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Detergent product
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1978-08-15
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Granted: 1981-09-15
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Expires: 1998-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A deodorant detergent product comprises a soap; detergent adjuncts including a detergency builder (other than soap) and/or a bleach; and a deodorant composition. The product can be employed for washing fabrics which when subsequently worn in contact with the skin aid in the reduction of human body malodor.
Inventors
- 👤 David C. Hooper
- 👤 George A. Johnson
- 👤 Donald Peter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:42
CPC Classifications
C; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/0084; A; A61; A61L; A61L9/00; A61L9/01; C11D3/0068; C11D3/50; C11D9/00; C11D9/04; C11D9/44; C11D9/442
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
A deodorant detergent product comprising: (i) from 1 to 99% by weight of a soap; (ii) from 0.99 to 98.99% by weight of other detergent adjuncts including at least one selected from the group consisting of detergency builders (other than soap) and bleaches; and (iii) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant active components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of: Class 1: phenolic substances Class 2: essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils Class 3: aldehydes and ketones Class 4: polycyclic compounds Class 5: esters Class 6: alcohols, provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class; said components being so selected that (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 4; (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes; and (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b) said deodorant composition having a deodorant value of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
A deodorant detergent product comprising: (i) from 1 to 99% by weight of a soap; (ii) from 0.99 to 98.99% by weight of other detergent adjuncts including at least one selected from the group consisting of detergency builders (other than soap) and bleaches; and (iii) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant active components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of: Class 1: phenolic substances Class 2: essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils Class 3: aldehydes and ketones Class 4: polycyclic compounds Class 5: esters Class 6: alcohols, provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class; said components being so selected that (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 4; (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes; and (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b) said deodorant composition having a deodorant value of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the deodorant composition has a deodorant value of from 0.90 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the deodorant composition has a deodorant value of from 1.20 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the builder is an inorganic phosphate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the builder is an alkali metal salt selected from the group consisting of carbonates, bicarbonates, borates and silicates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the bleach is a perborate or a percarbonate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 further comprising a non-soap detergent active compound selected from the group consisting of anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric and zwitterionic detergent active compounds.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
79 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the amount of deodorant components present in said class comprising phenolic substances and said class comprising essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils and said class comprising polycyclic compounds, is at least 1% by weight of the deodorant composition for each of said classes, and the amount of perfume components present in said further class chosen from the remaining three classes is at least 1% by weight of the deodorant composition.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the average concentration of all such components present is at least 5% by weight where four of said classes is represented, or at least 4.5% by weight where five or six of said classes is represented.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
79 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein the amount of deodorant components present in said class comprising phenolic substances and said class comprising essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils and said class comprising polycyclic compounds, is at least 3% by weight of the deodorant composition for each of said classes and the amount of deodorant components present in said further class chosen from the remaining three classes is at least 3% by weight of the deodorant composition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein at least five of the classes are represented.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The deodorant detergent product of claim 1 wherein all six classes are represented.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
74 words
A process for preparing the deodorant detergent product of claim 1 which comprises mixing the soap and detergent adjuncts, including at least one selected from the group consisting of detergency builders (other than soap) and bleaches, with the deodorant composition to provide said product comprising from 1 to 99% by weight of said soap, from 0.99 to 98.99% by weight of said detergent builder and 0.01 to 10% by weight of said deodorant composition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method for suppressing human body malodour, which comprises contacting the skin in the region of apocrine sweat glands with a fabric treated with the deodorant detergent product of claim 1.
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