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US 8,772,222 B2Granted
Cleaning agent compositions for reducing MRSA transmission
OwnerShanna Baker, Cornelius Johnsoninventors
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Abstract
Antibacterial cleaning agent having principally natural active ingredients includes water, soap-nut-derived saponins, polysorbate 20, glycerin, a mixture of essential oils of lemongrass, tea tree, geranium, lavender, and oregano, and extract of grapefruit seed; methods of laundering, cleaning, and bathing using the cleaning agent.
Claims13
A laundry or household cleaning agent, comprising:
- a diluent comprising approximately 50% by volume of a soapy composition, said soapy composition being prepared by boiling soap nuts in water for thirty minutes (30 min.), the proportion being from 4 to 16 soap nuts per liter of water, thereafter compressing the mixture to reduce the soap nuts to a pulp, and filtering the composition until it is free of soap nut pulp,
- said diluent comprising approximately 50% by volume of glycerin;
- said cleaning agent comprising from 0.02% to 0.32% by volume of each of first, second, third, and fourth essential oils, each of said oils being selected from the group consisting of lemongrass essential oil, geranium essential oil, tea tree essential oil, lavender oil, myrrh oil, and oregano oil;
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- said cleaning agent comprising from 0.3% to 6.0% by volume of polysorbate 20.
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A laundry or household method of cleaning and reducing transfer of unwanted microorganisms, the method including the steps of:
- providing a cleaning agent, said cleaning agent comprising:
- a diluent comprising approximately 50% by volume of a soapy composition, said soapy composition being prepared by boiling soap nuts in water for thirty minutes (30 min.), the proportion being from 4 to 16 soap nuts per liter of water, thereafter compressing the mixture to reduce the soap nuts to a pulp, and filtering the composition until it is free of soap nut pulp, said diluent also comprising approximately 50% by volume of glycerin;
- said cleaning agent comprising from 0.02% to 0.32% by volume of each of first, second, third, and fourth essential oils, each of said oils being selected from the group consisting of lemongrass essential oil, geranium essential oil, tea tree essential oil, lavender oil, myrrh oil, and oregano oil;
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- said cleaning agent comprising from 0.3% to 6.0% by volume of polysorbate 20.
- dispensing said cleaning agent in an effective quantity in a cleaning procedure;
- and
- performing the cleaning procedure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.