US 11,744,786 B2
Hygiene product pod and methods of using same
Benjamin Gabriel Stern, Reston, VA (US); Robert Hutton Ray, Union, IL (US); James J. Ramirez, Palm Bay, FL (US); and Matthew Gernstein, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to Nohbo, Inc., Palm Bay, FL (US)
Filed by Nohbo, Inc., Palm Bay, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/149,543.
Application 16/149,543 is a division of application No. 15/986,592, filed on May 22, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/618,826, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0216699 A1, Jul. 18, 2019
Int. Cl. A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/11 (2006.01); A61Q 5/12 (2006.01); A61Q 19/10 (2006.01); A61Q 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/345 (2013.01) [A61K 8/11 (2013.01); A61Q 5/02 (2013.01); A61Q 5/12 (2013.01); A61Q 19/10 (2013.01); A61K 2800/87 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A method comprising: contacting a hygiene product pod comprising a water-soluble envelope and a liquid hygiene product encapsulated within the water-soluble envelope with an amount of water sufficient to dissolve the water-soluble envelope and release the liquid hygiene product, wherein the liquid hygiene product is a shampoo, bodywash, conditioner, or any combination thereof, and wherein the liquid hygiene product comprises:
(a) a glycol carrier, wherein the glycol carrier comprises at least one of: a butylene glycol, a propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol; or N-acetyl diglycoamine;
(b) a plurality of non-ionic surfactants in a combined amount of from about 2 wt % to about 12 wt %, based on the total weight of the liquid hygiene product, wherein the plurality of non-ionic surfactants comprises capryloyl methyl glucamide, caproyl methyl glucamide, lauroyl methyl glucamide, and myristoyl methyl glucamide; and
(c) a cationic surfactant in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 12 wt %, based on the total weight of the liquid hygiene product, wherein the cationic surfactant comprises linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate;
wherein the liquid hygiene product does not dissolve the water-soluble envelope when encapsulated in the water-soluble envelope, and wherein the liquid hygiene product does not phase separate within the water-soluble envelope.