Brush incorporating a hydrophilic foam pad for hair cleaning and conditioning
First Claim
1. A hair cleaning and conditioning pad comprising a , resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound to said matrix is an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming hair conditioner and about 0.5-15% of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant.
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Abstract
A hair cleaning and conditioning pad is provided which comprises a shaped body of a resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix integrally incorporating an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a hair conditioning agent and a mixture of surfactants comprising a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant and, optionally, an amphoteric surfactant. The pad is preferably affixed to the tines of a styling brush to yield a composite brush which is effective to clean and condition dry hair.
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26 Claims
- 1. A hair cleaning and conditioning pad comprising a , resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound to said matrix is an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming hair conditioner and about 0.5-15% of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant.
- 10. A hair cleaning and conditioning pad comprising a resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound in or on said matrix, is an aqueous phase incorporating about 75-87.5% water, about 0.025-7.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming, hair conditioner, about 5-15% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.1-5% of a nonionic surfactant, about 0.5-10% of an anionic surfactant, and an amount of an inorganic salt effective to substantially enhance the release of the aqueous phase from the foam matrix to the hair when the pad is pressed against the hair.
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19. An assembly for treatment of hair or the like;
- said assembly comprising;
(a) a base member; (b) a hair cleaning pad member mounted on said base member;
said pad member comprising a resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound to said matrix is an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming hair conditioner and about 0.5-1.5% of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
- said assembly comprising;
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22. A kit for providing cleaning and conditioning of hair;
- said kit including;
(a) at least one base member; (b) at least one pad member mountable on said base member;
said at least one pad member comprising a resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound to said matrix is an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immiscible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming hair conditioner and about 0.5-1.5% of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant. - View Dependent Claims (23)
- said kit including;
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24. A method of cleaning and conditioning hair;
- said method comprising;
(a) providing an assembly comprising a base member with a pad member mounted hereon;
said pad member comprising a resilient, open-celled, hydrophilic polyurethane foam matrix, wherein bound to said matrix is an aqueous phase incorporating about 70-90% water, about 1-20% of a water-immissible organic solvent, about 0.05-1.5% of a polymeric organic film-forming hair conditioner and about 0.5-1.5% of a mixture of an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant; and
,(b) manipulating said base member to bring said pad member into contact with hair to be cleaned and conditioned. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
- said method comprising;
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