Eco-Friendly Laundry Pretreatment Compositions
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorJeanne A. O'Brien
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Abstract
An eco-friendly liquid composition for pretreatment of fabrics is disclosed. The composition may include one or more nonionic surfactants, water, and optional ingredients such as a small amount of anionic surfactant, protease enzyme, borax, pH adjusting agent, fragrance, and preservative. The one or more nonionic surfactants may include alkyl polyglycoside. If nonionic surfactants other than the alkyl polyglycoside are included, at least 60% of the total nonionic surfactant in the composition is alkyl polyglycoside. The composition may have a Natural Index of at least 98% as defined herein. The composition may be essentially free of any propellant and bleach component.
Claims20
A composition for treating stained fabric, comprising:
- from about 0.1 to about 9 wt % alkyl polyglycoside;
- and
- water,
- wherein a Natural Index of the composition is at least 98%.
A composition for treating stained fabric, comprising:
- from about 0.1 wt % to about 9 wt % alkyl polyglycoside as a nonionic surfactant;
- from about 0.001 wt % to about 2 wt % detersive enzyme;
- from about 0.1 wt % to about 2 wt % boron compound;
- and
- water,
- wherein if one or more additional surfactants are present in the composition, at least 60% of a total surfactant is the alkyl polyglycoside.
A composition for treating stained fabric, comprising:
- from about 0.1 wt % to about 9 wt % alkyl polyglycoside;
- and
- at least 80 wt % water,
- wherein the composition is essentially free of propellant and bleach component, and
- wherein if one or more additional surfactants are present, at least 60% of a total surfactant content is alkyl polycoside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.