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Extra mild shower gel or hair shampoo formulation
Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser NV
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Filing: 1990-08-23
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Granted: 1992-06-23
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Expires: 2010-08-23
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a shower gel or hair shampoo which includes a neutralized tenside combination of alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate, alkyl sulphate and fatty acid amidopropylbetaine, as well as conventional adjuvant and carrier materials, wherein the average degree of ethoxylation of the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate is from 2 to 5 ethoxy groups.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinrich Baust
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:38
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q19/00; A61Q19/10; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/39; A61K8/40; A61K8/44; A61K8/442; A61K8/46; A61K8/463; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/59; A61K2800/596
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo comprising a neutralized tenside combination of 2-4.5 weight percent alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate, 1.5-3.5 weight percent alkyl sulphate and 1.5-3 weight percent fatty acid amidopropylbetaine, wherein the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate comprises a compound represented by the general formula: R--O--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 ⊖(I) wherein R is an alkyl radical having up to 20 carbon atoms and n is an integer or fractional number of from 2 to 5, wherein said tenside combination is present in an amount of up to about 10% by weight.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo comprising a neutralized tenside combination of 2-4.5 weight percent alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate, 1.5-3.5 weight percent alkyl sulphate and 1.5-3 weight percent fatty acid amidopropylbetaine, wherein the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate comprises a compound represented by the general formula: R--O--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --CH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 ⊖(I) wherein R is an alkyl radical having up to 20 carbon atoms and n is an integer or fractional number of from 2 to 5, wherein said tenside combination is present in an amount of up to about 10% by weight.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein R in general formula (I) comprises an alkyl radical having 10 to 16 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel as recited in claim 2, wherein R in general formula (I) comprises an alkyl radical having 12 to 14 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate is a mixture of compounds represented by general formula I and n and has an average value of about 2.5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, further comprising a neutralizing agent selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein the amount ratio of fatty acid amidopropylbetaine to alkyl sulphate to alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate ranges from about 1:1.5:8 to 1:3.2:4.3.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, further comprising lauryl alcohol ethoxylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one conditioner.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 8, wherein the conditioner comprises a protein hydrolysate or an acrylamide polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, further comprising an electrolyte as a thickener present in an amount up to about 10% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 10, wherein the electrolyte comprises sodium chloride.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, further comprising a polyphosphate as a thickener.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 12, wherein the polyphosphate comprises sodium hexametaphosphate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein the shower gel or hair shampoo has a pH of about 6.5-6.8.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate is neutralized with an ion selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and ammonium.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 1, wherein the alkyl polyglycol ether carboxylate is neutralized with tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo as recited in claim 10, wherein the shower gel or hair shampoo does not include an additional thickener other than the tenside combination and the electrolyte.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A shower gel or hair shampoo comprising, in weight percent: about 2-4.5% of a tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane salt of an alkyl polyglycol ether of carboxylate; about 1.5-3.5% of sodium lauryl sulphate; about 1.5-3% of fatty acid amidopropylbetaine; about 0.3-1.5% of protein hydrolysate; about 0.1-0.5% of lauryl alcohol ethoxylate; about 0.2-2% of polyquaternium compound; about 0.5-2% of perfume; about 0-5% of sodium hexametaphosphate; about 2-10% of sodium chloride; about 0.05-0.5% of preserving agent; and ad 100% water.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
74 words
A shower gel or hair shampoo comprising, in weight percent: about 2-4.5% of a tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane salt of an alkyl polyglycol ether of carboxylate; about 1.5-3.5% of sodium lauryl sulphate; about 1.5-3% of fatty acid amidopropylbetaine; about 0.3-1.5% of protein hydrolysate; about 0.1-0.5% of lauryl alcohol ethoxylate; about 0.2-2% of polyquaternium compound; about 0.5-2% of perfume; about 0-5% of sodium hexametaphosphate; about 2-10% of sodium chloride; about 0.05-0.5% of preserving agent; and ad 100% water.
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