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Clean conditioning compositions for hair
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1990-05-01
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Granted: 1992-03-31
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Expires: 2010-05-01
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed are hair conditioning compositions which provide cleaner hair conditioning than is experienced with traditional hair conditioners based on quaternary ammonium compounds and lipid materials. The present conditioning compositions are based on a substantially non-depositing vehicle base which comprises a primary thickening agent which is a nonionic long chain alkylated cellulose ether, a secondary thickening agent which is a water-insoluble surfactant, and a compatible solvent. These compositions comprise a mixture of conditioning agents including silicone conditioning agents, cationic surfactant conditioning agents, and high levels of fatty alcohol conditioning agents. These conditioning compositions provide optimized hair conditioning without the drawbacks associated with traditional hair conditioners, that is, dirty hair feel and quick resoiling of hair.
Inventors
- 👤 Phyllis M. Ansher-Jackson
- 👤 Sue A. Etter
- 👤 Kathleen B. Jividen
- 👤 Patrick C. McCall
- 👤 Drew D. Setser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 01:32
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/34; A61K8/342; A61K8/40; A61K8/42; A61K8/58; A61K8/585; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61K8/731; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/891; A61Q5/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
226 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98.9%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.1% to about 10.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether having a sufficient degree of nonionic substitution, selected from the group consisting of methyl, hydroxyethyl, and hydroxypropyl to cause it to be water-soluble and being further substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having 10 to 24 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.2 weight percent and the amount which render said cellulose ether less than 1% by weight soluble in water; (B) from about 0.02% to about 10.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a water-insoluble surfactant, having a molecular weight less than about 20,000; and (C) from about 65% to about 98.8%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a compatible solvent; and (b) from about 1.1% to about 20%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.1% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a silicone conditioning agent; and (B) from greater than 1% to about 2%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 1.0% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
226 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98.9%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.1% to about 10.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether having a sufficient degree of nonionic substitution, selected from the group consisting of methyl, hydroxyethyl, and hydroxypropyl to cause it to be water-soluble and being further substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having 10 to 24 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.2 weight percent and the amount which render said cellulose ether less than 1% by weight soluble in water; (B) from about 0.02% to about 10.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a water-insoluble surfactant, having a molecular weight less than about 20,000; and (C) from about 65% to about 98.8%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a compatible solvent; and (b) from about 1.1% to about 20%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.1% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a silicone conditioning agent; and (B) from greater than 1% to about 2%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 1.0% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein a quaternary ammonium compound comprises at least a portion of the water-insoluble surfactant, at a level up to about 2.5% by weight of the conditioning composition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the nonionic cellulose ether comprises from about 0.2% to about 5.0% of the hair conditioning composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 3 wherein the nonionic cellulose ether comprises the long-chain alkyl radical attached via an ether linkage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein the nonionic cellulose ether comprises a water-soluble hydroxypropyl cellulose substituted with a long-chain alkyl radical having 10 to 22 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.2 weight percent and the amount which renders the hydroxypropyl cellulose less than 1% by weight soluble in water.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 4 wherein the nonionic cellulose ether comprises a water-soluble hydroxyethyl cellulose substituted with a long-chain alkyl radical having 10 to 22 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.2 weight percent and the amount which renders the hydroxyethyl cellulose less than 1% by weight soluble in water.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 6 wherein the hydroxyethyl cellulose prior to substitution with the long chain alkyl group has a molecular weight of about 50,000 to 700,000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 7 wherein the water-soluble hydroxyethyl cellulose is substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having about 16 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.30% to about 0.95%, by weight; the hydroxyethyl molar substitution is from about 2.3 to about 3.7; and the average molecular weight of the unsubstituted cellulose is from about 300,000 to about 700,000.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the water-insoluble surfactant is selected from the group consisting of stearamide DEA, cocamide MEA, dimethyl stearamine oxide, glyceryl monooleate, sucrose stearate, PEG-2 stearamine, Ceteth-2, glycerol stearate citrate, Poloxamer 181, hydrogenated tallow dimethyl betaine, hydrogenated tallow amide DEA, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 9 wherein the water-insoluble surfactant comprises hydrogenated tallow amide DEA.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the quaternary ammonium compound hair conditioning agent comprises dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, lauryl alcohol, oleyl alcohol and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 12 wherein the fatty alcohol is selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 additionally comprising from about 0.05% to about 1.0% of a chelating agent which is selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetracetic acid and salts thereof, nitrilo triacetic acid and salts thereof, hydroxyethylene diamine triacetic acid and salts thereof, diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid and salts thereof, diethanol glycine and salts thereof, ethanol diglycine and salts thereof, citric acid and salts thereof, phosphoric acid and salts thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the silicone conditioning agent comprises from about 1% to about 20% of a volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 10 centipoise.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the silicone conditioning agent comprises a non-volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 100,000 centipoise.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the silicone conditioning agent comprises from about 0.015% to about 9.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 17 wherein the silicone gum is selected from the group consisting of polydimethylsiloxane gums and polyphenylmethylsiloxane gums.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the silicone conditioning agent comprises a combination of a volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 10 centipoise, and from about 0.015% to about 9.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. of greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise, wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 90:10 to about 10:90.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein the silicone conditioning agent comprises a combination of a non-volatile silicone fluid having a at 25° C. viscosity of less than about 100,000 centipoise and from about 0.015% to about 9.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise; wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 70:30 to about 30:70.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 which comprises up to about 1.0% of a trimethylsilyl- amodimethicone as at least a portion of the silicone conditioning agent.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 wherein a stearamidopropyldimethyl amine comprises at least a portion of the water-insoluble surfactant component at a level up to about 1% of the conditioning composition.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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The composition of claim 2 which additionally comprises from about 0.1% to about 1.5% of a hydrolyzed animal protein hair conditioning agent.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.2% to about 5.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having about 16 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.30% to about 0.95%, by weight; a hydroxyethyl molar substitution of from about 2.3 to about 3.7; and an average molecular weight of unsubstituted cellulose of from about 300,000 to about 700,000; (B) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of hydrogenated tallow amide DEA; (C) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition of a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, and salts thereof; citric acid, and salts thereof; and mixtures thereof; and (D) from about 75% to about 95%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of water; and (b) from about 1.5% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.5% to about 15%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a combination of a volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 10 centipoise, and from about 0.5% to about 2.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise; wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 85:15 to about 50:50; (B) from about 0.5% to about 2.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride; and (C) from greater than 1% to about 1.5%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 0.5% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.2% to about 5.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having about 16 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.30% to about 0.95%, by weight; a hydroxyethyl molar substitution of from about 2.3 to about 3.7; and an average molecular weight of unsubstituted cellulose of from about 300,000 to about 700,000; (B) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of hydrogenated tallow amide DEA; (C) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition of a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, and salts thereof; citric acid, and salts thereof; and mixtures thereof; and (D) from about 75% to about 95%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of water; and (b) from about 1.5% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.5% to about 15%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a combination of a volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 10 centipoise, and from about 0.5% to about 2.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise; wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 85:15 to about 50:50; (B) from about 0.5% to about 2.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride; and (C) from greater than 1% to about 1.5%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 0.5% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
327 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.2% to about 5.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having about 16 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.30% to about 0.95%, by weight; a hydroxyethyl molar substitution of from about 2.3 to about 3.7; and an average molecular weight of unsubstituted cellulose of from about 300,000 to about 700,000; (B) from about 0.05% to about 3.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of hydrogenated tallow amide DEA; (C) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition of a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, and salts thereof; citric acid, and salts thereof; and mixtures thereof; and (D) from about 75% to about 95%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of water; and (b) from about 1.5% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.5% to about 15%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a combination of a non-volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 100,000 centipoise and from about 0.5% to about 2.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise; wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 60:40 to about 40:60; (B) from about 0.5% to about 2.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride; and (C) from greater than 1% to about 1.5%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 0.5% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
327 words
A hair conditioning composition comprising: (a) from about 80% to about 98%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a vehicle base which comprises: (A) from about 0.2% to about 5.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a nonionic cellulose ether substituted with a long chain alkyl radical having about 16 carbon atoms in an amount between about 0.30% to about 0.95%, by weight; a hydroxyethyl molar substitution of from about 2.3 to about 3.7; and an average molecular weight of unsubstituted cellulose of from about 300,000 to about 700,000; (B) from about 0.05% to about 3.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of hydrogenated tallow amide DEA; (C) from about 0.05% to about 0.3%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition of a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, and salts thereof; citric acid, and salts thereof; and mixtures thereof; and (D) from about 75% to about 95%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of water; and (b) from about 1.5% to about 18%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a hair conditioning agent comprising; (A) from about 0.5% to about 15%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a combination of a non-volatile silicone fluid having a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 100,000 centipoise and from about 0.5% to about 2.0% of a silicone gum having a viscosity at 25° C. greater than about 1,000,000 centipoise; wherein the ratio of fluid to gum is from about 60:40 to about 40:60; (B) from about 0.5% to about 2.0%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride; and (C) from greater than 1% to about 1.5%, by weight of the hair conditioning composition, of a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; wherein said hair conditioning composition comprises no more than about 0.5% of water-soluble surfactants.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A method for providing conditioning to hair, said method comprising treating the hair with the composition of claim 1.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A method for providing conditioning to hair, said method comprising treating the hair with the composition of claim 24.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A method for providing conditioning to hair, said method comprising treating the hair with the composition of claim 25.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A method of manufacturing a hair conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein a quaternary ammonium compound comprises at least a portion of the water-insoluble surfactant, at a level up to about 2.5% by weight of the conditioning composition, comprising the step of premixing the silicone conditioning agent, the quaternary ammonium compound, and at least a portion of the solvent prior to mixing with the remaining components.
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