Patent ID: 7651990

Claim:
A non-aerosol foamable composition, comprising: (A) monohydric alcohol present in the composition at a concentration from about 35% to about 99.5% by weight; (B) a dimethicone surfactant; wherein the dimethicone surfactant is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy-terminated dimethicone copolyol, hydroxyl-capped dimethicone copolyol, methoxy-terminated dimethicone copolyol, butoxy-terminated dimethicone copolyol, silicone copolyol pelargonate, Silicone Quaternary 1, Silicone Quaternary 2 (Myristyl), sodium dimethicone copolyol acetyl methyltaurate, dimethicone bisamino hydroxypropyl copolyol, dimethicone copolyol acetate, dimethicone copolyol adipate, dimethicone copolyol laurate, dimethicone copolyolamine, dimethicone copolyol benzoate, dimethicone copolyol phthalate, dimethicone copolyol undecylenate, dimethicone copolyol crosspolymer, dimethicone copolyol lactate, dimethicone propyl pg-betaine, polysilicone-10, bis-hydroxyethoxypropyl dimethicone, disodium copolyol dimethicone sulfosuccinate, copolyol pg-coco-glucoside dimethicone, copolyol nonafluorohexyl dimethicone copolymer, copolyol methyl ether lauroxy peg amidopropyl dimethicone, sodium carboxydecyl copolyol dimethicone; and combinations of two or more of the foregoing; and (C) a polymeric foam builder present in an amount sufficient to provide a stable foam formed from the composition, wherein a stable foam maintains a measurable height for at least 5 seconds following creation of the foam; wherein the polymeric foam builder is selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) having a molecular weight in the range from about 1,000,000 to 10,000,000, ethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, cetyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, ethyilhydroxy ethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl guar, polyglycerol, polyoxamer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000, polyoxamine, polyacrylamide, polyethylene glycol esters and ethers with alkyl alcohols or acid functional alkyls, polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, polyacrylic acid, polyethylene/isopropyl maleate/malaic acid copolyol, polymethacrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride, polymethacrylamidopropyltrimonium methosulfate, polymethacrylic acid, polyquaternium-1 to polyquaternium-9, polyquaternium-11to polyquaternium-47, polyvinyl methyl ether, butylated polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, crosslinked and non-crosslinked homopolymer or crosslinked and non-crosslinked copolymer containing n-vinyl lactam monomeric units, and combinations of two or more of the foregoing; wherein the foamable composition in a pre-foamed state has a viscosity of no greater than about 50 cps at 23° C.