P&G Patents Liquid Detergent With Abrasives

US Patent No. 9,163,201 B2; The Procter & Gamble Company has patented a composition comprising abrasive particles derived from inorganic-based foam. The abrasive particles are non-spherical, comprise one or more inorganic materials and have a Mohs hardness of from about 1 to about 4. The inorganic materials are selected from the group consisting of manganocalcite, aliettite, aluminite, coalingite, coyoteite, halloysite, hectorite, huntite, illite, montmorillonite, motukoreaite, sauconite, soapstone or steatite, taranakite, nontronite, struvite, baricite, birnessite, covellite, dickite, gypsum, pickeringite, pyrophyllite, saponite, sideronatrite, stichtite, todorokite, tschermigite, vermiculite, vivianite, abelsonite, admontite, alabandite, alabaster, ameghinite, attapulgite, aubertite, aurichalcite, bentorite, bilinite, botryogen, celadonite, cesanite, chamosite, clinochlore, cyanotrichite, epsomite, ettringite, fibroferrite, glauconite, glauconite, hydrotalcite, hydrozincite, inyoite, kaolinite, magadiite, manasseite, mohrite, muscovite, nimite, palygorskite, pennantite, phlogopite, pitticite, proustite, quintinite, saliotite, selenite, sepiolite, serpentine, shigaite, tuzlaite, vashegyite, aksaite, amarantite, amarillite, anglesite, artinite, bianchite, biotite, blödite, brammallite, brushite, carnallite, chrysocolla, chrysotile, copiapite, crocoite, cryolite, defernite, digenite, djurleite, gibbsite, gunningite, gyrolite, hemetite, hisingerite, jarosite, kernite, kinoite, kurnakovite, lansfordite, lepidolite, löweite, nesquehonite, paragonite, phosphorösslerite, portlandite, pyrargyrite, pyroaurite, quenstedtite, schwertmannite, sjögrenite, stevensite, tobermorite, ulexite, vanadinite, whewellite, wulfenite, aerinite, afwillite, allophane, antlerite, atacamite, barite, barrerite, boleite, bornite, cacoxenite, calcite, celestite, cerussite, connellite, dawsonite, diadochite, fluellite, hardystonite, herbertsmithite, heulandite, heulandite, hopeite, laueite, leightonite, millerite, mordenite, newberyite, priceite, rhodesite, verdite, whiteite, witherite, anapaite, ankerite, magnesite, ajoite, aragonite, aragonte, azurite, brochantite, calciborite, chalcopyrite, clinoptilolite, cuprite, dolomite, erionite, fluckite, howlite, hydromagnesite, jennite, kutnohorite, macdonaldite, magnesite, malachite, northupite, polyhalite, powellite, rhodochrosite, robertsite, shattuckite, siderite, sphalerite, stilbite, tarbuttite, thaumasite, vauxite, wavellite, weloganite, siderite, barytocalcite, alunite, augelite, bobfergusonite, creedite, cyrilovite, fluorite, gatehouseite, laumontite, margarite, partheite, rosasite, sampleite, weddellite, and combinations thereof.