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Ground rice hulls in body powders
Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1981-11-16
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Granted: 1983-10-04
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Expires: 2001-11-16
Abstract
Abstract Novel high absorption body powder compositions comprising rice hulls ground to a particle fineness such that the material passes through a 200 mesh sieve, and preferably passes through a 325 mesh sieve, as the basic and main powder constituent.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward Eigen
- 👤 Dina I. Brachman
- 👤 Stuart D. Friedman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:28
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/19; A61K8/96; A61K8/97; A61K8/9783; A61K8/9794; A61Q; A61Q1/00; A61Q1/12; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/41; A61K2800/412
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
51 words
A highly absorbent body powder composition consisting essentially of finely ground rice hulls which pass through a 200 mesh sieve as the base powder, in amounts up to 98% by weight of the composition and from 1 up to 15% by weight of the total composition of a suitable binding agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
A highly absorbent body powder composition consisting essentially of finely ground rice hulls which pass through a 200 mesh sieve as the base powder, in amounts up to 98% by weight of the composition and from 1 up to 15% by weight of the total composition of a suitable binding agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A body powder composition according to claim 1, wherein the ground rice hull particles pass through a 325 mesh sieve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A body powder composition according to claim 1, containing talc in an amount less than 50% of the ground rice hull content.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A body powder composition according to claim 1, wherein the ground rice hulls is the sole base powder in an amount of about 50% to 98% by weight of the composition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A body powder according to claim 1, wherein the binding agent is a metallic stearate and is present in an amount from about 1-15% by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A body powder according to claim 5, wherein the binding agent is selected from the group consisting of zinc, magnesium and aluminum stearate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A body powder according to claim 6, containing about 0.1-15% by weight of a perfume and a perfume carrier.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A body powder according to claim 7, wherein the perfume carrier is magnesium carbonate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A body powder according to claim 8, which is in the form of a dusting powder.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A body powder according to claim 5, which is in the form of a loose face powder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A body powder according to claim 5, which is in the form of a pressed face powder.
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