Patent ID: 6080387
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
An aerosol antimicrobial dispensable composition comprising:(a) about 0.01 to 15% of an anionic polymer or prepolymer, which has an acid number greater than 10 wherein the polymer may be completely or partly neutralized by a quaternary ammonium compound, said polymer having a molecular weight range from 100 to 2,000,000 Daltons;(b) about 0.01 to 5% of said quaternary ammonium compound, the components (a) and (b) combining to form an antimicrobially effective complex;(c) at least one water-soluble or dispersible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of at least 0.001 mm Hg at 25.degree. C. and selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-6 alkanols, C.sub.1-6 diols. C.sub.1-6 alkyl ethers of alkylene glycols and polyalkylene glycols, and mixtures thereof, said at least one organic solvent being at least 20% of the composition;(d) about 1% to 50% of a propellant; and(e) less than 70% water.