Patent ID: 7135165

Claim:
A multi-phase sunscreen composition comprising: (a) about 2% by weight to 15% by weight of a high-density aromatic ester having a specific gravity greater than about 1; (b) about 5% by weight to about 25% by weight of a sunscreen; (c) about 5% by weight to 25% by weight of one or more water-immiscible emollients; and (d) about 40% to 90% by weight of water or a mixture of water and a salt wherein (1) the composition comprises a first layer comprising the high-density ester and sunscreen; a second layer comprising water or water and a salt; and a third layer comprising one or more emollients, (2) the specific gravity of the first layer is greater than that of the second layer and the specific gravity of the second layer is greater than that of the third layer, (3) the first, second and third layers are substantially visually distinct, and (4) the first, second and third layers disperse upon mixing and separate between about one minute to fifteen munute after mixing.