Hair shampoo

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED SHAMPOO, HAVING A LIQUID TO PASTE CONSISTENCY, COMPRISING ESSENTIALLY A MIXTURE OF AT LEAST ONE DETERGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF: (1) WATER-SOLUBLE SALTS OF SULFURIC ACID ESTERS OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS CONTAINING FROM 8 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; (2) WATER-SOLUBLE SALTS OF SULFURIC ACID ESTERS OF ALIPHATIC POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS INCOMPLETELY ESTERIFIED WITH FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING FROM 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS; (3) WATERSOLUBLE SALTS OF ALKYLATED AROMATIC SULFONIC ACIDS WHEREIN THE ALKYL GROUP CONTAINS A CHAIN OF FROM 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS; (4) WATER-SOLUBLE SALTS OF HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALKYLATED AROMATIC HYDROXY-ALKYL SULFURIC ACID ESTERS WHEREIN THE HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALKYL RADICAL CONTAINS FROM 8 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS; (5) SULFONATED CASTOR OIL; (6) CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF HYDROXY-ALKYL AMINES WITH FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING FROM 8 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS AND WHEREIN THE MOLAR RATIO OF THE HYDROXY-ALKYL AMINE TO THE FATTY ACID IS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN 2 TO 1; (7) POLYOXYALKYLENE GLYCOL ETHERS OF ALKYLATED AROMATIC COMPOUNDS IN WHICH THE NUCLEAR ALKYL GROUP CONTAINS FROM 8 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; AND (8) LIQUID WATER-SOLUBLE SOAPS; SAID DETERGENT COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 8% TO ABOUT 30%, BY WEIGHT, OF SAID SHAMPOO; FROM ABOUT 1% TO ABOUT 6%, BY WEIGHT OF SAID SHAMPOO, OF AN ESTER-AMIDE OF AN HYDROXY-ALKYL PRIMARY AMINE WITH A NORMALLY SOLID HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT FATTY ACID; AND WATER, THE WATER BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNTS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW 50%, BY WEIGHT, OF SAID SHAMPOO.