# US 10,864,149 B2 · Non-aerosol shaving compositions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,864,149 B2 - Document ID: US10864149B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/557,340 - Filed: 2016-03-23 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-23 - Assignees: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC - Applicants: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC. - Inventors: Peter Galow - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864149B2 ## CPC - A61K 8/361: {Carboxylic acids having more than seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain; Salts or anhydrides thereof} - A61K 8/046: {Aerosols; Foams} - A61K 8/39: Derivatives containing from 2 to 10 oxyalkylene groups - A61K 8/8176: {Homopolymers of N-vinyl-pyrrolidones. Compositions of derivatives of such polymers} - A61Q 9/02: Shaving preparations - A61K 2800/30: Characterized by the absence of a particular group of ingredients - A61K 2800/87: Application Devices; Containers; Packaging - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A61Q: SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS ## Abstract The present invention relates to non-aerosol shaving compositions which are free of propellants, and methods of preparing and using such shaving composition. In particular, the present invention relates to a non-aerosol, propellant-free composition comprising: (i) at least two C14 to C16 carboxylic acids or an alkali metal salt thereof; (ii) at least one compound of general Formula (I) R—O—[—CH2CH2O—]n—CH2CO2H (I) or an alkali metal salt thereof, wherein R represents a saturated, straight- or branched-chain C10 to C18 alkyl group; and n represents an integer between 4 and 12; (iii) polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and (iv) water. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A propellant-free composition comprising: (i) two or more carboxylic acids including at least one C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, present in an amount of about 1.6 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition, and at least one C16 to C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and excluding a C12 carboxylic acid comprising lauric acid or alkali metal salt thereof, wherein a ratio of the at least one C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof to one of the at least one C16 to C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof is from about 1:2 to about 2:1; (ii) at least one compound of general Formula (I): R—O—[—CH2CH2O—]n—CH2CO2H or alkali metal salt thereof, wherein R represents a straight- or branched-chain, saturated C10 to C18 alkyl group, n represents an integer between 4 and 12, and the at least one compound of general Formula (I) is present in an amount of about 2.5 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition; (iii) polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and (iv) water. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the at least one C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and/or the at least one C16 to C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof is a straight-chain fatty acid. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the at least one C14 carboxylic acid comprises myristic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, the at least one C16 carboxylic acid comprises palmitic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, the at least one C18 carboxylic acid comprises stearic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, and the C12 carboxylic acid is lauric acid or alkali metal salt thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein in the at least one compound of general Formula (I), n is 5 . ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The composition according to claim 4, wherein n is 6 to 8. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein R in the at least one compound of general Formula (I) represents a straight- or branched-chain, saturated C10, C12, C14, C16 or C18 alkyl group. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein R in the at least one compound of general Formula (I) represents a straight- or branched-chain, saturated C10, C12 or C14 alkyl group. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein R in the at least one compound of general Formula (I) represents a straight- or branched-chain, saturated C12 alkyl group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein R in the at least one compound of general Formula (I) represents a straight-chain, saturated C12 alkyl group. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the at least one C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and the at least one C16 to C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof are present in an amount of about 2.0 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The composition according to claim 10, wherein the at least one C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and the at least one C16 to C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof are present in an amount of about 2.0 wt. % to about 7.5 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the at least one compound of general Formula (I) is present in an amount from about 5.0 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the at least one compound of general Formula (I) is present in an amount of about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the polyvinyl pyrrolidone is present in an amount of 0.1 wt. % or more to 5.0 wt. % or less, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The composition according to claim 14, wherein the polyvinyl pyrrolidone is present in an amount of 1.0 wt. % or more to 3.0 wt. % or less, based on the weight of the entire composition, and wherein the polyvinyl pyrrolidone has a number average molecular weight of 100,000 Daltons or more to 2,000,000 Daltons or less. ### Claim 16 A propellant-free composition comprising: (i) two or more carboxylic acids including at least one C16 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, present in an amount of about 1.6 wt. % to about 3.3 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition, and at least one C18 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and excluding a combination of a C12 carboxylic acid comprising lauric acid or alkali metal salt thereof and a C14 carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof comprising myristic acid or alkali metal salt thereof, wherein a ratio of the at least one C16 carboxylic acid to the at least one C18 carboxylic acid is from about 1:2 to about 2:1; (ii) at least one compound of general Formula (I): R—O—[—CH2CH2O—]n—CH2CO2H or alkali metal salt thereof, wherein R represents a straight- or branched-chain, saturated C10 to C18 alkyl group, n represents an integer between 4 and 12, and the at least one compound of general Formula (I) is present in an amount of about 2.5 wt. % to about 10.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition; (iii) polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and (iv) water. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, wherein the ratio of the at least one C16 carboxylic acid to the at least one C18 carboxylic acid is from about 1:1 to about 2:1. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, wherein the ratio of the at least one C16 carboxylic acid to the at least one C18 carboxylic acid is about 1:1. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, wherein the ratio of the at least one C16 carboxylic acid to the at least one C18 carboxylic acid is about 2:1. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, said composition further comprising additional ingredients selected from the group consisting of conditioning agents, moisturizing agents, humectants, anti-freezing agents, anti-static agents, anti-microbial agents, preservatives, stabilizers, cleansing agents, pH-adjusting agents, thickeners, emulsifiers, cationic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, non-ionic surfactants, anionic surfactants, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, said composition further comprising an additional agent selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, polyalcohols, polyquaterniums, lauroyl methyl isethionates, cocamidopropyl betaines and lauroamphoacetates, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A composition according to claim 21, wherein said one or more additional agent is present in an amount of 0.1 wt. % or more to 1.1 wt. % or less, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) A method of providing the composition according to claim 1, wherein said method comprising the steps of: (a) combining at least the components (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); and (b) mixing said components. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) A container containing the composition of claim 1. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The container of claim 24, wherein said container further comprises a dispensing mechanism. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The container of claim 25, wherein said dispensing mechanism is a hand-operated pump mechanism. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, wherein the at least one compound of general Formula (I) is present in an amount of about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The composition according to claim 16, wherein the ratio comprises palmitic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and stearic acid or alkali metal salt thereof from about 1:2 to about 2:1, and wherein the at least one compound of general Formula (I) comprises laurenth-6-carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof in an amount of about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition. ### Claim 29 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the ratio comprises myristic acid or alkali metal salt thereof and palmitic acid or alkali metal salt thereof from about 1:2 to about 2:1, and wherein the at least one compound of general Formula (I) comprises laurenth-6-carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt thereof in an amount of about 5.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the entire composition.