Gel deodorant compositions having reduced skin irritation

US6174521A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Li Li · Beijing, CN
• Norma Dimaculangan Alava · Cincinnati, US
• Curtis Bobby Motley · Sharonville, US
• David Frederick Swaile · Cincinnati, US
• Gerald John Guskey · Montgomery, US
• Thomas Vincent Orr · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 16, 2001
• Expiry date: May 1, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S424/05
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are gel deodorant compositions comprising (a) from about 0.001% to about 50% by weight of a deodorant active, fragrance, or combination thereof; (b) from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of a gellant; (c) from about 5% to about 90% by weight of a polymeric alcohol having at least one free hydroxyl group and also having from about 2 to about 80 alkoxylate radicals wherein the alkoxylate radical contains from about 2 to about 6 carbon atoms; (d) from about 5% to about 89% by weight of a nonpolymeric alcohol having at least two free hydroxyl groups, and also having from about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, wherein the weight ratio of the polymeric to nonpolymeric alcohol is from about 18:1 to about 1:5; (e) from zero percent to about 10% by weight of glycerin; and (f) from about 0.01% to about 89% by weight of water. Also disclosed is a method of controlling malodor associated with perspiration by topical application of any deodorant composition containing a select combination of triclosan and triclocarban. All of these compositions remain clear or translucent over extended periods of time, and provide little or no skin irritation in addition to improved cosmetic benefits suc…