IP Library Granted Patent US 9,789,041
Granted Patent B2
US 9,789,041 · App. 14/267,045 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Self-tanning compositions

Inventor: Dennis F. Gross (New York, NY)
A61K8/35A61K8/645A61K8/67A61K8/97A61K36/47A61K36/76A61Q19/04
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Patent No.
US 9,789,041
App. No.
14/267,045
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention is related to a sunless tanning composition comprising at least one self-tanner and at least one vitamin D compound, wherein the at least one self-tanner is selected from dihydroxyacetone, erythrulose, or a mixture thereof.

Claims (10)

1. A sunless tanning composition comprising at least one self-tanner and at least one vitamin D compound, wherein the at least one self-tanner is selected from dihydroxyacetone, erythrulose, or a mixture thereof, said composition further comprising Larrea divaricata extract.

2. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one vitamin D compound is selected from pro-vitamin D, calciferol, vitamin D 1 , vitamin D 2 (ergocalciferol), vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin D 4 (22-dihydroergocalciferol) and/or vitamin D 5 (sitocalciferol).

3. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one self-tanner is dihydroxyacetone.

4. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one self-tanner is erythrulose.

5. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , further comprising a substance selected from ethoxydiglycol, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, butylene glycol, lactic acid, glycolic acid, panthenol, Phyllanthus emblica fruit extract, disodium EDTA, lecithin, caffeine, phytic acid, ascorbyl palmitate, retinyl palmitate and tocopheryl acetate.

6. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 in a towelette.

7. A method of obtaining suntan in a subject, comprising applying the composition of claim 1 to the skin of at least a portion of the body of the subject interested in obtaining the suntan.

8. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , further comprising Salix alba (willow) bark extract.

9. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , further comprising hydrolyzed soy protein.

10. The sunless tanning composition of claim 1 , further comprising phospholipids.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: DR. DENNIS GROSS SKINCARE, LLC
To: SHISEIDO AMERICAS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070962/0501 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: DR. DENNIS GROSS SKINCARE, LLC
To: SHISEIDO AMERICAS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071096/0680 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2023
From: GROSS, DENNIS F.
To: DR. DENNIS GROSS SKINCARE, LLC
Reel/Frame 062637/0659 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13367474 · Feb 7, 2012
Provisional Application 61440066 · Feb 7, 2011
Related Publication 20140234237A1 · Aug 21, 2014