether group in its molecule.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: KPSS-Kao Professissional Slaon Sservices GmbHInventors: Martin Hoffmann, Andrea Ast, Michael Molenda
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Publication number: 20090069206Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use as a laundry or hard surface cleaning composition comprising a rheology modifier providing a pouring viscosity at 20 sec?1 of from 50 to 700 cps, a viscosity at constant low stress of 0.1 Pa which is at least 300 cps, preferably 500 cps and a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, David Gladney, JR., Stephen Joseph Hodson, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
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Publication number: 20090069207Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a pearlescent liquid treatment composition suitable for use in laundering fabrics comprising a fabric care benefit agent selected from the group consisting of fabric softening agent, colour protection, pill reduction, anti-abrasion, anti-wrinkle agents and mixtures thereof and a pearlescent agent, said pearlescent agent having D0.99 volume particle size of less than 50 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, David Scott Dunlop, Karl Ghislain Braeckman, Karel Jozef Maria Depoot, Mary Jane Combs
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Patent number: 7435713Abstract: Compositions and methods for removing and/or reducing incidental soils from fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, wherein the compositions provide improved cleaning of incidental soils, either with or without a subsequent wash process or other entire fabric care process are provided. The compositions and methods are safe for use on a wide range of fabric articles, even in the home.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Michael Scheper, Michael Stanford Showell, Hiroshi Oh, David Lee Daugherty
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Patent number: 7432235Abstract: Provided is a low-foaming silicone composition, including: (A) from 51 to 99.9 parts by mass of a polyoxyalkylene-modified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure, (B) from 0.1 to 49 parts by mass of a polyoxyalkylene/perfluoroalkyl-comodified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure, and (C) from 0 to 48.9 parts by mass of a glycerol-modified organopolysiloxane having a specific structure (provided that the combined quantity of the component (A), the component (B) and the component (C) is 100 parts by mass). The silicone composition exhibits a powerful surfactant action and low foaming properties, and is useful as a spreading agent and a cleaning agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Takewaki, Teruki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20080234169Abstract: Liquid detergent composition comprising greater than 5% anionic surfactant, less than 15% nonionic surfactant, a light-sensitive ingredient and an inorganic pearlescent agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Jean Pol Boutique, Karl Ghislain Braeckman
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Publication number: 20080234168Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions comprising 0.00001% to 0.01% by weight of reactive dyes are disclosed. The laundry detergent compositions provide the benefit of imparting a favorable shade to fabrics without undesirable buildup of dyes on the fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Bertrand Noel Hamelin, Tina Vanden Bempt
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Publication number: 20080234165Abstract: Liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising anionic surfactant, fabric care agent, cationic deposition aid and performance booster are disclosed. The performance booster is chosen such that it will not react with the cationic deposition aid or fabric care agent to form a coacervate and/or to precipitate from solution. Such performance boosters may compensate for reduced cleaning efficacy of anionic surfactants and/or fabric care agents which interact with cationic deposition aids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Mary Jane Combs, David Gladney, Connie Lynn Sheets, Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo
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Patent number: 7407991Abstract: A foam control composition comprises a polydiorganosiloxane fluid comprising units of the formula where each group R, which may be the same or different, is selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms or an aryl group or aralkyl group having up to 36 carbon atoms, the mean number of carbon atoms in the groups R being at least 1.3, and an additive composition having a melting point of at least 35° C. comprising 5-50 parts by weight of a non-polar component (A) and 50-95 parts by weight of a component (B) which is miscible with component (A) and is more polar than component (A), at least one of (A) and (B) being miscible with the polysiloxane fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Serge Creutz, Guzman Nachon, Houria Seghir, Bertrand Michel, Virginie Caprasse, Louise Batchelor
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Publication number: 20080171684Abstract: The invention is directed to a liquid laundry detergent composition comprising at least one detergent ingredient selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; a coacervate phase forming cationic polymer; and one or more fabric care ingredients selected from the group consisting of one or more cationic silicone polymers comprising one or more polysiloxane units and one or more nitrogen moieties; one or more amino silicone polymers; one or more nitrogen-free silicone polymers; and mixtures thereof; and a liquid carrier for providing cleaning and fabric care benefits. A process for preparing such compositions, a method for treating substrates, a method for providing certain fabric care benefits and the use of such compositions are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Patrick Firmin August Delplancke, Roland Wagner, Matthew David Butts, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese, Stefano Scialla
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Patent number: 7244699Abstract: A composition containing a silicone-containing polymer for cleaning fabric articles, especially articles of clothing, linen and drapery, with lipophilic fluid provides improved cleaning of soils while providing excellent garment care, especially for articles sensitive to water.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Christopher Deak, Eugene Paul Gosselink, Randall Thomas Reilman
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Patent number: 7238652Abstract: The invention provides personal care compositions comprising both alkyl phosphate surfactants and selected auxiliary agent/acid. By using specific auxiliary agent whose pKa is higher than that of the alkyl phosphate surfactants, particularly in specific ratios, it is possible to prepare milder compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Oreste Carnali, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan
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Patent number: 7235518Abstract: Fabric conditioning compositions comprising a fabric care active and a hueing dye, wherein the hueing dye exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least about 20 according to the Hueing Efficiency Test method; and a Wash Removal Value from about 50% to about 98%, are useful in mitigating the discoloration of white and other light colored fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lisa Grace Brush, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Jodi Lee Brown, Marena Dessette Brown, Shulin Larry Zhang, Michael David Cummings, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
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Patent number: 7205269Abstract: Laundry detergent compositions comprise (a) surfactant, and (b) a hueing dye selected from triarylmethane blue and violet basic dyes, methine blue and violet basic dyes, anthraquinone blue and violet basic dyes, azo dyes basic blue 16, basic blue 65, basic blue 66 basic blue 67, basic blue 71, basic blue 159, basic violet 19, basic violet 35, basic violet 38, basic violet 48, oxazine dyes, basic blue 3, basic blue 75, basic blue 95, basic blue 122, basic blue 124, basic blue 141, Nile blue A and xanthene dye basic violet 10, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Michael David Cummings
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Patent number: 7003834Abstract: This invention provides a composition and a means being capable of easily recovering the color of faded clothes in home. The composition is a color recovering agent which comprises (a) a water-insoluble polymer with a refractive index of 1.20 to 1.45 at 25° C., (b) a compound or polymer having a molecular weight of 300 to 1,000 having specific groups such as amide group, (c) water and (d) a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the ratio of (a)/(b) by weight is in the range of 3/1 to 100/1.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Isao Yamada, Norihiro Inoue, Yoichi Tsukiyama
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Patent number: 6964942Abstract: Basic cleaning compositions using toxicologically-acceptable ingredients for cleaning fruits and vegetables are provided. Liquid formulations comprising detergent surfactant, such as oleate, alcohol ethoxylates, etc., and neutralized phosphoric acid are sprayed onto apples, lettuce and the like to remove soil and unwanted deposits, especially wax. Articles for applying the compositions to produce by spraying are disclosed. Use of the compositions for disinfectancy/sanitization of produce and cleaning/disinfectancy/sanitization of non-food inanimate surfaces are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruce Prentiss Murch, Brian Joseph Roselle, Kyle David Jones, Keith Homer Baker, Thomas Edward Ward, Toan Trinh
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Patent number: 6908893Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Dennis Stephen Murphy
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Patent number: 6802870Abstract: A solventless cleaning and treating composition for carpet is described. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of a stainblocking polymer, a silsesquioxane anti-soiling polymer, a surfactant and optionally a sequesting agent or salt.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John C. Chang, Robert F. Deutsch
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Patent number: 6784149Abstract: The invention relates to laundry detergents and cleaners comprising microdisperse, hydrophilic silicate-containing particles. The particle diameter of the particles is preferably 1 to 500 nm. The addition of the silicate-containing particles leads to improved soil release with a simultaneous reduction in the tendency for resoiling.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Harald Bauer, Günther Schimmel
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Patent number: 6736857Abstract: A solventless cleaning and treating composition for carpet is described. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of a stainblocking polymer, a silsesquioxane anti-soiling polymer, a surfactant and optionally a sequesting agent or salt.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John C. Chang, Robert F. Deutsch
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Patent number: 6677287Abstract: A detergent composition for use with a disposable cleaning pad preferably comprising an effective amount of a superabsorbent material, said pad preferably being part of a cleaning implement comprising a handle and said cleaning pad preferably being removable. The detergent composition contains a disappearing dye and, preferably, limited amount of detergent surfactant, preferably linear in structure and relatively hydrophilic, the level of hydrophobic materials preferably being kept below about 3%, and the pH preferably being above about 9, to allow the superabsorbent material to be readily absorbed by superabsorbent material. The process of using the detergent composition with such a cleaning pad, and the provision of a kit containing both detergent composition and cleaning pad are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth William Willman, Nicola John Policicchio, Nicole Lee Jackson
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Patent number: 6673764Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the visual properties of a wash process which utilizes lipophilic fluid (e.g., siloxane solvent) by coloring agents, sudsing agents and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cort Severns, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen, Paul Amaat France, Phillip Kyle Vinson, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Joseph Michael Ladd, Jr.
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Patent number: 6642196Abstract: There is provided a method of delivering a benefit agent whereby a benefit agent is first loaded to a surface and subsequently unloaded and transferred and delivered to a second surface. More in particular, the benefit agent is first loaded onto a garment during a laundering process, and subsequently delivered to another surface. The benefit agents can be fragrance agents, perfumes, colour enhancers, fabric softening agents, polymeric lubricants, photoprotective agents, latexes, resins, dye fixative agents, encapsulated materials, antioxidants, insecticides, soil repelling agents, soil release agents, and cellulose fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Steven Howell, Julie Little, Cornelis Paul Van Der Logt, Neil James Parry
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Publication number: 20030144169Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, and laundry compositions comprising said compounds, which are capable of providing enhanced anti-wrinkle benefits to cellulosic fiber containing fabric, said compounds having the formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Jiping Wang
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Patent number: 6521581Abstract: The present invention includes a layered liquid detergent composition in a water-soluble single use package, the composition comprising at least two layers, the at least two layers comprising a surfactant, a colored inorganic electrolyte, and water. In the inventive compositions at least one of the layers (the electrolyte layer) is colored. Preferred compositions include a dye in the surfactant layer, so that the compositions contain at least two layers, with two distinct colors. Preferred compositions are transparent and are enclosed within a transparent body.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Kwang H. Lee, Andre M. Puleo
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Patent number: 6479448Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 14, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: James Dawson Cropper, Nikki Sullivan, Jenny Wiggans
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Patent number: 6451064Abstract: Liquid multipurpose cleaning compositions comprising a peroxygen bleach, a surfactant that exhibits a foaming property in the presence of a peroxygen bleach and a foam reducing system and processes for using same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Procter & GambleInventors: Valerio Del Duca, Carlo Ricci, Carla Scorsini
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Patent number: 6346507Abstract: In order to provide a liquid crystal composition and a cosmetic preparation, which is favorable in adaptation to skin and gives smooth feeling in case of using as a skin care product, and which is favorable in adaptation to makeup and has high makeup removing effect in case of using as a make-up remover, and which is favorable in adaptation to hair and has favorable feeling of use to provide glossiness to hair in case of using as a hair care product, a cosmetic preparation of the present invention comprises (A) 10 to 60 wt % of a nonionic surfactant, (B) 1 to 50 wt % in all of one or more of a water-soluble substance having a hydroxyl group, (C) 1 to 70 wt % of a silicone oil, and (D) 10 to 60 wt % of water and has a liquid crystal phase and/or an isotropic surfactant continuous phase.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Fumiaki Matsuzaki, Toshio Yanaki, Kazuyoshi Nakamura, Natsuko Fujii
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Patent number: 6281187Abstract: Disclosed are non-aqueous, particulate-containing liquid laundry detergent compositions which are in the form of a suspension of particulate material, essentially including colored speckles and preferably including peroxygen bleaching agent and an organic detergent builder, dispersed in a liquid phase preferably structured with a surfactant. Such compositions provide especially desirable cleaning and bleaching of fabrics laundered therewith and also exhibit especially desirable aesthetics.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Mark Allen Smerznak
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Patent number: 5998344Abstract: Disclosed for cleaning hard surfaces is a detergent gel containing:(a) a detergent composition without thickeners having(i) a first surfactant, wherein the first surfactant is a non-ionic glycolipid, and(ii) a second surfactant, wherein the second surfactant is a charged surfactant, wherein the ratio of the first surfactant and the second surfactant is 1:10-10:1;(b) water, wherein the detergent composition is mixed with a sufficient amount of water to induce a phase change from a liquid phase to a gel phase; and(c) one or more enzymes.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Poul N.o slashed.rgaard Christensen, Bo Kalum, Otto Andresen
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Patent number: 5985814Abstract: An improvement is described in the carpet compositions which is especially effective in killing dust mites, contains an anionic detergent, an ethoxylated glycerol type compound, a hydrocarbon ingredient, at least one cosurfactant, an acaricidal agent, and water.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.Inventors: Germaine Zocchi, Betty Kong, Myriam Mondin, Marianne Mahieu