Antimicrobial foam hand soap comprising inulin or an inulin surfactant

• US 7,803,746 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2008
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP (KOCH Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Sturm, Michael A., White, David W., Luu, Phuong V.
• Primary Examiner(s): SMITH, JOSHUA Y
• Application Number:
  US12/214,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20080255014A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 510/130, 510/131, 510/138, 510/155, 510/156, 510/370, 510/382, 510/426, 510/427, 510/470, 510/490
• US Class Current: 510/138
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/347 Phenols
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/556 Derivatives containing from 2 to 10 oxyalkylene groups
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/893 modified by an alkoxy or aryloxy group, e.g. behenoxy dimethicone or stearoxy dimethicone
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 17/005 Antimicrobial preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/10 Washing or bathing preparations

Abstract

An antimicrobial foam hand soap composition includes a glutinous component to promote more thorough hand washing. The glutinous component may be selected from the group consisting of: cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; dimer dilinoleamido-propyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; sodiumgrapeseedamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; sodium olivamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate; PEG-8 dimethicone sunfloweramidopropyl PG-dimonium complex; sunfloweramidopropyl phosphate PG-dimonium chloride, inulin, inulin-based surfactants and mixtures thereof. Polysaccharide-based or natural oil-based foaming agents and surfactants are suitably included in the compositions.

Claims

1. An aqueous foam hand soap composition suitable for air-foaming comprising:

a) more than 75% water;

b) a polysaccharide or polysaccharide surfactant selected from the group consisting of inulin, inulin surfactants, and mixtures thereof;

c) a polyglucoside surfactant which is a sulfonate-functionalized polyglucoside surfactant; and

d) at least one additional foaming surfactant selected from the group consisting of betaine surfactants, wherein the composition includes at least 5% by weight of components b) and c), and the components are selected and present in amounts such that the composition exhibits a liquid viscosity at room temperature of from about 2.5 cps to about 35 cps, as well as a 60-second foam stability of at least 0.5.