Dryer-added fabric softener composition to provide color and other fabric benefits in package in association with instructions for use

US6107270A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• John W. Smith · Lancaster, US
• Alessandro Corona, III · Maineville, US
• Toan Trinh · Maineville, US
• Ronghui Wu · Loveland, US
• Ellen Schmidt Baker · Cincinnati, US
• Frederick Anthony Hartman · Cincinnati, US
• Janet Sue Littig · Lancaster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/30
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of a dryer-added fabric softener composition, after a normal wash process, said composition having optimal characteristics for providing good coverage of fabrics that are treated, and optionally comprising at least one fabric softener component, for imparting fabric appearance benefits. The invention comprises the softener compositions in packages in association with instructions for their use in the dryer to provide protection for the fabrics, especially color care. Dryer-added fabric softener compositions containing chlorine scavenger to protect colored fabrics from chlorine in the next wash cycle are disclosed.