Stephanie Michelle Harris

US Patent:

20130090279, Apr 11, 2013

Filed:

Oct 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/646227

Inventors:

Stephanie Marie Harris RILEY - Mason OH, US
Elizabeth Rebecca AISTRUP - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61K 8/92
A61Q 5/02

US Classification:

510125, 510127

Abstract:

A shampoo composition having from about 5% to about 50% of a combination of sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureth-n sulfate, less than 3.82% of sodium laureth-n sulfate having n>1. The shampoo composition further includes from about 0.5% to about 3% of a co-surfactant selected from the group consisting of amphoteric, zwitterionic, and nonionic surfactants. The shampoo composition has a dispersed gel network phase having at least 0.05% of one or more fatty alcohols, at least 0.01% of one or more secondary surfactants, and water. The shampoo composition further includes at least about 20% of an aqueous carrier. The shampoo composition further has an enthalpy of transition from about 0 J/g to about 0.2 J/g as measured according to differential scanning calorimetry in a peak melt transition temperature range between about 18 C. to about 30 C.