US 12,011,517 B2
Air freshening product
Yoshiki Ishida, Singapore (BE); Gaurav Saini, Singapore (BE); Rahul Vyas, Singapore (BE); and Garima Chauhan, Singapore (BE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/064,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,170, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106710 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 9/013 (2006.01); A01N 35/02 (2006.01); A01N 65/22 (2009.01); A61L 9/04 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); B60H 3/00 (2006.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/013 (2013.01) [A01N 35/02 (2013.01); A01N 65/22 (2013.01); A61L 9/04 (2013.01); A61L 9/12 (2013.01); B60H 3/0014 (2013.01); B60H 3/0608 (2013.01); A61L 2209/131 (2013.01); A61L 2209/135 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antibacterial air freshening product for an interior environment, wherein the interior environment is a finite volume of space in a non-vehicle environment, the product comprising:
a container containing 1 ml to 50 ml of a freshening composition in fluid communication with a delivery member configured to contain a liquid phase of the composition-and allow the liquid phase of the composition to evaporate therefrom;
wherein the composition is free of a surfactant and comprises:
from 0.5% to 20% of a volatile aldehyde mixture, by weight of the composition;
wherein the volatile aldehyde mixture consists of:
a C5 to C8 unbranched unsubstituted linear alkenal selected from the group consisting of: 2-penten-1-al, 3-penten-1-al, 4-penten-1-al, (E)-2-hexen-1-al, (Z)-2-hexen-1-al, 3-hexen-1-al, 4-hexen-1-al, 2-hepten-1-al, 3-hepten-1-al, 4-hepten-1-al, 2-octen-1-al, 3-octen-1-al, 4-octen-1-al, and mixtures thereof; and
a C9 to C14 unbranched unsubstituted linear alkenal selected from the group consisting of: 2-nonen-1-al, 3-nonen-1-al, 4-nonen-1-al, 5-nonen-1-al, 2-decen-1-al, 3-decen-1-al, 4-decen-1-al, 5-decen-1-al, 2-undecen-1-al, 3-undecen-1-al, 4-undecen-1-al, 5-undecen-1-al, 2-dodecen-1-al, 3-dodecen-1-al, 4-dodecen-1-al, 5-dodecen-al-1, 2-tridecen-1-al, 3-tridecen-1-al, 4-tridecen-1-al, 2-tetradecen-1-al, 3-tetradecen-1-al, 4-tetradecen-1-al, 5-tetradecen-1-al and mixtures thereof,
wherein a weight ratio of the C5 to C8 unbranched unsubstituted linear alkenal to the C9 to C14 unbranched unsubstituted linear alkenal is from 3:1 to 1:3.