Garment laundering system
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsDeborah Jane Cooke, Helen Elspeth Lyon
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Abstract
An anti-aging laundering system for fabrics comprising complementary laundering system components (a) a detergent composition, (b) a fabric rinse conditioner, and (c) an ancilliary laundry agent wherein the (b) or (c) provides a combination of (i) a fabric shape retention agent (ii) a fabric drape improver, and (iii) at least one perfume, and wherein said complementary laundering components bear common visual indicia and corresponding instructions to launder fabrics with components (a) and (b) and (c).
Claims15
An anti-aging laundering system for fabrics comprising complementary laundering system components:
- (a) a detergent composition,
- (b) a fabric rinse conditioner, and
- (c) an ancillary laundry agent,
- wherein the (b) or (c) provides a combination of:
- (i) a fabric shape retention agent,
- (ii) a fabric drape improver,
- (iii) at least one perfume,
- wherein said complementary laundering components bear common visual indicia and corresponding instructions to launder fabrics with components (a) and (b) and (c);
- wherein the system further includes a further complementary component being a fabric refresh spray, which also bears said common visual indicia;
- wherein the system includes instructions to treat the fabrics with the fabric refresh spray following use of said laundered fabrics, and then subsequently to re-wear the laundered fabrics;
- and
- wherein the fabric refresher comprises a fabric refreshing composition and a hand-held spray device which is manually operable to produce a spray of said composition in the form of a fine aerosol;
- said composition comprising at least one of:
- an anti-malodour agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and a perfume;
- and said spray device comprising a reservoir containing said composition and a spray mechanism.
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An anti-aging laundering method for fabrics comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting from an anti-aging system comprising complementary components
- (i) detergent composition,
- (ii) fabric rinse conditioner, and
- (iii) laundry ancilliary liquid
- wherein the (b) or (c) provides a combination of:
- (a) a fabric shape retention agent,
- (b) a fabric drape improver, and
- (c) at least one perfume,
- and wherein said complementary laundering components bear common visual indicia
- (b) carrying out an aqueous washing operation in which (i) detergent composition, (ii) a fabric rinse conditioner, and (iii) an ancilliary laundry agent are added to a wash liquor,
- (c) laundering said fabrics, and
- (d) refreshing the laundered fabrics after use with refresh spray (d).
A anti-aging laundering method for fabrics and/or system substantially as in herein described.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.