Detergent composition comprising ternary surfactant mixture, encapsulates, and cationic polymer deposition aid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10443019-B2
Application number	US-201715590077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2017
Priority date	May 20, 2016
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

Detergent compositions that include surfactant systems, encapsulates, and cationic deposition aid polymers. Methods of making and using such compositions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid detergent composition comprising:
A) from about 10% to about 50%, by weight of the detergent composition, of a surfactant system, wherein the surfactant system comprises:
i) an anionic sulphate surfactant;
ii) an anionic sulphonate surfactant; and
iii) a nonionic surfactant;
wherein the anionic sulphate surfactant and the anionic sulphonate surfactant are present in a weight ratio of from about 2:1 to about 3:1, and wherein the ratio of anionic surfactants to nonionic surfactant is present in a ratio of from about 2:1 to about 3:1;

B) from about 0.1% to about 5%, by weight of the detergent composition, of encapsulates, wherein the encapsulates comprise a core and a wall at least partially surrounding the core, wherein the core comprises a benefit agent;
C) a cationic deposition aid polymer, wherein the cationic deposition aid polymer is a non-polysaccharide polymer comprising a cationic structural unit derived from a cationic monomer comprising a diallyl dimethyl ammonium salt, preferably diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and has a weight average molecular weight of from about 5 to about 30 kDaltons; and
D) a cellulase enzyme;
wherein the liquid detergent composition contains, if any, no more than 0.3% of a silicone.

2. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the detergent composition comprises from about 0.01% to about 2%, or to about 1.5%, or to about 1%, or to about 0.75%, or to about 0.5%, or to about 0.3%, or from about 0.05% to about 0.25%, by weight of the detergent composition, of the cationic deposition aid polymer.

3. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic deposition aid polymer is characterized by a weight average molecular weight of from about 15 to about 30 kDaltons.

4. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic deposition aid polymer comprises from about 30 mol % to about 100 mol %, or from about 50 mol % to about 100 mol %, or from about 55 mol % to about 95 mol %, or from about 70 mol % to about 85 mol %, of a cationic structural unit.

5. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic deposition aid polymer comprises a nonionic structural unit.

6. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 5 , wherein the cationic polymer comprises from about 5 mol % to about 60 mol %, or from about 15 mol % to about 40 mol %, of a nonionic structural unit.

7. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 5 , wherein the cationic polymer comprises a nonionic structural unit derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide,vinyl formamide, N,N-dialkyl acrylamide, N,N-dialkylmethacrylamide, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, C 1 -C 12 hydroxyalkyl acrylate, polyalkylene glyol acrylate, C 1 -C 12 alkyl methacrylate, C 1 -C 12 hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, polyalkylene glycol methacrylate, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, vinyl formamide, vinyl acetamide, vinyl alkyl ether, vinyl pyridine, vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl imidazole, vinyl caprolactam, and mixtures thereof.

8. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 7 , wherein the nonionic structural unit is derived from (meth)acrylamide.

9. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic polymer is selected from the group consisting of acrylamide/DADMAS, acrylamide/DADMAS/acrylic acid, acrylamide/APTAS, acrylamide/MAPTAS, acrylamide/QVi, polyvinyl formamide/DADMAS, poly(DADMAS), acrylamide/MAPTAS/acrylic acid, acrylamide/APTAS/acrylic acid, and mixtures thereof.

10. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 9 , wherein the cationic polymer comprises acrylamide/DADMAS.

11. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic deposition aid polymer is further characterized by having a calculated cationic charge density of from about 2 meq/g to about 12 meq/g, preferably from about 4.5 to about 7 meq/g.

12. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 0.1% to about 1% of the encapsulates.

13. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the benefit agent comprises perfume raw materials.

14. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the walls of the encapsulates comprise a coating on an outer surface of the walls.

15. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 14 , wherein the coating comprises a cationic efficiency polymer, preferably a cationic efficiency polymer selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, cationically modified starch, cationically modified guar, polysiloxanes, poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium halides, copolymers of poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride and vinyl pyrrolidone, acrylamides, imidazoles, imidazolinium halides, imidazolium halides, polyvinyl amines, polyvinyl formamides, pollyallyl amines, copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the cationic efficiency polymer is different from the cationic deposition aid polymer.

16. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 14 , wherein the coating comprises a cationic efficiency polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl amines, polyvinyl formamides, polyallyl amines, copolymers thereof, and mixtures thereof, preferably polyvinyl formamide, and wherein the cationic efficiency polymer is different from the cationic deposition aid polymer.

17. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the wall comprises a wall material selected from the group consisting of aminoplast copolymer, an acrylic, an acrylate, and mixtures thereof.

18. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 17 , wherein the wall material comprises an aminoplast copolymer, preferably an aminoplast copolymer selected from melamine-formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde, cross-linked melamine formaldehyde, or mixtures thereof.

19. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises an external structurant.

20. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises a fatty acid or salt thereof, preferably present in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 4% by weight of the composition.

21. A liquid detergent composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises an adjunct selected from the group consisting of a brightener, a cleaning polymer, a soil release polymer, a polyetheramine, an amine, a hueing dye, or combinations thereof.

22. A method of treating a fabric, said method comprising a washing step, wherein said washing step comprising contacting a fabric with a detergent composition according to claim 1 .

23. A method according to claim 22 , wherein said method of treating a fabric further comprises a softening step, wherein said softening step comprises contacting the fabric with a softening composition.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Fossum Renae Dianna
• Applegate Gregory Thomas
• Rodrigue Anne Compton
• Gray Lon Montgomery
• Fliter Kristi Lynn

Classifications

• C11D17/0039

  Coated compositions or coated components in the compositions, (micro)capsules · CPC title

• C11D17/0013

  Liquid compositions with insoluble particles in suspension (C11D17/0021, C11D17/0026, C11D17/003 take precedence) · CPC title

• C11D10/04

  based on mixtures of surface-active non-soap compounds and soap · CPC title

• C11D3/3776

  Heterocyclic compounds, e.g. lactam · CPC title

• C11D1/83 Primary

  Mixtures of non-ionic with anionic compounds · CPC title