P&G Awarded New Patent for Solid Format Hair Conditioner

US Patent No. 12,029,799 B2 (Mark William Hamersky, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Emily Ann Lao; Jay Ryan Tenkman, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer); The Procter & Gamble Company has been patented a dissolvable solid fibrous structure comprising a plurality of filaments wherein the filaments comprise a polymeric structurant comprising a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 6,000,000 g/mol; wherein the polymeric structurant is free of polyvinyl alcohol; a high melting point fatty material having a carbon chain length C12-C22 or mixtures thereof, wherein the melting point is above 25°C.; and a cationic surfactant; wherein the components of the filaments form a homogenous material when molten; wherein a lamellar structure is formed upon addition of water to the dissolvable solid structure in the ratio of about 5:1; wherein the plurality of filaments are inter-entangled or otherwise associated with one another to form the fibrous structure; wherein at least 50% of the filaments comprise a diameter of less than 150 microns.