Patent US5980877A successfully refreshed from Google Patents.
← Back to Patent Explorer
US5980877A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Conditioning shampoo composition

Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
•
Filing: 1996-10-25
•
Granted: 1999-11-09
•
Expires: 2016-10-25
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract Disclosed are aqueous conditioning shampoo compositions containing a surfactant component in a shampoo with a particulate insoluble, dispersed, non-volatile conditioning agent having a dual particle size range, suspending agent and a deposition polymer.

Inventors

  • 👤 John Thomas Baravetto
  • 👤 Elizabeth Murphy Schrader
  • 👤 Timothy Woodrow Coffindaffer
  • 👤 Susan Marie Guskey

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 01:21
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/46; A61K8/463; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61K8/731; A61K8/84; A61K8/89; A61K8/891; A61Q; A61Q5/00; A61Q5/02; A61Q5/12; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/41; A61K2800/412; A61K2800/54; A61K2800/542; A61K2800/5426

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, a) from about 5.0% to about 50% of an alkyl ether sulfate surfactant component conforming to the general formula: RO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.x SO.sub.3 M wherein R is a C 8 to C 30 alkyl, x is 1 to 10, and M is seecctcd from the group consisting of hydrogen, cation, monovalent metal cation, and polyvalent metal cation; b) from about 0.005% to about 10% of a conditioning component comprising: i) a first non-volatile conditioning agent having a mean particle size of less than about 2 microns; and ii) a second non-volatile conditioning gent having a mean particle size from about 15 microns to about 75 microns iii) wherein said first non-volatile conditioning agent and said second non-volatile conditioning agent are independently either polyalkyl of polyaryl siloxanes conforming to the general formula; ##STR12## wherein R is aliphatic and is substituted or unsubstituted, and x is an integer from 1 to about 8,000; c) from about 0.01% to about 3.0% of a deposition polymer; d) from about 0.1% to about 5% of a suspending agent; and c) an aqueous carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 183 words
An aqueous shampoo composition comprising, a) from about 5.0% to about 50% of an alkyl ether sulfate surfactant component conforming to the general formula: RO(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.x SO.sub.3 M wherein R is a C 8 to C 30 alkyl, x is 1 to 10, and M is seecctcd from the group consisting of hydrogen, cation, monovalent metal cation, and polyvalent metal cation; b) from about 0.005% to about 10% of a conditioning component comprising: i) a first non-volatile conditioning agent having a mean particle size of less than about 2 microns; and ii) a second non-volatile conditioning gent having a mean particle size from about 15 microns to about 75 microns iii) wherein said first non-volatile conditioning agent and said second non-volatile conditioning agent are independently either polyalkyl of polyaryl siloxanes conforming to the general formula; ##STR12## wherein R is aliphatic and is substituted or unsubstituted, and x is an integer from 1 to about 8,000; c) from about 0.01% to about 3.0% of a deposition polymer; d) from about 0.1% to about 5% of a suspending agent; and c) an aqueous carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 60 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 1 which comprises from about 8.0% to about 30% of said surfactant component and wherein said first non-volatile conditioning agent has a mean particle size of less than about 1 micron and wherein said second non-volatile conditioning agent has a mean particle size range of from about 20 microns to about 75 microns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 28 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 2 wherein said first non-volatile conditioning agent has a mean particle size range of from about 0.01 to about 0.5 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 3 wherein said first non-volatile conditioning agent has a mean particle size range of from about 0.01 to about 0.15 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 3 wherein the ratio of said first conditioning agent to said second conditioning agent is from about 1 to 10 to about 10 to 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 5 said non-volatile silicone conditioning agent is polydimethylsiloxane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 47 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 6 wherein said suspending agent is selected from the group consisting of long chain acyl derivatives having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms, long chain amines and amine oxides having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 30 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 7 wherein said suspending agent is a ethylene glycol ester of a fatty acid having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 78 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 8 wherein said a surfactant component comprises: i) an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant having from about 1 to about 8 moles of ethoxylation; and ii) an amphoteric surfactant wherein said composition comprises less than about 5% of ethoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactant having less than 1 mole of ethoxylation and wherein said deposition polymer is a cationic cellulosic polymer hair conditioning agent has a cationic charge density of from about 0.7 meq/gram.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 35 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 9 wherein said composition comprises an additional anionic surfactant and wherein said composition comprises less than about 2% of ethoxylated surfactant having less than 1 mole of ethoxylation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 18 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 10 wherein said cationic cellulosic polymer hair conditioning agent is Polyquatemium-10.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 30 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 11 wherein said cationic cellulosic polymer hair conditioning agent has a cationic charge density of from about 0.9 meq/gram to about 1.5 meq/gram.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 26 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 12 wherein said amphoteric surfactant is cocoamidopropyl betaine and comprises from about 1% to about 10% of the composition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 26 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 13 wherein said amphoteric surfactant is cocoamidopropyl betaine and comprises from about 2% to about 5% of the composition.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 24 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 14 wherein said non-volatile silicone conditioning agent comprises from about 0.05% to about 4% of the composition.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 24 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 15 wherein said non-volatile silicone conditioning agent comprises from about 0.2% to about 3% of the composition.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 20 words
An aqueous shampoo composition according to claim 1, further comprising from about 0.0001% to about 5% of an anti-dandruff agent.
Claim 19
Independent Claim 46 words
A method for cleansing and conditioning hair, comprising the steps of: (a) wetting hair with water, (b) applying an effective amount of a shampoo composition, according to any one of claims 1-17 to the hair, and (c) rinsing said shampoo composition from said hair using water.

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 2002-11-08 2003-05-10 2003-11-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2006-11-08 2007-05-10 2007-11-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2010-11-08 2011-05-10 2011-11-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag