Shampoo containing amine oxide

Claim 1

A DETERGENT COMPOSITION ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SHAMPOOING HAIR BY ITS EFFECT IN REDUCING THE STATIC ELECTRIFICATION OF COMBED DRY HAIR CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (A) FROM ABOUT 5% TO ABOUT 20% OF A WATER-SOLUBLE DETERGENT HAVING THE FORMULA RZXM WHEREIN T IS AN ACYCLIC HYDROPHOBIC RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 8 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS, AT LEAST ABOUT 50% OF SAID RADICALS CONTAINING 12 CARBON ATOMS, X IS AN ANION SELECTED FORM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SO3=, OSO3= AND COO=, Z IS AN INTERMEDIATE LINKING MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHER, POLYETHER, ESTER AMIDE, AND AMINE LINKAGES AND M IS A CATION TO NEUTRALIZE THE CHARGE OF THE ANION, (B) FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 15% OF AN AMINE OXIDE HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA R1R2R3N$O WHEREIN R1 IS AN ALKYL RADICAL CONTAINING FROM 10 TO 16 CARBON ATOMS AND R2 AND R3 ARE EACH SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF METHYL AND ETHYL RADICALS, AT LEAST 50% OF THE R1 RADICALS CONTAINING 12 CARBON ATOMS AND THE BALANCE SUBSTANTIALLY (C) WATER, NOT MORE THAN 15% OF SAID DETERGENT COMPOSITION BEING (A) WHEREIN RZXM IS ANIONIC AND NOT MORE THAN 10% OF SAID DETERGENT COMPOSITION BEING (A) WHEREIN THE INTERMEDIATE LINKING MEMBER CONTAINS A BASIC NITROGEN, THE WEIGHT RATIO OF (B) TO (A) WHEREIN RZXM IS ANIONIC BEING GREATER THAN ABOUT 1:2, THE PH OF SAID DETERGENT COMPOSITION BEING LESS THAN ABOUT 8.5 BUT HIGH ENOUGH TO GIVE A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION AND NOT LOWER THAN ABOUT 6.5