US 12,344,820 B2
Laundry detergent and fabric care compositions with sulfonamides for odor removal from fabrics
David Schneider, Union, KY (US); and Jonathan Schneider, Walton, KY (US)
Assigned to REM BRANDS, INC., Walton, KY (US)
Filed by Rem Brands, Inc., Walton, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/136,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,975, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0198596 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. C11D 3/32 (2006.01); C11D 1/83 (2006.01); C11D 3/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/386 (2006.01); C11D 3/48 (2006.01); C11D 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC C11D 3/32 (2013.01) [C11D 1/83 (2013.01); C11D 3/001 (2013.01); C11D 3/386 (2013.01); C11D 3/48 (2013.01); C11D 17/047 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. An antimicrobial or odor-controlling laundry detergent composition, comprising:
A) a halo active aromatic sulfonamide compound of Formula (I):

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
wherein R1, R2, R4, and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, COOR′, CON(R″)2, alkoxy, CN, NO2, SO3R″, halogen, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, sulfonamide, halosulfonamide, N(R″)2, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C18 alkyl, and substituted or unsubstituted aromatic;
R3 is COOR′;
R′ is hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, substituted C1-C18 alkyl, or unsubstituted C1-C18 alkyl; and
R″ is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C18 alkyl, where the two R″ groups in CON(R″)2 and N(R″)2 may be independently selected;
X is halogen;
M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal; and
n is the number of water molecules per molecule of the sulfonamide compound;
B) a polysaccharide deposition aid at least partly substituted with a cationic substituent or with a nonionic substituent; and
C) an anionic, nonionic, amphoteric, or zwitterionic surfactant;
wherein the halo active aromatic sulfonamide compound of Formula (I) is present in the laundry detergent composition in an amount of from 0.02 wt % to 0.15 wt %.