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Hair coloring composition and its method of use
Assignee: P&G Hair Care Holding Inc
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Filing: 1987-12-14
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Granted: 1989-10-10
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Expires: 2007-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A temporary or semipermanent hair coloring composition comprising an aqueous vehicle having incorporated therein a hair coloring component, said composition also containing as a cosolvent for the hair colorant from less than about 15% by weight of a diol selected from the group consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbon diols having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms and bis (hydroxy-alkyl) cyclohexanes having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles R. Hahn
- 👤 Warren B. Shapiro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:40
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/06; A61Q5/065; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/34; A61K8/345; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/42; A61K2800/43; A61K2800/432
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A temporary or semipermanent hair coloring composition comprising an aqueous vehicle having incorporated therein a hair coloring component comprising one or more hair colorants selected from the group consisting of water-soluble temporary and water-soluble semipermanent hair colorants and mixtures thereof, in amount sufficient to color hair, said composition also containing as a cosolvent for said hair colorants from about 2 to about 15% by weight of a diol, said diol being selected from the group consisting of branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon diols and having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms and bis(hydroxyalkyl) cycloalkanes having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms, said diol being present in said composition in a concentration to effectively function as a cosolvent for said hair colorants.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A temporary or semipermanent hair coloring composition comprising an aqueous vehicle having incorporated therein a hair coloring component comprising one or more hair colorants selected from the group consisting of water-soluble temporary and water-soluble semipermanent hair colorants and mixtures thereof, in amount sufficient to color hair, said composition also containing as a cosolvent for said hair colorants from about 2 to about 15% by weight of a diol, said diol being selected from the group consisting of branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbon diols and having from 5 to 8 carbon atoms and bis(hydroxyalkyl) cycloalkanes having from 7 to 14 carbon atoms, said diol being present in said composition in a concentration to effectively function as a cosolvent for said hair colorants.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1, wherein said bis(hydroxyalkyl) cycloalkane has from 8 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 2 wherein the cycloalkane moiety of said bis(hydroxyalkyl) cycloalkane has 6 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 3 wherein the alkyl moiety of the hydroxyalkyl group of said bis(hydroxyalkyl) cycloalkane is a lower alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said aqueous vehicle is a non-ethanolic vehicle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said diol is present in said composition at a concentration in the range of from about 2% to about 10% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said hair colorants are direct dyes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 wherein said diol is selected from the group consisting of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1, 3-pentanediol; 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol; 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 in the form of a gel.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 in the form of a lotion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A process for coloring hair comprising applying to said hair the composition of claim 1 in an amount effective to provide a temporary or semipermanent color to said hair.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1 wherein the hair colorant is present in an amount of from 0.01 to about 4% by weight of the composition.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 1 wherein the hair colorants are selected from the group consisting of D&C Orange #4; FD&C Yellow #6; External D&C Violet #2; FD&C Red #4; FD&C Yellow #5; D&C Red #33; FD&C Blue #1; D&C Yellow 10, and D&C Green #5.
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