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US 10,588,836 B2Granted
Alcohol hand sanitizer with improved dermal compatibility and feel
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsJoseph R. Wegner, Cheryl A. Littau
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Abstract
Applicants have identified a critical skin benefit package that can be used in liquid alcohol sanitizing compositions that provides lower amounts of skin conditioners in combination with a specific ratio of different emollients that provide improved skin health with chronic repeated use. The package also provides improved skin feel with without a tacky residue upon drying.
Claims19
A liquid skin sanitizing composition comprising:
- a) one or more skin conditioners and/or skin feel improvers;
- b) a medium spreading emollient
- c) a high spreading emollient,
- d) a linear or branched C1 to C6 alcohol;
- and
- e) water
- wherein said ratio of high spreading emollient to medium spreading emollient is from about 3 to about 1 to about 1 to about 3 by weight;
- and
- wherein the composition does not have a gritty texture or leave a tacky residue when applied to skin.
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A liquid skin sanitizing composition comprising:
- a) one or more skin conditioners;
- b) a medium spreading emollient
- c) a high spreading emollient,
- d) a linear or branched C1 to C6 alcohol;
- e) water
- wherein said one or more skin conditioners are present in an amount of no more than 0.5 wt. % each and further wherein said total skin conditioner component comprises no more than 1 wt. % of said sanitizing composition;
- and
- wherein the composition does not have a gritty texture or leave a tacky residue when applied to skin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.