Composition
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsSuman Kumar Chopra, Thomas Gregory Polefka, Ravi Subramanyam
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Abstract
A personal cleansing composition comprising a. at least about one wt % of soap, and b. a sufficient amount of a compound to provide at least about 0.03 wt. % of a free fatty carboxylic acid, said compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or CH.sub.2 COOH, R.sub.a is hydrogen or carboxyl, and R.sub.b is hydrogen or methyl provided that when R is hydrogen, then R.sub.a is carboxyl and when R is CH.sub.2 COOH then R.sub.a is hydrogen.
Claims18
A personal cleansing composition comprising:
- a. at least about one wt % of soap, and
- b. a sufficient amount of a compound to provide at least about 0.03 wt. % of a free fatty carboxylic acid, said compound of the formula ##STR4## wherein R is hydrogen or CH.sub.2 COOH, R.sub.a is hydrogen or carboxyl, and R.sub.b is hydrogen provided that when R is hydrogen, then R.sub.a is carboxyl and when R is CH.sub.2 COOH then R.sub.a is hydrogen, "the composition as a solid bar which can be hand be held."
A method of cleansing the face and hands which comprises applying to the face and hands and rinsing with water a composition comprising
- a. at least about 1 wt. % of soap, and
- b. a sufficient amount of a compound to provide at least about 0.03 wt. % of a free fatty carboxylic acid, said compound of the formula ##STR5## wherein R is hydrogen, or CH.sub.2 COOH and R.sub.a is hydrogen or carboxyl, and R.sub.b is hydrogen or methyl provided that when R is hydrogen then R.sub.a is carboxyl and when R is CH.sub.2 COOH then is hydrogen.
A personal cleansing composition comprising
- a. at least about 5 wt. % of soap, and
- b. a sufficient amount of a compound to provide at least about 0.03 wt. % of a free fatty carboxlic, said compound of the formula ##STR6## wherein R is CH.sub.2 COOH, R.sub.a is hydrogen and R.sub.b is hydrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.