US 12,409,117 B2
Wash composition substantially free of oil
Zhaowei Ding, Cheshire, CT (US); Kerin Frances Jacob, Orange, CT (US); and Tirucherai Varahan Vasudevan, Bethany, CT (US)
Assigned to Conopco, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/802,314
Filed by Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054886
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/170828, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Application 17/802,314 is a continuation of application No. 16/804,856, filed on Feb. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,382,847.
Claims priority of application No. 20167781 (EP), filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149273 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 8/34 (2006.01); A61K 8/365 (2006.01); A61K 8/368 (2006.01); A61K 8/37 (2006.01); A61K 8/42 (2006.01); A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/46 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61K 8/81 (2006.01); A61Q 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/345 (2013.01) [A61K 8/365 (2013.01); A61K 8/368 (2013.01); A61K 8/37 (2013.01); A61K 8/42 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61K 8/466 (2013.01); A61K 8/73 (2013.01); A61K 8/8147 (2013.01); A61K 8/8152 (2013.01); A61Q 19/10 (2013.01); A61K 2800/26 (2013.01); A61K 2800/262 (2013.01); A61K 2800/48 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A wash composition comprising:
a) 45 to 65% by weight polyol comprising glycerol;
b) 0.35 to 4% by weight gelling agent;
c) 3 to 15.2% by weight surfactant; and
d) 5 to 70% by weight water,
wherein the wash composition is substantially free of oil, isotropic, has a viscosity from 1500 to 30,000 cps, at least 95% free of visual air pockets, wherein the surfactant comprises sodium lauroyl glycinate, sodium cocoyl glycinate, sodium lauroyl glutamate, sodium cocoyl glutamate or a mixture thereof as an anionic surfactant, and cocodimethyl carboxymethyl betaine, cocamidopropyl betaine, laurylamidopropyl betaine, cocamidopropyl sultaine or a mixture thereof as a zwitterionic surfactant, wherein, and further wherein the gelling agent is lambda carrageenan, and glycerol is present in an amount from 45 to 55% by weight, and wherein the weight percentages are based on total weight of the wash composition.