Patent ID: 8673837
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A shaped solid cleaning composition comprising (i) 30 to 80% by weight of treated clay particles; and (ii) 2 to 35% by weight of a structuring agent selected from the group consisting of biopolymers, soap and inorganic structuring agents; wherein said treated clay particles are asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particles having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at a first external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at a second external surface plane, wherein a fatty acid or salt thereof of carbon chain length 10 to 22 is attached to a coordinating cation on one of said first or said second exterior surface planes, wherein the shaped solid cleaning composition comprises less than 5% by weight of synthetic surfactant.