S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Wortley, Russell, B.

Strash, Thomas, A.

Strasser, Debra, A.

Wietfeldt, John, R.

Klinkhammer, Michael, E.

Thomas A Strash

Michael E Klinkhammer

Russell B Wortley

John R Wietfeldt

Wayne M Rees

Steven A Zach

John A Sramek

Doraiswami Jaichandra

Debra A Strasser

A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) water; (e) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.

Cleaning composition comprising a fatty alcohol mixture having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits

Cleaning composition with a hydrophilic polymer having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits

Cleaning compositions in the form of a self-adhesive aqueous gel are provided. The aqueous gel may be a rigid, 'hard' aqueous gel that resists deformation of its shape. The gel composition may desirably have a hardness of at least about 150 g and/or a gel melt temperature of about 50-90&#xb0; C. The cleaning compositions may include a polyalkoxy nonionic surfactant, such as an alkoxylated alcohol and/or polymeric alkylene oxide block copolymer, a co-hardening agent, and water. Methods for treating a hard surface, such as a toilet bowl, using the cleaning compositions are also provided.

Gel cleaning composition

Cleaning composition having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits comprising a cationic/nonionic surfactant system

Self-adhesive detergent compositions are described including a pH-sensitive color-changing system. The color-changing system is useful with certain acidic compositions and certain alkaline compositions. The compositions have a given color upon application to a hard surface, e.g., a toilet bowl. In one embodiment, when the self-adhesive composition is exposed to a water-based rinse, such as on flushing a toilet, the color-changing system provides the released cleaning portion of the composition, and thereby the water, with a color different from the color of the composition to indicate cleaning is occurring. In another embodiment, following exposure to a plurality of rinses, the color-changing system changes the color of the composition when the composition is near depletion to provide an 'end-of-use' cue. In another embodiment, the color-changing system indicates dual functions by changing the color of the composition to another color when the composition is physically mixed with a rinse to provide manual cleaning.

Self-adhesive detergent compositions with color-changing systems

Cleaning composition having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits

A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) a blend of linear primary alcohols, wherein each alcohol of said blend includes a carbon chain containing 9 to 17 carbons or an ethoxylated blend thereof; (e) water; (f) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.

Non-ionic surfactant-based cleaning composition having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits

Cleaning composition comprising an ethoxylated alcohol blend, having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits

Cleaning composition having high self-adhesion to a vertical hard surface and providing residual benefits

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Kenosha, WI, United States of America

Thomas A Strash