# US 8,539,631 B2 · Roller for providing benefits to fabric > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,539,631 B2 - Document ID: US8539631B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/177,657 - Filed: 2005-07-08 - Published: 2006-01-12 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2004-07-09 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: Vincenzo Catalfamo; Jeffrey Donald Painter; Zaiyou Liu; George Kavin Morgan, III; Trace Wendell de Guzman Trajano; Melissa Jane Wene; Cynthia Maria Bedell; Hirotaka Uchiyama; Toan Trinh - Inventors: Vincenzo Catalfamo; Jeffrey Donald Painter; Zaiyou Liu; George Kavin Morgan, III; Trace Wendell de Guzman Trajano; Melissa Jane Wene; Cynthia Maria Bedell; Hirotaka Uchiyama; Toan Trinh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539631B2 ## CPC - D06M 23/02: Processes in which the treating agent is releasably affixed or incorporated into a dispensing means - A47L 25/005: {using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers} - D06M 13/005: {Compositions containing perfumes; Compositions containing deodorants} - Y10T 156/1788: Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or static structure - Y10T 156/18: Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip - Y10T 428/1476: Release layer - D06M: TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract Roller for providing benefits to fabric. The present invention relates to utilizing one or more benefit agents in conjunction with a hand-held roller in order to provide one or more benefits to fabrics. The present invention also relates to a method for applying one or more benefit agents to the roller. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hand-held roller for providing benefits to fabrics, said hand-held roller comprising: a) a substrate formed into a roll, said substrate including a first side and a second side opposite said first side; b) an adhesive on said first side of said substrate; c) a barrier agent on said first side of said substrate wherein said barrier agent is flexographically applied to said first side of said substrate in discrete locations; d) a benefit agent wherein said benefit agent is flexographically applied to said barrier agent on said first side of said substrate; and e) an optional release coating on said second side of said substrate wherein said first side of said substrate is facing outwardly and said second side of said substrate faces inwardly toward the center of said roll. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hand-held roller of claim 1 wherein said benefit agent is encapsulated. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hand-held roller of claim 1 further comprising a signal that communicates the status of said substrate to a user. ### Claim 4 A hand-held roller for providing benefits to fabrics, said hand-held roller comprising: a) a substrate formed into a roll, said substrate having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; b) an adhesive on said first side of said substrate; and c) a benefit agent on said first side of said substrate said benefit agent present on said substrate in an amount of about 0.1 gram/m2 to about 15 grams/m2 wherein said benefit agent comprises a perfume composition, said perfume composition comprising at least about 25% by weight of blooming perfume ingredients and at least about 25% by weight of substantive perfume ingredients; said benefit agent being separated from said adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hand-held roller of claim 4 further comprising a barrier agent wherein the benefit agent is separated from said adhesive by said barrier agent. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The hand-held roller of claim 4 wherein each of said benefit agent and said adhesive each form discontinuous patterns on said substrate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hand-held roller of claim 6 wherein the discontinuous pattern of said benefit agent and/or said adhesive is in the form of a dot, a stripe, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 8 A hand-held roller for providing benefits to fabrics, said hand-held roller comprising: a) a substrate formed into a roll, said substrate having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; b) an adhesive on said first side of said substrate; and c) a benefit agent on said first side of said substrate said benefit agent present on said substrate in an amount of about 0.1 gram/m2 to about 15 grams/m2 wherein said benefit agent comprises a perfume composition, said perfume composition comprising at least about 25% by weight of blooming perfume ingredients and at least about 25% by weight of substantive perfume ingredients, said hand-held roller further comprising a barrier agent wherein said benefit agent is applied to said barrier agent such that said benefit agent overlays said barrier agent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hand-held roller of claim 8 wherein said benefit agent does not contact said adhesive.