Patent ID: 8314057
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A cleaning composition for reducing stains caused by sunscreen components comprising: about 50-70% by weight of an extended chain nonionic surfactant; from about 10-40% of one or more solvents selected from the group consisting of butyl carbitol, propylene-glycol-phenyl-ether, polyethylene oxide ethers derived from lauryl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, isostearyl alcohol, myristyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; and about 1-15% amine oxide; wherein said extended chain nonionic surfactant is of the formula: where R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 6 to 20 carbon atoms, L is a propoxy group, x is the average degree of propoxylation ranging from 1-16, and y is the average degree of ethoxylation ranging from 1-14.