Anti-microbial bathroom cleaning compositions containing o-benzyl-4-chlorophenol

Claim 2

An anti-microbial aqueous solution consisting essentially of water and, by weight, about 0.05 to 0.5% of o-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, about 2 to 15% tetrasodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate or trisodium nitrilotriacetate, about 0.5 to 4% of sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfate, about 2 to 5% of lower alkanol and about 0.5 to 12% of water-miscible glycol solvent selected from the group consisting of hexylene glycol and polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight of up to about 600.

Claim 3

A solution in accordance with claim 1 in which about 1 to 10% hexylene glycol is included as said glycol solvent.

Claim 4

A solution in accordance with claim 1 in which said water-miscible glycol solvent is hexylene glycol.

Claim 5

A solution in accordance with claim 1 in which about 0.1 to 0.4% of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate is included.

Claim 6

An aqueous solution in accordance with claim 1 in which said lower alkanol is isopropanol.

Claim 7

An aqueous solution in accordance with claim 1, consisting essentially of water, about 0.06 to 0.2% of said o-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, about 3 to 10% of said tetrasodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate, about 1 to 2% of said sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfate, about 1 to 10% of said water-miscible glycol solvent and about 2 to 5% of isopropyl alcohol.

Claim 8

An aqueous solution in accordance with claim 6 in which said water-miscible glycol solvent is hexylene glycol.

Claim 9

An aqueous solution in accordance with claim 6 including about 0.3% of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid.

Claim 10

An aqueous solution in accordance with claim 1 having a pH of about 10.0 to 10.5.

Claim 11

An aqueous solution according to claim 6 having the composition ______________________________________ hexylene glycol 1.0% o-benzyl-4-chlorophenol 0.15% sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfate 1.8% dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid 0.3% tetrasodium EDTA 4.75% isopropyl alcohol 2.5% sodium hydroxide 0.0126% perfume and water balance ______________________________________ said % being per cent by weight.

Claim 12

An aqueous solution according to claim 6 having the composition ______________________________________ hexylene glycol 1.0% o-benzyl-4-chlorophenol 0.15% sodium 2-ethylhexyl sulfate 1.8% trisodium NTA.H.sub.2 O 6.86% isopropyl alcohol 2.5% dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid 0.3% sodium hydroxide Q.S. to pH 10.3 perfume and water balance ______________________________________ wherein said Q.S. is quantity sufficient and said % is per cent by weight.