Laundry care products and compositions
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA
InventorsFilomena Augusta Gomes, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Karla Jean Cicciari, Harry Hamilton Haubert, Carol Caldwell Bishop, Sherryl Ilana Zucker
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Abstract
The present application relates to a product for use in a conventional home clothes dryer that delivers one or more desirable benefits to clothing in need of freshening. The product is particularly suited for delivering the benefits to relatively dry clothing and can be added directly to the dryer without the need for a bag to contain the product and clothing during the dryer cycle.
Claims15
A fabric treatment article comprising, in combination, a substrate for use in a drying apparatus and a fabric treatment composition applied to the substrate, the fabric treatment composition comprising at least one laundry benefit agent in an amount effective for reducing wrinkles, stains or odors in clothing, wherein the substrate is a non-woven sheet having first and second primary sides, each side having generally the same dimensions and having a plurality of raised and depressed portions, and wherein one side of the substrate sheet has a surface area of X square inches and the fabric treatment composition is applied to the substrate from between about 0.14 to about 0.42 grams of the fabric treatment composition per square inch of the substrate sheet.
A fabric treatment article comprising, in combination, a substrate for use in a drying apparatus and a fabric treatment composition applied to the substrate, the fabric treatment composition comprising at least one laundry benefit agent in an amount effective for reducing wrinkles, stains or odors in clothing, wherein the substrate is a sheet having first and second primary sides having generally the same dimensions and wherein at least a portion of the substrate sheet first side has a first color and at least a portion of the substrate sheet second side has a second color different from the first color.
A fabric treatment article comprising, in combination, a substrate for use in a drying apparatus and a fabric treatment composition applied to the substrate, the fabric treatment composition comprising between about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt % of fabric benefit agent selected from the group consisting of:
- ethoxylated organosilicones;
- polyalkyleneoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane;
- linear aminopolydimethylsiloxane polyalkyleneoxide copolymers;
- sulfated/sulfonated vegetable oils;
- high molecular weight polyacrylamides;
- betaine siloxane copolymers;
- and alkylactam siloxane coplymers.
A method of treating a soiled fabric comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate having a fabric treatment composition applied thereto, the fabric treatment composition having at least one ingredient useful for removing stains;
- providing a soiled fabric having at least one identifiable stain;
- rubbing a portion of the substrate on the identifiable stain, thereby transferring at least a portion of the fabric treatment composition to the fabric;
- placing the fabric and the substrate in a drying apparatus;
- and
- running the drying apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.