Patent ID: 7674764

Claim:
A composition for controlling the release of an active material selected from fragrances, sunscreens, vitamins, drugs, biocides, pest repellents, catalysts and cooling agents, from a cleaning composition, household care product or textile treatment composition, comprising a blend of the active material and a waxy silicone material, wherein the blend of active material and waxy silicone material is in an emulsion form, and that the waxy silicone material has a melting point 10-200° C., that the waxy silicone material comprises a cyclopolysiloxane in which at least 20 percent of the silicon atoms in the cyclopolysiloxane have an alkyl substituent having 16 to 100 carbon atoms, and that 10 to 80 percent of the silicon atoms of the cyclopolysiloxane have a silicon bonded substituent of the formula X—Ph, wherein X denotes a divalent aliphatic organic group bonded to silicon through a carbon atom and Ph denotes an aromatic group.