Patent ID: 7723279

Claim:
A foamable alcohol composition comprising: (a) 30-95% by active weight C 1 -C 4 alcohol, or mixtures thereof; (b) 0.001-10% by active weight polymeric fluorosurfactant, wherein the fluorosurfactant is of structure V: n is about 1 to about 50; t is about 1 to about 100; R f is selected from the group consisting of —CF 3 , —CF 2 CF 3 , —(CF 2 ) p CF 3 , —R′CF 3 , —R′(CF3) p , —R″(CF 3 ) q , perfluorinated alkyl radical, perfluorinated aryl radical, partially fluorinated alkyl radical, partially fluorinated aryl radical, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof; R′ is a C 1 to C 20 linear or branched, alkyl or alkylene moiety, optionally substituted with and/or terminated with at least one —CF 3 group; R″ is a radical comprising a phenyl, aryl group and combinations thereof with q degrees of —CF 3 substitution; p is about 1 to about 6; q is about 1 to about 5; R 2 is an alkyl having from about 1 to about 40 carbon atoms; wherein R 2 may be alkyl, alkylene moieties derivatized with radicals comprising carboxylic, ester, amine, amide, aminoamide, siloxane, silyl, alkylsiloxane, perfluoroalkyl and combinations thereof; X + is a cationic counterion; and Y − is an anionic moiety selected from the group consisting of carbonate, borate, sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate, phosphonate, nitrate and combinations thereof; (c) 1-70% water; and wherein the composition is capable of being foamed.