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Hair conditioning compositions
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1981-02-13
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Granted: 1983-06-07
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Expires: 2001-02-13
Abstract
Abstract Hair conditioning compositions containing a volatile, liquid hair conditioning agent, which agent is thickened with a hydrophobic thickener.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond E. Bolich, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 23:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/31; A61K8/58; A61K8/585; A61K8/72; A61K8/81; A61K8/8129; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (A) from about 1% to about 99% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; and (B) from about 0.005% to about 1% of a hydrophobic thickening agent having a mass average molecular weight of from about 50,000 to 5,000,000.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (A) from about 1% to about 99% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; and (B) from about 0.005% to about 1% of a hydrophobic thickening agent having a mass average molecular weight of from about 50,000 to 5,000,000.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the volatile liquid hydrocarbon hair conditioning agent is selected from the group consisting of decane, dodecane, tridecane, tetradecane and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 2 wherein the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a silicone and is present at a level of from about 2% to about 60%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 3 wherein the amount of volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is from about 2% to about 10% and the amount of hydrophobic thickening agent is from 0.005% to about 0.5%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 4 wherein the hydrophobic thickening agent is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylisobutyl ether, polyvinyl ethyl ether, nonvolatile polydimethylsiloxanes and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 5 wherein the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a cyclic silicone having either 4 or 5 dimethyl siloxane groups.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A hair conditioning composition according to claim 6 wherein the hydrophobic thickening agent is polyvinyl isobutyl ether.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to claim 7 wherein the volatile liquid silicone hair conditioning agent has 5 dimethyl siloxane groups.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition according to claim 8 which in addition contains from about 75% to about 95% water and from about 0.05% to about 4% of a cationic hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts and salts of fatty amines.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of conditioning hair comprising: I. applying from about 1 g. to about 60 g. of a composition comprising (A) from about 1% to about 99% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; and (B) from about 0.005% to about 1% of a hydrophobic thickening agent having a mass average molecular weight of up to 5,000,000.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of conditioning hair comprising: I. applying from about 1 g. to about 60 g. of a composition comprising (A) from about 1% to about 99% of a volatile liquid hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, silicones and mixtures thereof; and (B) from about 0.005% to about 1% of a hydrophobic thickening agent having a mass average molecular weight of up to 5,000,000.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 10 wherein the amount of volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is from about 2% to about 10% and the amount of hydrophobic thickening agent is from about 0.005% to about 0.5%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 11 wherein the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a silicone and the hydrophobic thickening agent selected from the group consisting of polyvinylethylether, polyvinyl isobutyl ether, nonvolatile polydimethylsiloxanes and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 12 wherein the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a cyclic silicone having either 4 or 5 dimethylsiloxane groups.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 13 wherein the volatile liquid hair conditioning agent is a cyclic silicone having 5 dimethyl siloxane groups and the hydrophobic thickening agent is polyvinyl isobutyl ether.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method according to claim 14 wherein the composition contains in addition from about 75% to about 95% water and from about 0.05% to about 4.0% of a cationic hair conditioning agent selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts and salts of fatty amines.
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