Patent ID: 9089129
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A01N,A61P

Abstract:
1. A non-aerosol, foaming sanitizing composition having enhanced and prolonged antimicrobial activity, consisting of: a. an aliphatic alcohol consisting of ethanol, butyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, or isopropyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof, present in amounts ranging from about 40 wt. % up to about 85 wt. %; b. an activity-enhancing substance consisting of (i) an aromatic alcohol consisting of phenoxyethanol, benzyl alcohol, or 1-phenoxy-2-propanol, or mixtures thereof, present in amounts ranging from about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. %, or (ii) a cationic substrate binding activity-enhancing substance consisting of behentrimonium methosulfate, behenalkonium chloride, behentrimonium chloride, behenoyl PG-trimonium chloride, or behenamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride, or mixtures thereof, present in amounts ranging from about 0.01 wt. % up to about 1 wt. %, or (iii) mixtures of both; c. a silicone-based surfactant consisting of bis-PEG-10 dimethicone/dimer dilinoleate, present in amounts ranging from about 1.0 wt. % to about3.0 wt. %; d. a polyquaternium compound present in amounts ranging from about 0.1 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. %; e. a humectant present in amounts ranging from about 0.1 wt. % up to about 10 wt. %; f. a cationic surfactant present in amounts ranging from about 0.1 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. %; g. an emollient present in amounts ranging from about 0.01 wt. % up to about 3.0 wt. %; and h. water, wherein the composition has excellent tolerance for organic load and dilution and excellent residual antimicrobial activity.