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US 6,306,429 B1Granted
Confectionery compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorFrancis Joseph David Bealin-Kelly
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Abstract
Throat drops suitable for relief of cough and cold symptoms comprise a cooling composition and a warming composition in distinct and discrete regions thereof, the cooling and warming compositions being adapted to provide sequential relief profiles. The cooling composition includes from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, cooling agent, and the warming composition comprises from about 0.001% to about 1.0%, by weight, warming agent.
Claims28
A throat drop for the relief of cough and cold symptoms comprising:
- a) a cooling composition having from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight, a physiological cooling agent selected from the group consisting of menthol, peppermint oil, N-substituted-p-menthane-3-carboxamides, acyclic tertiary and secondary carboxamides, 3-1-menthoxy propan-1,2-diol, and mixtures thereof, and
- b) a warming composition having from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight, a physiological warming agent selected from the group consisting of vanillyl alcohol n-butyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-propyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isopropyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isobutyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-amino ether, vanillyl alcohol isoamyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-hexyl ether, vanillyl alcohol methyl ether, vanillyl alcohol ethyl ether, gingerol, shogaol, paradol, zingerone, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, iso-amylalcohol, benzyl alcohol, chloroform, eugenol, phosphate derivatives thereof, the commercially available warming agent David Michael Heat, and mixtures thereof,
- wherein said cooling composition and said warming composition are located in distinct and discrete regions within said throat drop and said cooling and warming compositions being adapted to provide sequential release profiles.
A confection in the form of a filled shell, the confection comprising:
- (a) a cooling composition comprising from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, cooling agent selected from the group consisting of menthol, peppermint oil, N-substituted-p-methane-3-carboxamides, acyclic tertiary and secondary carboxamides, 3-1-methoxy propan-1,2-diol, and mixtures thereof, and
- (b) a warming composition comprising from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, warming agent selected from the group consisting of vanillyl alcohol-n-butyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-propyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isopropyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isobutyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-amino ether, vanillyl alcohol isoamyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-hexyl ether, vanillyl alcohol methyl ether, vanillyl alcohol ethyl ether, gingerol, shogaol, paradol, zingerone, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, ethanol, isopropl alcohol, iso-amylalcohol, benzyl alcohol, chloroform, eugenol, phosphate derivatives thereof, the commercially available warming agent David Michael Heat, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the cooling and warming compositions are adapted to provide sequential release profiles, and when the cooling composition is in the form of a shell, the warming composition is in the from of a filling, and when the cooling composition is in the form of a filling, the warming composition is in the from of a shell.
A method of enhancing the warming effect of a throat drop, comprising the step of preparing a throat drop comprising:
- (a) a cooling composition in the form of a hard candy shell comprising from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, cooling agent selected from the group consisting of methanol, peppermint oil, N-substituted-p-methane-3-carboxamides acyclic tertiary and secondary carboxamides, 3-1-methoxy propan-1,2-diol, and mixtures thereof, and
- (b) a warming composition in the form of a liquid filling comprising from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, warming agent selected from the group consisting of vanillyl alcohol n-butyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isopropyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isobutyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-amino ether, vanillyl alcohol isoamyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-hexyl ether, vanillyl alcohol methyl ether, vanillyl alcohol isoamyl ether, vanillyl alcohol n-hexyl ether, vanillyl alcohol methyl ether, vanillyl alcohol ethyl ether, gingerol, shogaol, paradol, zingerone, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, iso-amylalcohol, benzyl alcohol, chloroform, eugenol, phosphate derivatives thereof, the commercially available warming agent David Michael Heat, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.