US 6,787,510 B2 · Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods

Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods

AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company

InventorsBienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, III., Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams

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Abstract

A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A dryer added fabric conditioning article comprising:

a) a substrate in the form of a sheet;
and
b) a fabric conditioning composition disposed on said sheet, said fabric conditioning composition comprising:
i) at least about 1% by weight of a fabric conditioning active;
ii) perfumed particles, said perfumed particles having porous inorganic carrier particles and a perfume composition absorbed and/or adsorbed on said carrier particles;
wherein said perfume composition comprises less than 30% by weight of the perfume composition, of unstable perfume ingredients;
wherein said perfumed particles comprise a coating encapsulating at least a portion of said perfumed particles;
and
wherein said coating comprises a polysaccharide, or derivative thereof.

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Facts

Application

10/137,467Filed 2 May 2002 · us provisional application

Priority

4 May 2001

Published

US 2003/0013632 A116 Jan 2003

Granted

7 Sep 2004

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Classification10 codes

C11D 17/047
Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means: arrangements specially adapted for dry cleaning or laundry…
A61L 9/01
Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air: deodorant compositions
A61L 9/012
Deodorant compositions: characterised by being in a special form, e.g. gels, emulsions
A61L 9/014
Deodorant compositions: containing sorbent material, e.g. activated carbon