公开(公告)号：US07056877B2

公开(公告)日：2006-06-06

申请号：US10925749

申请日：2004-08-25

申请人： Debra Sue Caswell ,  Robert Gary Welch ,  Mark William Ridyard ,  Edward Sayers ,  David William York ,  Daniel James Dufton ,  Simon Howe ,  Johan Eshuis ,  Angelina Pena-Romero ,  Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet ,  Wundriari Hoffmann ,  George Endel Deckner ,  Errol Hoffman Wahl ,  Ruth Anne Murphy ,  Betty Jean Hensley ,  Toan Trinh ,  Jiten Odhavji Dihora ,  Ellen Schmidt Baker ,  Janet Sue Littig ,  Timothy James Schroeder ,  Steven Louis Diersing ,  Malcolm McClaren Dodd ,  Lois Sara Gallon

发明人： Charles Albert Hensley

IPC分类号： C11D3/37

CPC分类号： C11D17/042 ,  A47F1/08 ,  C11D3/001 ,  C11D3/0015 ,  C11D3/0021 ,  C11D3/0026 ,  C11D3/0036 ,  C11D3/0052 ,  C11D3/0068 ,  C11D3/373 ,  C11D3/42 ,  C11D3/48 ,  C11D3/50 ,  C11D3/505 ,  C11D11/0017 ,  C11D17/0039 ,  C11D17/041 ,  C11D17/043 ,  C11D17/046

摘要： Compositions, articles and methods are provided for supplying fabric care benefits to clothing or fabrics in an automated washing machine and by manual washing. The fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% detergent surfactants, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. Similarly, the fabric care compositions preferably have less than about 5% fabric softener actives, more preferably less than 3%, even more preferably less than 1% and are most preferably free of detergent surfactants. The laundry articles can take a variety of forms in a variety of physical states all of which will rapidly dispense a unitized amount of one or more selected fabric care agents to a wash and/or rinse bath solution during the laundering process under a variety of conditions. The invention also pertains to laundry kits that contain a variety of such articles and instructions concerning their use. Likewise, methods for preparing a customized laundry solution to obtain a specific fabric care benefit selected based on the user's personal preferences and/or the fabric care needs of the fabrics being laundered are also provided. Further, the present invention also concerns methods for assisting a consumer in identifying the unitized articles to be used in preparing a laundry solution that will impart desired fabric care benefits as well as merchandising displays for dispensing the articles, assembling customized laundry kits and instructing the consumer on the selection and use of laundry articles.