Soil resistant floor treatment

• US 9,376,651 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2011
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Incorporated (Ecolab, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ecolab USA Incorporated (Ecolab, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Kim R., Hanson, Catherine, Li, Minyu, Wold, Andrew S., Levitt, Mark D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cameron, Erma
• Application Number:
  US13/304,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20120145188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,674 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C09G 1/16 on natural or synthetic resins
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 2111/14 Hard surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3765 in liquid compositions
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/08 only of stone or stone-like material, e.g. ceramics, concrete; of glass or with a top layer of stone or stone-like material, e.g. ceramics, concrete or glass E04F15/02005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/16 the pattern of rectangular co-ordinates extending over the whole area of the screen, i.e. television type raster
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249991 Synthetic resin or natural rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31855 Of addition polymer from unsaturated monomers

Abstract

A soil resistant floor surface treatment composition is provided. In particular, a composition comprises a maleic/olefin copolymer and an optional cleaning agent. Methods for treating a porous floor surface with a soil resistant agent and kits comprising a floor treatment composition, an applicator, a removal agent for removing a plurality of soils from a treated surface, and instructions for use are further provided by the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for treating a clean floor surface comprising:

applying to the clean floor surface a soil resistant floor treatment composition comprising water and approximately 0.005 wt% to 20 wt% maleic/olefin copolymer, wherein the maleic/olefin copolymer has a molecular weight from approximately 1,000 to 20,000 g/mol and the copolymer is substantially free of fluorinated or silicone substituents, and further wherein the composition is free of detergents and surfactants;

drying the floor surface such that a coating comprising the soil resistant floor treatment composition is disposed on the floor surface; and

the floor surface is selected from the group consisting of marble, granite, terrazzo, concrete, ceramic, wood, laminate, linoleum, vinyl, cork, bamboo, rubber, and dry shake.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising a step of diluting the soil resistant floor treatment composition of claim 1 into a use solution before applying the composition to the floor surface.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the coating is a continuous or non-continuous coating.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the maleic/olefin copolymer molecular weight is from approximately 2,000 to 5,000 g/mol.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the maleic/olefin copolymer has a maleic/olefin ratio from approximately 1:

4 to 4;

1 on a molar basis.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the maleic/olefin copolymer has a maleic/olefin ratio from approximately 1:

2 to 2;

1 on a molar basis.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the maleic/olefin copolymer is hydrophobically modified.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of removing soil from the floor surface after the step of applying the soil resistant floor treatment composition.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the removal of soil step includes application of a water source, cleaning agent and/or mechanical force.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the floor surface comprises a porous surface.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprises at least one alkalinity source selected from the group consisting of:

alkali metal carbonates, earth metal carbonates, alkali metal hydroxides, earth metal hydroxides, and amines.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the composition further includes at least one amphoteric acrylic copolymer.