Patent ID: 11896693
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A hair conditioner composition that is a solid crystalline gel network comprising:
a) about 50% to about 95% of an aqueous carrier, by weight of the composition;
b) about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt %, by weight of the composition, of a single cationic surfactant selected from the group consisting of behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, behentrimonium chloride, cetrimonium chloride, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, and combinations thereof, wherein the composition is free of other surfactants;
c) about 1.5 wt % to about 15 wt % of a fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, and brassica alcohol;
d) a preservation system comprising:
i) about 0.2% to 0.4% sodium benzoate, by weight of the composition;
ii) about 0.4% a glycol selected from the group consisting of butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol, 1,2-hexanediol, caprylyl glycol, decylene glycol, and mixtures thereof;
wherein the weight ratio of sodium benzoate to the glycol is about 1:2 to 1:1; and

e) a gel network,
wherein the composition has an undetectable microbe level at two days, according to the Bacterial and Fungal Microbial Susceptibility Test.