Patent ID: 6429177
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A cleansing system comprising a single chamber transparent or translucent package and a personal product composition therein, wherein, when standing, said personal product composition forms two or more visibly distinct aqueous phases and, when agitated, said composition forms a visible single phase product,wherein, when left to stand after said composition has been agitated and has formed a single phase, said composition will again form two or more visibly distinct aqueous phases within 24 hours; wherein, said composition comprises: (a) 5 to 35 wt % of surfactant selected from the group comprising anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; (b) 1 to 12 wt % of a thickener; (c) 4 to 20 wt % of a polyalkylene glycol; and (d) non-chelating mineral salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal or alkaline earth sulfates, bisulfates, carbonates, bicarbonates, and mixtures thereof wherein said non-chelating mineral salt is present in an amount sufficient to induce a separation of said aqueous composition into at least two distinct aqueous layers that are present in a volume ratio of upper to lower phase of from 4:1 to 1:4.