Conditioning shampoos containing polyalkylene glycol

• US 5,837,661 A
• Filed: 09/29/1997
• Issued: 11/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Evans, Mark David, Coffindaffer, Timothy Woodrow, Uchiyama, Hirotaka, Guskey, Susan Marie, Inman, Everett Junior
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieberman, Paul
• Assistant Examiner(s): Delcotto, Gregory R.
• Application Number:
  US08/939,956
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 510/122, 510/123, 510/159, 510/422, 510/423, 510/432, 510/466, 424/70.11, 424/70.12, 424/70.19, 424/70.21, 424/70.22, 424/70.31, 514/846
• US Class Current: 510/122
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/375 the alcohol moiety containing more than one hydroxy group
• 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 8/73 Polysaccharides
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/86 Polyethers
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/891 saturated, e.g. dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, C24-C28 methicone or stearyl dimethicone
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/12 Preparations containing hair conditioners

Abstract

Disclosed are hair conditioning shampoo compositions comprising from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a detersive surfactant, from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of a silicone hair conditioning agent, from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a suspending agent, from about 0.025% to about 1.5% by weight of selected polyalkylene glycols, preferably polyethylene glycols having from about 1,500 to about 25,000 degrees of ethoxylation, and water, and optionally one or more additional materials known for use in shampoo or conditioning compositions, which compositions provide excellent cleansing and conditioning benefits, and further provide enhanced conditioning impression by way of enhanced spreadability through hair, and denser, thicker lather.

Claims

1. A hair conditioning shampoo composition comprising:

(a) from about 5% to about 50% by weight of a detersive surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof;

(b) from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight of a dispersed silicone conditioning agent;

(c) from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of ethylene glycol distearate;

(d) from about 0.025% to about 1.5% by weight of polyalkylene glycol corresponding to the formula;

##STR15## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and mixtures thereof, and n is an integer having an average value of from about 1,500 to about 25,000; and

(e) from about 20% to about 94.8% by weight of water.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein R is hydrogen and n is an integer having an average value of from about 2,500 to about 20,000.

3. The composition of claim 2 wherein the composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 0.5% by weight of the polyalkylene glycol.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein the silicone conditioning agent is polydimethicone at a concentration of from about 0.2% to about 3% by weight of the composition.

5. The composition of claim 2 wherein said composition comprises from about 5% to about 30% by weight of anionic surfactant.

6. The composition of claim 1 where the composition further comprises a cationic conditioning agent.