Controlled released fabric care article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorBruce Albert Yeazell
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Abstract
A cleaning composition is releasably contained in a controlled-release pad or sheet, preferably enveloped within an apertured, formed-film cover sheet to provide a spot removal article. The article is pressed against localized stained areas on fabric surfaces to release the cleaning composition in a controlled manner. The article and fabric are then placed in a bag and agitated in a hot air clothes dryer to dry clean the entire fabric.
Claims28
An article for treating fabrics, comprising:
- a) an absorbent substrate;
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- b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition releasably absorbed in said substrate;
- said substrate being wholly or partly covered by
- c) a coversheet which is permeable to said cleaning/refreshment composition in the liquid or vapor state.
An article of manufacture in sheet form which is specifically adapted to clean and/or refresh fabrics in a hot air clothes dryer, comprising:
- (a) a core element which comprises a liquid absorbing carrier in sheet form;
- (b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition comprising at least about 95%, by weight, of water releasably absorbed in said core element;
- (c) a permeable coversheet which enrobes the outer surfaces of said core element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.