Patent · US Expired

Hair hygiene product or hair treatment product for man or animals

US5990058A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1998
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A90/10
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A single-dose solid composition useful for cleaning or treating human or animal hair and having a high disintegration rate in water is disclosed. The composition includes at least one surface active agent selected from the group consisting of an anionic surface active agent and a nonionic surface active agent, an amphoteric product and at least one disintegrating agent. The composition has a disintegration time in an aqueous medium selected from the group consisting of water and aqueous solutions of less than about 5 minutes. The disintegrating agent consists essentially of polyvinylpyrrolidone. A method for making said composition is also disclosed.

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