Shampoo compositions

US6592856B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Colin Christopher David Giles · Changning District, CN
• Frances Ann Ellis · Bebington, GB
• Andrew Malcolm Murray · Bebington, GB
• Matthew Leslie Pearce · Bebington, GB
• Pamela Eileen Red · Bebington, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/5426
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Hair conditioning shampoo compositions are provided which contain a combination of conditioning agents including emulsified silicones, cationic polymers and certain fatty acid polyesters of polyols. Suitable fatty acid polyesters are sucrose pentalaurate, sucrose tetraoleate, sucrose pentaerucate, sucrose tetraerucate, sucrose tetrastearate, sucrose pentaoleate, sucrose octaoleate, sucrose pentatallowate, sucrose trirapeate, sucrose tetrarapeate, sucrose pentarapeate, sucrose tristearate and sucrose pentastearate, and mixtures thereof. The compositions give improved hair conditioning benefits, especially to hair which has been damaged, e.g. through environmental exposure or harsh mechanical or chemical treatments such as heat styling, perming or bleaching.