Foaming surfactant compositions

Claim 1

A foaming composition comprising (1) an alkylpolysaccharide surfactant having the formula RO(R 1 O) t (Z) x wherein Z is a moiety derived from a reducing saccharide containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms and wherein R is an alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxy alkylphenyl or hydroxyalkyl hydrophobic group or mixtures thereof in which said alkyl groups contain from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; R 1 contains from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; t is from 0 to about 30; and x is a number from about 1.5 to about 10; (2) an anionic cosurfactant selected from the group consisting of sulfates, sulfonates, carboxylates and mixtures thereof neutralized with one or more cationic moieties, the ratio of (2) to (1) being from about 1:10 to about 10:1; and (3) from about 2% to about 10% of an auxiliary foam booster selected from the group consisting of: (a) amides having the formula ##STR3## wherein R 7 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and each R 8 is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkanol, and --(C 2 H 4 O--) 1-4 H groups and mixtures thereof; (b) amine oxides having the formula: ##STR4## wherein R 4 is an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, each R 5 contains from two or three carbon atoms, b is from 0 to about 30, each R 6 is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of C 1-3 alkyl, C 1-3 alkanol, and --(C 2 H 4 O) 1-6 H groups and mixtures thereof; and (c) mixtures thereof.