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Pressurized hair spray composition

Assignee: COSMOSOL Ltd PO BOX 684 ARMONK NY 10504 A CORP OF NY
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Filing: 1989-07-17
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Granted: 1991-10-01
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Expires: 2009-07-17
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Abstract

Abstract An environmentally sound, nonflammable pressurized hair-fixative spray product comprises shellac, dimethyl ether and water.

Inventors

  • 👤 Stephen Shernov

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 16:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/92; A61K8/927; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S424/00; Y10S424/01; Y10S424/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 101 words
A non-flammable, alcohol-free, environmentally-benign, carcinogen-free, one-liquid phase, pressurized hair-fixative spray product consisting essentially of a) shellac in the amount of about 7.5 to about 9.5 weight percent of the total fill; b) a neutralizer for said shellac in the amount of about 1.4 to 3 weight percent of the total fill; c) dimethyl ether in the amount of about 30 to about 38 weight percent of the total fill; and d) water in the amount of the rest of the total fill; whereby the hair is kept moist, the applied and consumer kept free of respiratory irritation, and the air unchanged.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 101 words
A non-flammable, alcohol-free, environmentally-benign, carcinogen-free, one-liquid phase, pressurized hair-fixative spray product consisting essentially of a) shellac in the amount of about 7.5 to about 9.5 weight percent of the total fill; b) a neutralizer for said shellac in the amount of about 1.4 to 3 weight percent of the total fill; c) dimethyl ether in the amount of about 30 to about 38 weight percent of the total fill; and d) water in the amount of the rest of the total fill; whereby the hair is kept moist, the applied and consumer kept free of respiratory irritation, and the air unchanged.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
A spray product as in claim 1, wherein the shellac is selected from the group consisting of seed lac, bleached white shellac, dewaxed bleached white shellac, orange flake shellac, dewaxed orange flake shellac, decolorized dewaxed orange flake shellac, food grade shellac, cosmetic grade shellac, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
A pressurized hair-fixative spray product as in claim 1, further including a plasticizer in an amount of about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of the total fill.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 51 words
A pressurized hair fixative spray product as in claim 3, wherein the plasticer is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols and derivatives thereof, polypropylene glycols and derivatives thereof, citrate esters, coconut and other vegetable oils, lanolins, silicones, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, glycerol, proteins, polypeptides, phosphate esters, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
The pressurized hair fixative spray product as in claim 3, wherein the plasticizer comprises about 1 to about 3 weight percent of the total fill.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The spray product as in claim 1, wherein said neutralizer for the shellac is selected from ammonia, morpholine, dodecylamine, triisopropanolamine, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, aminomethylpropanediol, aminoethylpropanediol and borax.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
The spray product as in claim 1, wherein the pH of the fill is about 9.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 66 words
The pressurized hair-fixative product of claim 1 which also includes about 0.1 to about 0.5 weight percent of the total fill of one or more of each of the additives selected from the group consisting of a perfume oil, a fragrance, an antimicrobial agent, a biocidal agent, a buffer, an antioxidant, a chelating agent, an anticorrosive agent, aloe plant extract, a coloring agent, or mixtures thereof.

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