Transparent conditioning shampoo

• US 6,743,760 B1
• Filed: 05/29/2003
• Issued: 06/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Original Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Inventors: Psihoules, Anthony, Hardy, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Boyer, Charles
• Application Number:
  US10/447,966
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• Field of Search: 510/119, 510/122, 510/123, 510/124, 510/125, 510/421, 510/422, 510/424, 510/426, 510/427, 510/466, 510/503, 510/490
• US Class Current: 510/125
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5426 cationic
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/594 Mixtures of polymers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/596 Mixtures of surface active compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/442 substituted by amido group(s)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/463 containing sulfuric acid derivatives, e.g. sodium lauryl sulfate
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/737 Galactomannans, e.g. guar; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/898 containing nitrogen, e.g. amodimethicone, trimethyl silyl amodimethicone or dimethicone propyl PG-betaine
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

A conditioning shampoo comprising:

(a) 8-18 weight % of an anionic surfactant;

(b) 0.5-0.8 weight % of a conditioning system comprising:

(i) 0.1-0.75 weight % of silicone Quaternium-8;

(ii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of a low molecular weight guar gum with a molecular weight less than 100,000 centipoise as an aqueous clear cationic solution of a modified polysaccharide clear cationic solution; and

(iii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of Polyquaternium-10;

(c) 1.0-6.0 weight % of an amphoteric surfactant;

(d) 0.5-5.0 weight % of a member selected from the group consisting of cocodiethanol amide, and cocomonoethanol amide; and

(e) the remainder as water.

Claims

1. A conditioning shampoo comprising:

(a) 8-18 weight % of an anionic surfactant;

(b) 0.5-0.8 weight % of a conditioning system comprising;

(i) 0.1-0.75 weight % of a silicone quaternium material which is silicone Quaternium-8;

(ii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of a low molecular weight guar gum with a molecular weight less than 100,000 centipoise as an aqueous clear cationic solution of a modified polysaccharide clear cationic solution; and

(iii) 0.1-0.5 weight % of Polyquaternium-10;

(c) 1.0-6.0 weight % of an amphoteric surfactant;

(d) 0.5-5.0 weight % of a member selected from the group consisting of cocodiethanol amide, and cocomonoethanol amide; and

(e) the remainder as water;

provided that (1) the viscosity of the shampoo is at least 3500 cps; and

(2) if cocodiethanol amide is used with a betaine, a salt is included in an amount of 0.1%-2.00 weight % to obtain a viscosity of at least 3500 cps.

2. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 comprising 8-14 weight % of the anionic surfactant.

3. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 wherein the low molecular weight guar gum has a molecular weight in the range of 40,000-65,000 cps.

4. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 comprising 1-3 weight % of the cocodiethanol amide or cocomonoethanol amide.

5. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 comprising (a) 1-3 weight % amphoteric surfactant and further comprising a semi-polar surfactant or from 1-3 weight % of additional nonionic surfactant.

6. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which further comprises silicone-free microsponges.

7. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which is free of both microsponges and stabilizers.

8. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which further comprises stabilizers to control foam aesthetics.

9. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which has a modified viscosity in the range of 500-3000 centipoise.

10. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which has a modified viscosity in the range of 300-2000 centipoise.

11. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 which is made as an aerosol foam using a liquid material having a viscosity in the range of 300-2500 centipoise.

12. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 wherein the low molecular weight quaternized guar gum comprises guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride having a weight average molecular weight between 5,000-200,000 and a light transmittance greater than 80% at a wavelength of 600 nm in a 10% aqueous solution.

13. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 wherein the anionic surfactant is selected from the group consisting of C8-18 alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, alkaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfosuccinates, n-alkyl sarcosinates, alkyl phosphates, alkyl ether phosphates, alkyl ether carboxylates and alpha-olefin sulfonates, and ammonium, sodium, magnesium and mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts thereof, wherein the alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl ether phosphates and alkyl ether carboxylates contain from 1 to 10 ethylene oxide units per molecule.

14. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 13 wherein the anionic surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, disodium ricinoleamido monoethanolamide sulfosuccinate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, sodium methyl oleoyl taurate, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, sodium laureth-13 carboxylate, sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate, sodium laureth-4 phosphate, laureth-3 phosphate, triethylanolamine lauryl sulfate, magnesium lauryl sulfate, sodium tridecyl sulfate, and alpha-olefin sulfate.

15. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 13 wherein the anionic surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting of ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfosuccinate and triethanolamine lauryl sulfate.

16. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 13 wherein the anionic surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl ether sulfate 1 EO, 2EO and 3EO and ammonium lauryl ether sulfate 1EO, 2EO and 3EO.

17. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 1 wherein the amphoteric surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting cocamidopropyl hydroxy sultaine, cocoamphocarboxyglycinates, glycines cocoamidopropyldimethylglycine, sodium lauriminodipropionate, sodium cocamphopropionate, disodium cocoamphodipropionate, cocoamphocarboxypropionate, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocobetaine, and oleamidopropyl betaine.

18. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 3 wherein the nonionic surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting of (a) condensation products of C8-18 aliphatic primary or secondary linear branched chain alcohols with alkylene oxide units selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and (b) phenols with alkylene oxide units selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, wherein the alkylene oxide units have 6 to 30 alkylene oxide groups.

19. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 3 wherein the nonionic surfactant is a member selected from the group consisting of C10-C18 fatty acid alkanolamides.

20. A conditioning shampoo according to claim 3 wherein the semi-polar surfactant is an amine oxide having a hydrophobic portion wherein the hydrophobic portion of the amine oxide surfactant is a fatty hydrocarbon chain having from about 10-21 carbon atoms.