Package Or Dosing Unit (e.g., Sachet, Wrapped Cake Soap, Etc.) Patents (Class 510/439)
-
Patent number: 7273841Abstract: The invention relates to a water soluble container which contains a composition useful for hard surface cleaning. The composition comprises a cationic surfactant having germicidal properties, a short chain non-ionic surfactant, optionally, polyethylene glycol; and optionally, conventional additives, where the composition contains less than 25 percent water. The water soluble containers can be made by thermoforming or injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser IncInventors: Andrew Francis Colurciello, James Chi-Cheng Feng
-
Patent number: 7271141Abstract: An aqueous liquid composition having a water content of between 20 and 50 wt. %, comprising at least one polyphosphate builder material, potassium ions and sodium ions, wherein the molar ratio of potassium to sodium is between 0.55:1 and 20:1.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V. & Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Roger Kaiser, Ralf Wiedemann, Marcus Guzmann
-
Patent number: 7259134Abstract: Single or multi-compartment detergent pouch having walls composed of a water-soluble or dispersible water-containing polymer film, the pouch having at least one compartment containing a liquid composition and preferably at least one compartment containing a hygroscopic powder composition characterised in that the liquid composition comprises a moisture regulator system such that at equilibrium at 40% relative humidity and 21.1° C. (70° F.) the amount of water in the film is within about 30%, preferably within about 10% of that of the native film.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dennis Allen Beckholt, Liben Hailu
-
Patent number: 7250392Abstract: A cleansing product containing: (a) a water insoluble substrate; and (b) a surfactant composition impregnated onto the substrate, the composition containing: (i) at least one lathering surfactant; and (ii) at least about 40% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, of water.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Cognis CorporationInventors: Mark Leonard, Virginia Lazarowitz
-
Patent number: 7232794Abstract: A dishwashing wipe having a nonwaven hydroentangled polymer fiber topsbeet; a polymeric membrane; a nonwoven batting layer; and a polymeric scrim, with a dishwashing composition having an amine, a polymeric suds stabilizer, or enzymes incorporated in the wipe, wherein the dishwashing composition is in the form of stripes on the wipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vy Khanh Huyhn, Patrice Mark Luc Borgonjon, Denis Gerard O'Sullivan, JoAnna Margaret Clarke, Brian Jeffreys, Jeffrey Lee Butterbaugh
-
Patent number: 7229955Abstract: A composition in a water-soluble pouch, the pouch comprises at least two compartments, and each compartment contains a different component of the composition, wherein a first compartment contains a first component and the first component comprises a liquid matrix and a source of peracid.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruno Matthieu Dasque, Nicola Ethel Davidson, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent, Valerio Del Duca, Frank William DeNome
-
Patent number: 7229956Abstract: Wipes are described, premoistened with an anti-static amphoteric cleaning composition. In tests for residual surface charge wipes of the invention showed remarkable charge dissipation properties. Also described are packaged products containing such wipes, use of such wipes in cleaning a surface and the manufacture of such wipes and packaged products.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: David Bedford, Julie Brennan
-
Patent number: 7196045Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use solution having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Steven E. Lentsch, Michael J. Bartelme, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
-
Patent number: 7196044Abstract: A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Ecolab, Inc.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Howie Kestell, Michael J. Bartelme, Steven E. Lentsch, Victor F. Man, Burton M. Baum, Terence P. Everson
-
Patent number: 7192911Abstract: A machine dishwasher product comprising: a) 1 to 60% by weight of nonaqueous solvent(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic acids ii) monomers containing sulfonic acid groups iii) optionally further ionic or nonionogenic monomers c) 5 to 30% by weight of nonionic surfactant(s). Also, the machine dishwasher product, packaged in portions in a water-soluble enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Henkel KGaAInventors: Matthias Sunder, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Christian Nitsch, Bernd Richter, Arnd Kessler, Michael Dreja, Sven Mueller
-
Patent number: 7179775Abstract: An aqueous coating removal composition containing: a) an alkoxylated aromatic alcohol, b) an amine; and c) an inorganic base is provided. The coating removal compositions are useful in cleaning coatings such as paint from substrate surfaces and may be formulated to be essentially free (or, preferably, entirely free) of organic solvents classified as volatile organic compounds or HAPS.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf AktienInventor: Kathryn E. Foster
-
Patent number: 7179781Abstract: The present invention relates to heterogeneous cleaning compositions, methods employing them, and methods of making them.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: David A. Fine, Terry James Klos, Richard D. Stardig
-
Patent number: 7179772Abstract: A personal care cleansing article is provided which includes a cleansing composition having a lathering surfactant and a water absorbing material capable of accepting at least ten times the weight of the material of water, the composition being held within a water-insoluble sachet.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Diane Marie Keenan, Filomena Augusta Macedo, Gregory Aaron Grissett, David Robert Williams, Shauna Mary Lagatol
-
Patent number: 7169740Abstract: The present invention relates to free-flowable compositions in a pouch which contain different free-flowable components fixed in different regions and to process for making these pouched compositions. The pouch and the compartment (s) thereof are preferably made from stretchable, elastic film which is water-soluble. The compositions are preferably cleaning compositions or fabric care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nigel Patrick Sommerville-Roberts, Andy Chi Chien Wong
-
Patent number: 7166566Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit comprising at least a first and a second water-soluble or water-dispersible pouch containing at least a first and a second composition, each composition comprising at least one different ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Raphael Louis Mangin, Tom Jozef Pieter Goderis
-
Patent number: 7166565Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Robert Gary Welch, Mark William Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel James Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Betty Jean Hensley, legal representative, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon, Charles Albert Hensley, deceased
-
Patent number: 7163692Abstract: A substantially dry personal care cleansing article is provided which includes a water-insoluble substrate and associated with the substrate a personal care cleansing composition. The latter includes at least one lathering surfactant and at least about 2% of a cationic polymer. The composition has an average particle size ranging from about 75 to about 900 micron. The cationic polymer improves the rapidity and duration of foam formation when the article is wetted with water to activate the surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Shauna Mary Lagatol, Jesus Antonio Urbaez, Paul Roland Bergquist
-
Patent number: 7148187Abstract: A cleaning composition with a 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid and a nonionic surfactant gives good antimicrobial performance and good filming and streaking performance. The composition can contain a solvent with low water solubility, a volatile solvent that is miscible in water, and additional surfactants. The nonionic surfactant can be food safe. The composition can be impregnated and used on a wipe or other substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Richard E. Simon, Lily Cheng, David L. DeLeeuw
-
Patent number: 7125828Abstract: A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Tanguy Marie Louis Alexandre Catlin, Rachid Ben Moussa, Timothy Bernard William Kroese, Charles Rupert Gillham, James Iain Kinloch, David John Smith, Alison Lesley Main, Helen Varley
-
Patent number: 7115173Abstract: An article comprising a polyvinyl alcohol film encapsulating a fabric care composition is useful for conditioning laundry.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, Allison Jane Danneels, Karel Pierre Marie Engels, Ruth Anne Murphy, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Laure Waegemans, Dominique Valeer Maria Lecluyse, Didier Gustaaf Jeanne Perot, Kurt Louis Ignoul, Tom Danny Karl Goetry, Steven Louis Diersing, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
-
Patent number: 7108725Abstract: An article comprising a polyvinyl alcohol film encapsulating a fabric care composition is useful for conditioning laundry.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Nabil Yaqub Sakkab, Allison Jane Danneels, Karel Pierre Marie Engels, Ruth Anne Murphy, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Laure Waegemans, Dominique Valeer Maria Lecluyse, Didier Gustaaf Jeanne Perot, Kurt Louis Ignoul, Tom Danny Karl Goetry, Steven Louis Diersing, Gayle Marie Frankenbach
-
Patent number: 7105478Abstract: A water-soluble container containing a composition, the container comprising a member having at least two openings positioned on different sides of the member, each opening being closed by a film.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) LimitedInventors: Marcus Guzmann, Geoffrey Robert Hammond
-
Patent number: 7094744Abstract: A method of producing a sheet type laundry detergent which comprises continuously or discontinuously applying a doughy detergent composition that has been prepared so as to have a viscosity of 1,000 mPa·s to 50,000 mPa·s at a shear rate of 10 s?1 to 1,000 s?1 onto a flexible support of continuous length that is running continuously in a prescribed direction under a shear rate condition of 10 s?1 to 1,000 s?1 by an application to form a thin layer of the doughy detergent composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2000Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Hideo Kobayashi, Masaki Sakamoto, Masahide Okumura, Hironobu Kawajiri, Keiichi Onoda, Masayasu Sato, Katsuhiko Kasai
-
Patent number: 7091171Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Robert Gary Welch, Mark William Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel James Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Betty Jean Hensley, legal representative, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon, Charles Albert Hensley, deceased
-
Patent number: 7078462Abstract: An automatic laundry or dishwashing product in unit dose form comprising at least three distinct zones for delivering into at least three different stages in the washing cycle. The product provides improved cleaning, care and finishing benefits.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lynda Anne Speed, Glenn Steven Ward
-
Patent number: 7074748Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a transparent or translucent liquid medium and solid particles contained within the liquid medium wherein the liquid medium comprises less than 10% by weight of water and the composition is contained within a pouch made from a transparent or translucent water-soluble material, so that the individual solid particles are visible from outside the pouch. Preferably the solid particles have a mean geometric diameter of between 0.5 mm and 12 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vincent John Becks, Eugene Steven Sadlowski
-
Patent number: 7056877Abstract: Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Debra Sue Caswell, Robert Gary Welch, Mark William Ridyard, Edward Sayers, David William York, Daniel James Dufton, Simon Howe, Johan Eshuis, Angelina Pena-Romero, Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet, Wundriari Hoffmann, George Endel Deckner, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Ruth Anne Murphy, Betty Jean Hensley, Toan Trinh, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Ellen Schmidt Baker, Janet Sue Littig, Timothy James Schroeder, Steven Louis Diersing, Malcolm McClaren Dodd, Lois Sara Gallon, Charles Albert Hensley
-
Patent number: 7041628Abstract: Liquid aqueous machine dishwasher products comprising a) 20 to 50% by weight of one or more water-soluble builder(s), b) 0.1 to 70% by weight of copolymers of i) unsaturated carboxylic acids ii) monomers containing sulfonic acid groups iii) optionally further ionic or nonionogenic monomers c) 5 to 30% by weight of nonionic surfactant(s). Also, the composition packaged in portions in a water-soluble enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Matthias Sunder, Rolf Bayersdoerfer, Christian Nitsch, Bernd Richter, Arnd Kessler, Michael Dreja, Sven Mueller
-
Patent number: 7022659Abstract: Packages which comprise a substrate and one or more fabric treatment chemicals, wherein the fabric treatment chemicals are released from the substrate through the action of temperature, friction and/or contact with water. Methods for treating fabrics, the methods comprising the step of opening a package, the package containing at least one unit dose of detergent, and subsequently dissolving and/or dispersing the detergent composition to provide a wash liquor, and wherein the package comprises an insoluble substrate and one or more fabric treatment chemicals, the chemical-containing substrate being used to directly or indirectly apply the fabric treatment chemicals to the fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jacky Pierre Duquet, Jose Luis Vega, Jean Wevers
-
Patent number: 7015186Abstract: A pouch comprising perfume particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Emmanuel Julien Aussant, Vidyadhar Sudhir Ranade
-
Patent number: 7001878Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid unit dose comprising a water-soluble packet and a liquid encased within the packet, the liquid being a detergent composition comprising: from 5% to 80% by weight of surfactant; from 1% to 15% by weight of non-aqueous solvent; less than 10% by weight of water; wherein the liquid detergent composition comprises fatty acid and further comprises fatty acid soap, wherein the molar ratio of fatty acid to fatty acid soap is from 5:1 to 1:5, and wherein the total level of fatty acid (neutralized and unneutralized) is from 20% to 50% by weight of the liquid composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Francesco De Buzzaccarini, Lorenzo Matteo Pierre Gualco
-
Patent number: 6998375Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition in unit dose form for delivery into the main-wash cycle of an automatic dishwashing machine, the composition comprising a phosphate or non-phosphate detergency builder and a sulfonated anti-scaling polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Neha Kapur, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, James Iain Kinloch, Alison Lesley Main
-
Patent number: 6995126Abstract: A multi-compartment pouch is obtainable by a process of closing an open compartment with a pre-sealed compartment. The multi-compartment pouch comprises a detergent composition and is for use in automatic-washing or hand-washing applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kristin Nicole Perkis, Gregory Martin Gressel, Mark Anthony Manion, Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts
-
Patent number: 6995125Abstract: Compositions in a water-soluble pouch containing at least two compartments, each compartment containing a different component of the composition, where a first compartment contains a first component which contains a liquid matrix and a source of peracid.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruno Matthieu Dasque, Nicola Ethel Davidson, Francesco de Buzzaccarini, James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St Laurent, Valerio Del Duca, Frank William DeNome
-
Patent number: 6992054Abstract: A disposable substantially damp cleansing article is disclosed having a cleansing composition impregnated onto a flexible substrate such as a non-woven cloth. The impregnated compositions include lathering surfactants and water, and a water-binding agent resulting in a composition having a water activity less than 0.977 but no lower than 0.001. Amounts of water range from greater than 15% to no higher than about 40% by weight of the total article. Speed of lather formation and foam volume increases within the window of the stated water activity and water range.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: G Jae Lee, Robert Edward Gott, Craig Stephen Slavtcheff, Michael Charles Cheney
-
Patent number: 6984615Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning article including fibers having at least a surfactant adhered thereto, wherein the surfactant is a mixture that contains from 45 to 76% by weight of a polyoxyethylene (POE) monoester of a fatty acid having from 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and the balance of the mixture is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a POE monoester of a saturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE monoester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, a POE diester of an unsaturated fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms, and a POE diester of a saturated fatty acid having from 12 to 15 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko Kenmochi, Masatoshi Fujiwara, Yoshinori Tanaka, Yoshiko Saida, Kodai Furuya
-
Patent number: 6979668Abstract: A method of cleaning a metered dose spray device, and a cleaning composition for such cleaning, prevent the device from becoming clogged with medication. The method includes removing the aerosol can containing the medication from the actuator, placing an aerosol can containing a cleaning composition in the actuator, and dispensing the cleaning solution through the actuator. The residual medication is thereby removed from the actuator. A sufficiently small quantity of cleaning composition remains in the actuator so that the cleaning composition itself will not clog the actuator. Additionally, the cleaning composition is non-toxic, so that residual cleaning composition remaining in the actuator will not harm the user when a subsequent dose of medication is dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Generex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventor: Pankaj Modi
-
Patent number: 6956016Abstract: An automatic laundry or dishwashing product in unit dose form comprising at least three distinct zones for delivering into at least three different stages in the washing cycle. The product provides improved cleaning, care and finishing benefits.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lynda Anne Speed, Glenn Steven Ward
-
Patent number: 6949497Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising: a) an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid neutralized with an alkanolamine, said alkyl benzene sulfonic acid containing less than 25%, preferably less than 20%, of the 2-phenyl isomer; and b) an organic solvent; said composition containing less than 3 wt. % water.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Antonio Cordellina, Giorgio Franzolin, Daniele Fregonese, Alessandro Latini, Sara Quaggia
-
Patent number: 6943143Abstract: A detergent composition in the form of a substantially anhydrous liquid, gel or paste and which comprises a premix of an amine oxide surfactant and a solvent therefor selected from C3 to C10 alkylene and polyalkylene diols and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to unit dose forms containing the detergent compositions and processes for making a premix for use in said compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James Iain Kinloch, Simon John Greener
-
Patent number: 6936580Abstract: The present invention provides preferred, preferably liquid, hard surface cleaning compositions, compositions with cleaning liquid composition on a substrate, compositions used with absorbent pads and implements and devices for making the process of cleaning hard surfaces and/or maintaining their appearance and hygiene easier and more effective.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Nicola John Policicchio, Cynthia Elaine Cella, Jeffrey Lawrence Flora, Toan Trinh, Joseph Paul Morelli
-
Patent number: 6936578Abstract: A liquid detergent composition comprising: a) a surfactant, and b) a fatty acid salt containing a fatty acid chain having at least one carbon—carbon double bond, wherein said composition, when dissolved in water to a concentration of 5 wt %, has a pH of 6.8 or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.Inventors: Antonio Cordellina, Giorgio Franzolin, Alessandro Latini, Sara Quaggia
-
Patent number: 6924258Abstract: Water-soluble pouches comprise water-soluble films coated by a zeolite powder having a specific oil absorption of 0.4 ml/m2 or more. Processes for producing such pouches use a zeolite powder having a specific oil absorption of 0.4 ml/m2 or more for coating the water-soluble pouch.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gwenael Delamarche, David Ingram, Gisbert Spieles
-
Patent number: 6881712Abstract: A laundry detergent product capable of removing malodor from laundered items during an automatic laundry washing process is disclosed. The laundry detergent comprises: (a) cyclodextrin granules formed from a mixture of cyclodextrin powder, an inorganic compound and an aqueous medium, the cyclodextrin granules having a particle size in a range of from about 100 microns to about 1200 microns; (b) a laundry detergent composition including a surfactant, a builder and an enzyme; and (c) the laundry detergent product being adapted to readily dissolve and disperse the cyclodextrin granules into a wash solution when the laundry detergent product is used in the above automatic laundry washing process, and wherein the cyclodextrin, when released into the above wash solution, has an odor loading factor of at least about 50.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Adrian John Wayneforth Angell, Paul Amaat France
-
Patent number: 6881713Abstract: A multi-compartment pouch made from a water-soluble film and having at least two compartments, where the multi-compartment pouch comprises a composition comprising a solid component and a liquid component, wherein at least one compartment comprises a solid component and at least one compartment comprises a liquid component.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nigel Patrick Sommerville-Roberts, Bruno Matthieu Dasque, Thomas John Pounds
-
Patent number: 6878679Abstract: A multi-compartment pouch made from a water-soluble film and having at least two compartments, where the multi-compartment pouch comprises a composition comprising a solid component and a liquid component, wherein one compartment comprises the solid component and another compartment comprises the liquid component.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nigel Patrick Sommerville-Roberts, Bruno Matthieu Dasque, Thomas John Pounds
-
Patent number: 6846784Abstract: A unit-dose personal care product including a cleansing agent and a cleansing pad wrapped in a film of water-soluble material. The water-soluble material protects the cleansing pad and cleansing agent until the package is exposed to water, at which time the film dissolves and the user is left with a cleansing product comprised of the pad, cleansing agent and water. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the personal care product.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Access Business Group International LLCInventors: Steven P. Engel, Jesse C. Leverett
-
Patent number: 6835703Abstract: The invention provides liquid automatic dishwashing detergents (LADDs) that contain a detergent enzyme and have a pH value less than 7.0. Such LADDs can lack phosphate builders, chlorine bleaches, and alkali, each of which is undesirable from the perspective of human and environmental safety. In addition, the invention provides methods for cleaning tableware.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Melaleuca, Inc.Inventors: Suk H. Cho, Kathy Dillon, James L. Kurtz
-
Patent number: 6834657Abstract: A sterile, absorbent, lint-free, soft, and at least slightly abrasive pad is impregnated with an anti-coagulant. The pad is packaged in a sterile pouch and the pouch is opened to apply the anti-coagulant to an intravenous device such as a catheter or stent device, to clean blood from a used needle or to decontaminate an operating room surface. The anti-coagulant is preferably heparin-benzalkonium chloride formulated in a solution of 1.5% heparin-benzalkonium chloride by weight or volume, containing 850 USP heparin units per milliliter in a solvent such as isopropyl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Inventor: John Kuperus
-
Patent number: 6831051Abstract: The present invention relates to free-flowable compositions in a pouch which contain different free-flowable components fixed in different regions and to process for making these pouched compositions. The pouch and the compartment (s) thereof are preferably made from stretchable, elastic film which is water-soluble. The compositions are preferably cleaning compositions or fabric care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Nigel Patrick Sommerville-Roberts, Andy Chi Chien Wong