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Mild skin cleansing toilet bar with silicone skin mildness/moisturizing aid
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1990-11-16
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Granted: 1992-10-13
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Expires: 2010-11-16
Abstract
Abstract A mild skin cleansing composition in the form of a bar comprising from about 0.5% to about 20% of a mixture of a silicone gum and a silicone fluid wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 10:1 to about 1:10, preferably from about 4:1 to about 1:4, most preferably from about 3:2 to about 2:3. The silicone component is a skin mildness/moisturizing aid which imparts superior, durable conditioning to skin washed with the composition. Processes for preparing a mild skin cleansing toilet bar with this silicone component are disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Martha O. Visscher
- 👤 Theresa A. Bakken
- 👤 Lawrence A. Gilbert
- 👤 Norman G. Howell
- 👤 Debra D. Watson
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-02 06:42
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q19/00; A61Q19/10; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/891; C; C11; C11D; C11D17/00; C11D17/0047; C11D17/006; C11D3/00; C11D3/16; C11D3/37; C11D3/3703; C11D3/373
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A mild skin cleansing composition in the form of a bar comprising from about 0.5% to about 20% o a silicone component which consists of a silicone gum and a silicone fluid, wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 10:1 to about 1:10 and said silicone component has a particle size of at least about 20 microns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A mild skin cleansing composition in the form of a bar comprising from about 0.5% to about 20% o a silicone component which consists of a silicone gum and a silicone fluid, wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 10:1 to about 1:10 and said silicone component has a particle size of at least about 20 microns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 1 further comprising from about 12% to about 90% of a cleaning component selected from the group consisting of soaps, synthetic surfactants, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 2 wherein said cleaning component is a mixture of soap and synthetic surfactant, the composition containing from about 5% to about 40% soap and from about 12% to about 85% synthetic surfactant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 3 wherein said silicone component is present at from about 1.5% to about 16%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 3 wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 4:1 to about 1:4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 3 wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 7:3 to about 3:7.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 6 wherein the ratio of gum:fluid is about 3:2 to about 2:3.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 6 wherein the silicone fluid has a viscosity of from about 5 centistokes to about 600,000 centistokes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 8 wherein the silicone gum has a mass molecular weight of from about 200,000 to about 1,000,000 and a viscosity of greater than 600,000 centistokes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 9 wherein both the silicone gum and silicone fluid are polydimethylsiloxanes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 10 wherein the silicone gum has a molecular weight of about 500,000 the silicone fluid has a viscosity of about 350 centistokes, the gum:fluid ration is about 3:2, and the silicone component is present at about 10%.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
79 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 3 wherein said synthetic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of: alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonates (AGS); acyl sarcosinates; essentially saturated C 15 -C 20 alkyl sulfates; methyl acyl taurates; N-acyl glutamates; alkyl glucosides; acyl isethionates; alkyl sulfosuccinates; amido-monoethanolamine sulfosuccinate; alkyl phosphate esters; alkyl ether sulfates; alkylmonoglyceryl sulfates; ethoxylated alkyl phosphate esters; methyl glucose esters; protein condensates; mixtures of ethoxylated alkyl sulfates and alkyl amine oxides; betaines; sultaines; and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 12 wherein said synthetic surfactant comprises an alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate which is present at from about 4% to about 50% of the composition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 13 further comprising from about 1% to about 50% of a mild co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates, C 16 -C 18 alkyl sulfates, sodium cocoylmonoglyceryl sulfates, sodium cocyl isethionates, alkylmonoglycerol sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 14 wherein said mils synthetic co-surfactant is present at from about 18% to about 55% and is a saturated C 16 -C 18 alkyl sulfate surfactant.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
55 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 15 further comprising from about 10% to about 50% of a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of paraffin waxes, fatty acids, nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols, polyethylene glycols, and mixtures thereof, wherein said plasticizer has a melting point of from about 23° C. to about 110° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
74 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 12 wherein said mild synthetic surfactant is an alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate/acyl sarcosinate/cetearyl sulfate mix wherein the ratio of alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate to acyl sarcosinate is from about 0.1:1 to about 5.0:1, the ratio of acyl sarcosinate to cetearyl sulfate is from about 0.1:1 to about 0.6:1, and the ratio of alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate to cetearyl sulfate is from about 0.1:1 to about 1.3:1.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
80 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 17 wherein the ratio of alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate to acyl sarcosinate is about 0.3:1 to about 4.7:1, the ratio of acyl sarcosinate to cetearyl sulfate is from about 0.2:1 to about 0.6:1, the ratio of alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate to cetearyl sulfate is from about 0.1:1 to about 0.7:1, and wherein the ratio of the alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate/acyl sarcosinate/cetearyl sulfate mix to soap is from about 0.3:1 to about 14:1.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 12 further comprising from about 0.01% to about 10% of a polymeric skin feel and mildness aid.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
101 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 19 wherein said polymeric skin feel and mildness aid is selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts of hydroxyethylcellulose; guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride; hydroxypropyl guar, and diallyldimonium chloride/hydroxyethylcellulose copolymer; polymeric quaternary ammonium salts of acylamide and dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride monomers; poly (dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride); polymers having the following structural formula: ##STR4## y is a compatible anion, cationic and nonionic polysaccharides; cationic and nonionic homopolymers and copolymers derived from acrylic and/or methacrylic acid; cationic copolymers of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride and acrylic acid; cationic homopolymers of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride; cationic polyalkyleneimines, ethoxypolyalkylene imines, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
47 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 20 wherein said bar contains a mixture of polymeric skin feel and mildness aids selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts of hydroxyethylcellulose, polymeric quaternary ammonium salts of acylamide, and dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride monomers, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 20 wherein the polymeric skin feel and mildness aid is a cationic hydroxyethylcellulose.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 11 further comprising from about 20% to about 85% alkyl glyceryl ether sulfonate/acyl sarcosinate/cetearyl sulfate mix, from about 5% to about 15% soap, from about 0.01% to about 10% cationic hydroxyethylcellulose, from about 15% to about 40% of a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of paraffins, fatty acid, fatty alcohols, ethoxylated fatty alcohols, polyethylene glycols and nonionic surfactants and mixtures thereof, and from about 2% to about 10% water.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 11 further comprising from about 20% to about 45% C 16 -C 18 alkyl sulfate surfactant, from about 15% to about 40% plasticizer, from about 5% to about 15% sodium soap, and from about 8% to about 40% mild so-surfactant.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
44 words
A mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 24 wherein said mild co-surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sodium glyceryl ether sulfonate, sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium cocoylmonoglyceryl sulfate, sodium laureth-3 sulfate, alkylmonoglycerol sulfates, ethoxylated alkyl sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
87 words
In a process for preparing a mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 2 comprising the steps of mixing the components in a crutcher, drying said mixture, amalgamating said mixture, milling said mixture, plodding and stamping said mixture, the improvement wherein said silicone component is premixed with at least a portion of the synthetic surfactant cleaning component n the absence of soap; said premix then being added t the crutcher such that the particle size of the silicone component after crutching is at least about 20 microns.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 26 wherein the particle size of the silicone component after crutching is at least about 35 microns.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 27 wherein the synthetic surfactant in the premix is an acyl sarcosinate.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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In a process for preparing a mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 2 comprising the steps of mixing the components in a crutcher, drying said mixture, amalgamating said mixture, milling said mixture, plodding and stamping said mixture, the improvement wherein said silicone component is mixed with a carrier selected from the group consisting of paraffins, alcohols, ethers, polyethylene glycols, nonionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, polymers, low molecular weight solvents, perfume ingredients, and mixtures thereof, the silicone component having a particle size of at lest about 20 microns in said mixture; and said mixture is added to the amalgamator.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a mild skin cleansing composition according to claim 29 wherein the silicone/carrier mixture is formed into flakes prior to addition to the agglomerator.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A process for preparing a mild skin cleansing bar according to claim 29 wherein the carrier is polyethylene glycol with an average mass molecular weight of from about 7000 to about 9000.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process for enhancing skin conditioning comprising washing said skin in an aqueous system using a toilet bar containing a silicone component with a particle size of at least about 20 microns to deposit from about 0.2 to about 10 micrograms of said silicone component per cm 2 of skin.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process for enhancing skin conditioning comprising washing said skin in an aqueous system using a toilet bar containing a silicone component with a particle size of at least about 20 microns to deposit from about 0.2 to about 10 micrograms of said silicone component per cm 2 of skin.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
78 words
A process for enhancing skin conditioning according to claim 32 wherein the silicone component consists of a blend of a silicone gum and a silicone fluid, and the silicone fluid having a viscosity of from about 5 centistokes to about 600,000 centistokes, and the silicone gum having a mass molecular weight of from about 200,000 to about 1,000,000 and a viscosity of greater than 600,000 centistokes, and wherein the gum:fluid ratio is from about 10:1 to about 1:10.
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