US 7,012,053 B1Granted

Fabric care composition and method comprising a fabric care polysaccharide and wrinkle control agent

AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company

InventorsMary Vijayarani Barnabas, Toan Trinh, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michael Stanford Showell, Mark Richard Sine, Johan Smets, Helen Bernado Tordil, Todd Michael Wernicke

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Abstract

The present invention relates to fabric care compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture for treating fabrics, comprising an effective amount of fabric care polysaccharides with globular structure. Optionally, the composition can contain other ingredients to improve performance and formulatability. The compositions can be applied to fabric by spraying, soaking, dipping, and can also be used for pre-wash treatment, adding to the wash cycle, adding to the rinse cycle, and/or adding to the drying cycle. Preferably the compositions are applied from spray containers which preferably are in association with instructions for use.

A fabric care composition comprising:

(A) from about 0.001 to about 20, by weight of the composition, of a fabric care polysaccharide with globular structure and having a backbone comprising at least some 1,3-β-glycosidic linkages for providing a fabric with at least one of the following fabric care benefits:
wrinkle removal, wrinkle reduction, wrinkle resistance, fabric wear reduction, fabric wear resistance, fabric pilling reduction, fabric color maintenance, fabric color fading reduction, fabric color restoration, fabric soiling reduction, fabric soil release, fabric shape retention, and/or fabric shrinkage reduction;
(B) optionally, from about 0.01% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of adjunct fabric care oligosaccharide, selected from the group consisting of oligosaccharides, oligosaccharide mixtures, substituted versions of said oligosaccharides and/or mixtures, derivatised versions of said oligosaccharides and/or mixtures, and mixtures thereof;
(C) to remove and/or reduce wrinkles, an effective amount of adjunct wrinkle control agent, selected from the group consisting of fiber lubricant, adjunct fabric shape retention polymer, lithium salts, and mixtures thereof;
(D) optionally, to reduce surface tension, and/or to improve performance and formulatability, an effective amount of surfactant;
(E) optionally, an effective amount to absorb malodor, of odor control agent;
(F) an effective amount to provide olfactory effects of perfume;
(G) optionally, an effective amount, to kill, or reduce the growth of microbes, of antimicrobial active;
(H) optionally, an effective amount to provide improved antimicrobial action of aminocarboxylate chelator;
(I) optionally, an effective amount of antimicrobial preservative, in addition to, or in place of said antimicrobial active;
and
(J) optionally, an aqueous carrier,
said composition optionally being essentially free of any material that would soil or stain fabric under usage conditions.

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Application

09/807,367Filed 22 Oct 1999

Granted

14 Mar 2006

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Classification12 codes

C11D 17/047
Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means: arrangements specially adapted for dry cleaning or laundry…
C11D 3/221
Carbohydrates or derivatives thereof: mono, di- or trisaccharides or derivatives thereof
C11D 3/222
Carbohydrates or derivatives thereof: natural or synthetic polysaccharides, e.g. cellulose, starch, gum, alginic acid or cyclodextrin
C11D 3/373
Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds: containing silicones

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