Clear pump hair spray formulations containing a linear sulfopolyester in a hydroalcoholic liquid vehicle

Claim 1

A clear pump hair spray formulation exhibiting less than 20 NTU's and consisting essentially of the following ingredients: (1) 0.5 to 15 weight percent of a linear sulfopolyester having a Tg of 40° C. to 50° C. and an inherent viscosity of 0.24 to 0.60 dl/g containing repeat units consisting essentially of the reaction product of 20 to 26 mole percent dimethyl-5-sodiosulfoisophthalate and 74 to 80 mole percent isophthalic acid, based on 100 mole percent of the dimethyl-5-sodiosulfoisophthalate and isophthalic acid, and 70 to 30 mole percent 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and 90 to 90 mole percent diethylene glycol, based on 100 mole percent of the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and diethylene glycol; (2) 80 to 99 weight percent of a water/alcohol liquid vehicle comprising 20 to 61.5 percent water and 35 to 60 percent alcohol, based on the total weight of the pump hair spray formulation, wherein the alcohol is an aliphatic straight or branched chain monohydric alcohol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; and (3) 0.5 to 10 weight percent based on the weight of ingredients (1), (2) and (3) of a water-soluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000, which is prepared from at least one vinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl vinyl ethers, alkyl acrylates, vinyl esters, n-vinyl lactams, alkyl acrylamides, half vinyl esters/half amides, half esters of maleic anhydride vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylic acid, crotonic acid, methacrylic acid, and combinations thereof.