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Mild conditioning shampoo with a high foam level containing an anionic surfactant-cationic acrylate/acrylamide copolymer conditioning agent

Assignee: Helene Curtis Inc
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Filing: 1991-06-24
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Granted: 1993-06-22
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Expires: 2011-06-24
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Abstract

Abstract A conditioning shampoo containing an anionic surfactant, in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight, and a cationic acrylate/acrylamide copolymer conditioning agent material, in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight, has extended product stability, excellent overall conditioning to human hair, particularly superior wet and dry combing properties, and unexpectedly maintains very high levels of foam, with a mild anionic cleansing detergent, e.g., an anionic carboxylate detergent, or with lower amounts of a strong anionic cleansing detergent, such as a long chain (C 12 -C 22 ) alkyl sulfate, and/or a long chain (C 12 -C 22 ) partially or fully ethoxylated alkyl sulfate; and/or a long chain (C 12 -C 22 ) sulfonate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ben Janchitraponvej
  • 👤 William J. Brown

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/81; A61K8/817; A61K8/8176; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/39; A61K8/40; A61K8/44; A61K8/46; A61K8/463; A61K8/8141; A61K8/8158; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/896; A61K8/898; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61Q5/12; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/54; A61K2800/542; A61K2800/5426

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim 59 words
A mild conditioning shampoo capable of thoroughly cleansing and conditioning hair while maintaining a high foam level comprising water, an anionic surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition, and a cationic oil-soluble, water-dispersible cross-linked quaternary acrylate/acrylamide copolymer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 59 words
A mild conditioning shampoo capable of thoroughly cleansing and conditioning hair while maintaining a high foam level comprising water, an anionic surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition, and a cationic oil-soluble, water-dispersible cross-linked quaternary acrylate/acrylamide copolymer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 68 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of disodium laureth sulfosuccinate; disodium lauroamide MEA sulfosuccinate; disodium ricinoleamido MEA sulfosuccinate; ceteareth-25-carboxylic acid salt; trideceth-7-carboxylic acid salt; pareth-25-6-carboxylic acid salt; trideceth-4-carboxylic acid salt; trideceth-19-carboxylic acid salt; sodium trideceth-12-carboxylate; sodium ceteth-13-carboxylate; laureth-5-carboxylic acid salt; sodium laureth-13-carboxylate; sodium oleth-13-carboxylate; sodium ceteareth-5-carboxylate; sodium ceteareth-9-carboxylate; isosteareth-6-carboxylic acid salt; and isosteareth-6-carboxylic acid salt; and isosteareth-11-carboxylic acid salt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
The composition of claim 1 further including a long chain (C 12 -C 22 ) amine oxide emulsion stabilizer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 5% based on the weight of the composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
The composition of claim 1 having a pH of about 4.5 to about 7.5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 41 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition includes a viscosity increasing agent in an amount of about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition capable of raising the viscosity of the composition to at least about 3,000 centipoises.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
The composition of claim 1 further including a zwitterionic detergent in an amount of about 5% to about 15% by weight of the composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 26 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition includes a betaine surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 12 words
The composition of claim 7, wherein the betaine surfactant is cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 11 words
The composition of claim 7, wherein the betaine surfactant is cocoampho-carboxyglycinate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 11 words
The composition of claim 7, wherein the betaine surfactant is lauroampho-carboxyglycinate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 11 words
The composition of claim 2, wherein the surfactant is laureth-5-carboxylic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 54 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition includes less than about 9% by weight of the composition of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a long chain (C 12-22 ) alkyl sulfate; a long chain (C 12-22 ) alkyl ether sulfate; and a long chain (C 12-22 ) alkyl sulfonate.
Claim 14
Independent Claim 75 words
A method of cleansing and conditioning hair, simultaneously, while maintaining a high foam level and excellent cleansing in a mild shampoo composition comprising contacting the hair with a mild conditioning shampoo composition comprising water, an anionic surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition, and a cationic oil-soluble , water-dispersible cross-linked quaternary acrylate/acrylamide copolymer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the composition.
Claim 15
Independent Claim 75 words
A method of cleansing and conditioning hair, simultaneously, while maintaining a high foam level and excellent cleansing in a mild shampoo composition comprising contacting the hair with a mild conditioning shampoo composition comprising water, an anionic surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition, and a cationic oil-soluble , water-dispersible cross-linked quaternary acrylate/acrylamide copolymer in an amount of about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the composition.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 60 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the anionic surfactant is a low irritation surfactant selected from the group consisting of disodium laureth sulfosuccinate; disodium lauroamido MEA sulfosuccinate; disodium ricinoleamido MEA sulfosuccinate; ceteareth-25-carboxylic acid; trideceth-7-carboxylic acid; pareth-25-6-carboxylic acid; trideceth-4-carboxylic acid; trideceth-19-carboxylic acid; sodium trideceth-12-carboxylate; sodium ceteth-13-carboxylate; laureth-5-carboxylic acid; sodium laureth-13-carboxylate; sodium oleth-13-carboxylate; sodium ceteareth-5-carboxylate; sodium ceteareth-9-carboxylate; isosteareth-6-carboxylic acid; and isosteareth-11-carboxylic acid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 41 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the conditioning shampoo further includes an amine oxide emulsion stabilizer having a long chain (C 12-22 ) alkyl substituent in an amount of about 0.1% to about 5% based on the weight of the composition.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 43 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the conditioning shampoo further includes a viscosity increasing agent in an amount of about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition capable of raising the viscosity of the composition to at least about 3,000 centipoises.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the composition includes a zwitterionic detergent in an amount of about 5% to about 15% by weight of the composition.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the composition includes a betaine surfactant in an amount of about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the betaine surfactant is cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 11 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the betaine surfactant is cocoampho-carboxyglycinate.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 11 words
The method of claim 18, wherein the betaine surfactant is lauroampho-carboxyglycinate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method of claim 14, wherein the carboxylate surfactant is laureth-5-carboxylic acid.

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