Patent ID: 8124577

Claim:
A liquid personal care composition, comprising: about 0.1% to about 99% by actives weight of the composition of at least one surfactant having the following general Formula 1: wherein n is an integer from 1-30, or mixtures thereof; one of X and Y is SO 3 —Z, the other of X and Y is hydrogen, and X and Y are independently assigned in each repeating unit; A 1 and A 2 are linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or un-substituted, alkyl diradicals wherein the total number of carbons for each repeating unit is independent and in the range of C 8 to C 22 ; a is 0, 1, or 2, and is independently assigned in each repeating unit; R is linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, wherein the total number of carbon atoms is from 1 to about 24; W is hydrogen or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium cation or substituted ammonium cation, or an alkyl or substituted alkyl group; Z is hydrogen or a monovalent or divalent metal cation, ammonium or substituted ammonium cation; and about 0.1% to about 85% by actives weight of at least one additional surfactant; and about 1% to about 99.9% by actives weight of at least one carrier; wherein the composition has a viscosity of about 10 to about 50,000 cps, measured at a temperature of 25° C., with a Brookfield model RVT viscometer set at a speed of 20 rpm.