Composition of fluid for impregnation in disposable wipes for cleaning indoor athletic shoes that does not damage indoor flooring

Abstract

A composition of matter for impregnation into disposable wipes for use on athletic indoor shoes such as volleyball or basketball shoes that is quick, drying, made from natural ingredients, is gentle on human skin and that does not erode the sole of shoe or damage the protective coating on indoor athletic courts. The composition uses the unique choice of an undecane/tridecane blend combined with specific percentages of water, natural surfactants, natural oils and natural based light volatile alkane hydrocarbon blend that combined cleans rubber soles, is quick drying and has low interaction with flooring when shoes are worn on an athletic court.

Claims

1. A composition of matter to be impregnated into individual wiping cloths for the cleaning of the soles of athletic shoes that do not damage the soles of the athletic shoes or the protective flooring in indoor sports arenas that is non-irritating to human skin comprising: 88-93% water; 1-3% sucrose cocoate; 1-3% polyglyceryl-3 polyricinoleate; 1-3% undecane; 0.5-1% tridecane; 0.5-1% sodium lauryl glucose carboxylate; 0.5-1% phenoxyethanol; 0.1-0.5% melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil; 0.1-0.5% lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil; 0.1-0.5% citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil; 0.1-0.5% phytic acid; 0.1-0.5% lauryl glucoside; 0.1-0.5% caprylyl glycol; 0.1-0.5% ethylhexylglycerin; 0.1-0.5% hexylene glycol; less than 0.01% citric acid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(1) In the preferred embodiment, a composition of matter is produced and impregnated into standard material used for disposable wipes. The wipes can then be housed in a convenient, mobile container such as a cylinder or box wherein the wipes are kept moist in the solution and easily at hand for use.

(2) The primary inventive focus of the composition is to provide a formulation that does not harm the treated floors of indoor athletic courts. The unique formulation utilizes a combination of undecane and tridecane with a specific concentration of water, combined with natural surfactants, natural oils and a natural based light volatile alkane hydrocarbon blend. The formulation is an improvement to typical cosmetic mild skin cleansing blends and a typical cosmetic face wash is used as a base.

(3) By starting with a base of a typical cosmetic face wash blend, the composition will remain gentle on human skin. In order to make the composition usable as a shoe cleaner that does not damage indoor flooring, constituents were added that are typically not found in cosmetic use, but more in the industrial/household use. The inclusion of specific undecane/tridecane mixture aids in speeding drying dry time, helps with shoe tack and provides conditioning to the rubber soles. The solution is organic coming from natural sources that include terpenes that are included for additional conditioning, cleaning and fragrance. Prior art cosmetic formulations are incapable of providing these industrial features.

(4) The unique choice of undecane/tridecane combined with percentages of water, natural surfactants, natural oils and natural based light volatile alkane hydrocarbon blend cleans rubber is not only quick drying, but more importantly has the required low interaction with flooring when shoes are worn on the court. Furthermore, the composition does not degrade the rubber on the soles of the shoes in such a way as to add to much tack to the shoes, providing too much grip on the floor and potentially being a source of injury.

(5) Example Formulation:

(6) 88-93% water;

(7) 1-3% sucrose cocoate;

(8) 1-3% polyglyceryl-3 polyricinoleate;

(9) 1-3% undecane;

(10) 0.5-1% tridecane;

(11) 0.5-1% sodium lauryl glucose carboxylate;

(12) 0.5-1% phenoxyethanol;

(13) 0.1-0.5% melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil;

(14) 0.1-0.5% lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil;

(15) 0.1-0.5% citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) peel oil;

(16) 0.1-0.5% phytic acid;

(17) 0.1-0.5% lauryl glucoside;

(18) 0.1-0.5% caprylyl glycol;

(19) 0.1-0.5% ethylhexylglycerin;

(20) 0.1-0.5% hexylene glycol;

(21) less than 0.01% citric acid.

(22) The discussion included in this patent is intended to serve as a basic description. The reader should be aware that the specific discussion may not explicitly describe all embodiments possible and alternatives are implicit. Also, this discussion may not fully explain the generic nature of the invention and may not explicitly show how each feature or element can actually be representative or equivalent elements. Again, these are implicitly included in this disclosure. Where the invention is described in device-oriented terminology, each element of the device implicitly performs a function. It should also be understood that a variety of changes may be made without departing from the essence of the invention. Such changes are also implicitly included in the description. These changes still fall within the scope of this invention.

(23) Further, each of the various elements of the invention and claims may also be achieved in a variety of manners. This disclosure should be understood to encompass each such variation, be it a variation of any apparatus embodiment, a method embodiment, or even merely a variation of any element of these. Particularly, it should be understood that as the disclosure relates to elements of the invention, the words for each element may be expressed by equivalent apparatus terms even if only the function or result is the same. Such equivalent, broader, or even more generic terms should be considered to be encompassed in the description of each element or action. Such terms can be substituted where desired to make explicit the implicitly broad coverage to which this invention is entitled. It should be understood that all actions may be expressed as a means for taking that action or as an element which causes that action. Similarly, each physical element disclosed should be understood to encompass a disclosure of the action which that physical element facilitates. Such changes and alternative terms are to be understood to be explicitly included in the description.