Granted Patent B2

US 12,558,299 · App. 18/211,834 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Inventors: Benjamin Gabriel Stern (Palm Bay, FL); Robert Hutton Ray (Union, IL); James J. Ramirez (Palm Bay, FL); Matthew Gernstein (Arlington, VA)

Assignee: CMC GROUP, INC.

A61K8/345A61K8/11A61Q5/02A61Q5/12A61Q19/10A61K2800/87

Abstract

Claims (18)

1 . A hygiene product pod comprising a water-soluble envelope and a liquid product encapsulated within the water-soluble envelope, wherein the liquid product is a conditioning agent for hair and/or body, a shampoo, a bodywash, a shaving product, or a combination thereof and comprises:

(i) a glycol carrier, wherein the glycol carrier comprises at least one of: butylene glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, or N-acetyl diglycoamine;

(ii) from 3 wt % to 6 wt %, based on the total weight of the liquid product, capryloyl methyl glucamide, lauroyl methyl glucamide, or a combination thereof; and

(iii) from 1 wt % to 5 wt % linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, or a combination thereof;

wherein the liquid product does not dissolve the water-soluble envelope when encapsulated in the water-soluble envelope, and wherein the liquid product does not phase separate within the water-soluble envelope.

2 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises at least one anionic surfactant.

3 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises at least one amphoteric surfactant.

4 . The hygiene product pod of claim 3 , wherein the at least one amphoteric surfactant is cocamidopropyl betaine.

5 . The hygiene product pod of claim 4 , wherein the cocamidopropyl betaine is present in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the liquid product.

6 . The hygiene product pod of claim 4 , wherein the cocamidopropyl betaine is present in an amount of from about 4 wt % to about 6 wt %, based on the total weight of the liquid product.

7 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble envelope dissolves in the amount of water at a temperature of about 25° C. in a time period of from about 3 seconds to about 15 seconds.

8 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises a quaternary ammonium salt.

9 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises an additional non-ionic surfactant.

10 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the glycol carrier comprises propylene glycol.

11 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , further comprising lauramine oxide.

12 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , further comprising cetyl alcohol.

13 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , further comprising stearyl alcohol.

14 . The hygiene product pod of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product has a free water content of about 20 wt % or less, based on the total weight of the liquid product.

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