Patent · US Expired

Toilet bar having simultaneous exfoliating and moisturizing properties

US6664217B1 · kind B1 · utility

13Cited by

6References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

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

Inventors

Sudhakar Puvvada · Shelton, US
Albert Joseph Post · Orange, US
Krishna Subramanyan · Danbury, US
Anthony Johnson · Grafton, GB
Craig Stephen Slavtcheff · Guilford, US
Adolf-Peter Barth · Buxtehude, DE
Petra Meinschien · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 18, 2002
Grant date	Dec 16, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 18, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC11D17/006
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Mild toilet bar compositions are described that contain synthetic surfactants, moisturizers and exfoliant particles where 25% or more of the particles have a major axis length of between 100 and 600 microns. The combination of the mild surfactants, moisturizers, and exfoliants provide the user with simultaneous moisturization and exfoliation.

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