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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMichael Ray McDonald, Heather Anne Liddle, John David Carter, Robert Henry Rohrbaugh
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Coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture comprising a nanoparticle system employing same to impart surface modifying benefits for all types of soft surfaces, and in some cases, hard surfaces, are disclosed. In some embodiments, dispersement of nanoparticles in a suitable carrier medium allows for the creation of coating compositions, methods and articles of manufacture that create multi-use benefits to the modified surfaces. These surface modifications can produce long lasting or semi-permanent multi-use benefits that, in some embodiments, may include at least one of the following improved surface properties: cleaning, wettability, liquid strike-through, comfort, stain resistance, soil removal, malodor control, modification of surface friction, reduced damage to abrasion and color enhancement, relative to the surfaces unmodified with such nanoparticle systems.
A color-enhanced soft surface comprising at least some color regions, wherein at least some of said color regions having a strippable nanoparticle coating comprising a plurality of nanoparticles thereon, and said nanoparticles have a particle size distribution of less than or equal to about 750 nanometers and a refracticve index of greater than or equal to about 1.3, and wherein said soft surface is selected from the group consisting of fabrics, garments, textiles, leather, plastic, films, paper, books, upholstery and carpet.
A method of enhancing the color of a soft surface comprising at least some color regions, said method comprising the steps of:
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