US 12,420,128 B2
Fire-fighting foam composition
JoAnna M. Monfils, Peshtigo, WI (US); John P. Libal, Peshtigo, WI (US); and Blake H. Bomann, Greenville, WI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed by Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/592,120.
Application 18/592,120 is a continuation of application No. 18/307,691, filed on Apr. 26, 2023, granted, now 11,938,363.
Application 18/307,691 is a continuation of application No. 17/723,009, filed on Apr. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,666,791, issued on Jun. 6, 2023.
Application 17/723,009 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/694,653, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,865,393, issued on Jan. 9, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,384, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,024, filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,020, filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,026, filed on Dec. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,028, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,006, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,633, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198158 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62D 1/02 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01); A62D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62D 1/0071 (2013.01) [A62C 99/0036 (2013.01); A62D 1/0042 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
 
1. A firefighting foam concentrate comprising:
about 10 wt % to 25 wt % of a sugar component comprising a monosaccharide sugar, a sugar alcohol, or a mixture of any two or more thereof;
about 5 to 10 wt. % of an anionic surfactant comprising octyl sulfate salt, decyl sulfate salt, lauryl sulfate salt, or a mixture of any two or more thereof;
about 2 to 7 wt. % of a zwitterionic surfactant comprising cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine;
about 2 to 10 wt. % of a water-miscible solvent mixture comprising diethylene glycol monobutyl ether;
a magnesium salt;
at least about 50 wt. % water; and
a suspension agent comprising:
microfibrillated cellulose; and
an oligosaccharide, a polysaccharide, or a mixture of any two or more thereof;
wherein the suspension agent is at least partially insoluble in the firefighting foam concentrate such that at least a portion of the suspension agent is dispersed in the firefighting foam concentrate, and
wherein the firefighting foam concentrate is substantially free of fluorinated compounds.