Germicidal cleansing composition

Claim 1

A GERMICIDAL CLEANSING COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES DUE TO A POTENTIATING EFFECT BY A C-15-BRANCHED CHAIN SOAP ANIONIC POTENTIATOR UPON A SOAP MATRIX AND A GERMICIDAL AGENT, SAID COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (1) FROM ABOUT 50% TO ABOUT 90% OF A FATTY ACID SOAP MATRIX CONSISTING OF TALLOW AND COCONUT FATTY ACID SOAP WHEREIN THE RATIO TO TALLOW TO COCONUT FATTY ACID SOAP IS FROM ABOUT 90:10 TO ABOUT 10:90, THE CATION OF SAID SOAP BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM; (2) FROM ABOUT 10 TO ABOUT 50% OF AN ANIONIC POTENTIATOR CONSISTING OF C-15-BRANCHED CHAIN SOAP HAVING THE FORMULA MOOCHCCH3C12H25 WHEREIN M IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM, THE RATIO OF SAID FATTY ACID SOAP MATRIX TO SAID ANIONIC POTENTIATOR BEING FROM ABOUT 1:1 TO ABOUT 10:1; AND (3) A GERMICIDAL AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BIS-(2-HYDROXY-3,5,6-TRICHLOROPHENYL) METHANE, BIS - (2-HYDROXY-5-CHLOROPHENYL) METHANE, 2,2''DIHYDROXY-3,3'',5,5''-TETRACHLORODIPHENYL SULFIDE, NEOMYCIN PALMITATE, NEOMYCIN BENZYLIDINE, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, THE RATIO OF SAID FATTY ACID SOAP MATRIX PLUS SAID ANIONIC POTENTIATOR TO SAID GERMICIDAL AGENT BEING FROM ABOUT 50:1 TO ABOUT 500:1.