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Hair care compositions
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1989-06-27
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Granted: 1990-03-06
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Expires: 2009-06-27
Abstract
Abstract Hair care compositions which give both improved style retention and hair conditioning properties and easier processing. The compositions comprise from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a filler reinforced silicone gum, from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a silicone resin and a volatile carrier.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel S. Cobb
- 👤 Nancy M. Lorincz
- 👤 Melissa S. Monich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/12; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/19; A61K8/25; A61K8/72; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/891; A61Q5/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
34 words
A hair care composition comprising: (a) from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a silica reinforced silicone gum; (b) from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a silicone resin; and (c) a volatile carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
A hair care composition comprising: (a) from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a silica reinforced silicone gum; (b) from about 0.01% to about 10.0% of a silicone resin; and (c) a volatile carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the rigid silicone gum is filler reinforced polydimethyl siloxane gum.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A hair care composition according to claim 2 wherein the volatile carrier is a cyclic silicone containing from about 3 to about 7 silicon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A hair care composition according to claim 3 in the form of a shampoo which in addition contains from about 10% to about 35% of a synthetic surfactant or mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A hair care composition according to claim 4 wherein the synthetic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A hair care composition according to claim 5 wherein the filler reinforced silicone gum is present at a level of from about 0.1% to about 2.0% and the silicone resin is present at a level of from about 0.5% to about 5%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A hair care composition according to claim 3 in the form of a conditioner which additionally contains from about 0.1% to about 10.0% of a lipid vehicle material and from about 0.05% to about 5.0% of a cationic surfactant.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A hair care composition according to claim 7 wherein the cationic surfactant is a quaternary ammonium salt.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A hair care composition according to claim 8 wherein the lipid vehicle material is selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetyl palmitate, glyceryl monostearate and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of hair tonic.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of hairspray or pump spray.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A hair care composition according to claim 1 in the form of a mousse.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method of conditioning hair comprising treating the hair with a composition according to claim 4.
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