US 11,866,674 B2
Neutral floor cleaner compositions
Carmine Savaglio, Kenosha, WI (US); Teresa L. Cook, Evanston, IL (US); and Holly Ann Hale, Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., Racine, WI (US)
Filed by S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., Racine, WI (US)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,884.
Application 17/330,884 is a continuation of application No. 15/449,702, filed on Mar. 3, 2017, granted, now 11,046,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/304,009, filed on Mar. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0277330 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C11D 1/66 (2006.01); C11D 1/825 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 1/722 (2006.01); C11D 3/34 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC C11D 1/66 (2013.01) [C11D 1/825 (2013.01); C11D 3/2068 (2013.01); C11D 3/2086 (2013.01); C11D 3/3418 (2013.01); C11D 11/0023 (2013.01); C11D 1/722 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A cleaning composition comprising:
a first cleaning agent, wherein the first cleaning agent is water-soluble at room temperature;
a second cleaning agent, wherein the second cleaning agent is water-insoluble at room temperature,
wherein the first cleaning agent and the second cleaning agent are in a total amount of about 15 wt. % to about 30 wt. %,
wherein the first cleaning agent and the second cleaning agent are alkyl polyalkylene glycol ether Guerbet surfactants having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of at least 10.5 and a formula RO(LO)k(CH2CH2O)mH, wherein R is a branched C8-C12 alkyl group, L is CH2CH2CH2 or CH2CH2CH2CH2, k is from 1-2, m is from 2 to 14, and the LO and CH2CH2O groups are in random or block order,
wherein a blend of the first cleaning agent and the second cleaning agent has a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance ranging from about 10.5 to about 12.5.