Patent ID: 6147039
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
An antibacterial liquid hand soap consisting essentially of approximately by weight:(a) 0.5% to 4% of a zwitterionic surfactant;(b) 5% to 16% of at least one second surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic sulfate surfactants, anionic sulfonate surfactants, alkyl polyglucosides, amine oxides surfactants, and glucamide surfactants and mixtures thereof;(c) 0.1% to 4% of ortho hydroxy benzoic acid; and(d) the balance being water, wherein the composition does not contain C3-C7 alkyl and alkenyl monobasic and dibasic acids which do not contain a hydroxy group.