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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Sanjeev Midha, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Raymond Edward Bolich, Jr, Maineville, OH (US);
Kathleen Bridget Jividen, Lebanon, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to personal care compositions. These compositions comprise an adhesive copolymer and a solvent for the copolymer selected from the group consisting of water, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, acetone, propylene glycol, and mixtures thereof. The compositions, when dried, exhibit a cohesive strength of greater than about 0.5 kgf/mm.sup.2, a total energy absorption per unit volume of greater than about 0.55 kgfmm/mm.sup.3, and an impact strength of greater than about 7000 ergs. Preferred are hairspray embodiments of the present invention having improved removeability from hair as defined by a hair stiffness value of from 0 to about 3.5 (0 to 4 scale) and a hair flaking value of from 0 to about 3.5 (0 to 4 scale), which values are determined by the removeability methodology defined herein.