Laundry additive sachet

• US 20030216274A1
• Filed: 10/24/2002
• Published: 11/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Isoldi, Gina, Albanesi, Mario, Del Duca, Valerio
• Granted Patent: US 7,351,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 510/296
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/0004 Non aqueous liquid compositions comprising insoluble particles
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/043 Liquid or thixotropic (gel) compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/045 Multi-compartment
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0015 liquid
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3907 Organic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3917 Nitrogen-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3945 Organic per-compounds C11D3/3902 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/024 mounted on the agitator or the rotating drum; Free body dispensers

Abstract

The present invention relates to laundry additive sachets. The sachets comprise at least two compartments and may comprise further compartments. At least one of the compartments comprises a liquid laundry additive composition.

Claims

1. A laundry additive sachet comprising one or more liquid compositions, wherein the sachet comprises two or more compartments made of substantially water-soluble film or sheet material.

2. A laundry additive sachet according to claim 1 wherein the sachet comprises three or more compartments.

3. A laundry additive sachet according to any preceding claim wherein the water-soluble film or sheet material is hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose.

4. A laundry additive sachet according to any preceding claim comprising at least two different liquid compositions wherein the first and second compositions differ by the presence of at least one ingredient.

5. A laundry additive sachet according to claim 2 comprising at least three compositions wherein the first, second and third compositions differ by the presence of at least one ingredient.

6. A laundry additive sachet according to claim 2 or 5 wherein the first, second and third compositions differ from each other such that at least one ingredient is present in one composition that is not present in either of the remaining two compositions.

7. A laundry additive sachet according to any preceding claim wherein the first composition comprises a ingredient selected from softening ingredient, enzyme, organic polymeric compound, soil release agent, dye transfer inhibitor, brightener and mixtures thereof.

8. A laundry additive sachet according to any preceding claim wherein the second composition comprises a bleaching ingredient which is a preformed monoperoxy carboxylic acid, preferably phthaloyl amido peroxy hexanoic acid.

9. Process of treating fabrics with a laundry additive sachet according to any of the preceding claims in conjunction with a conventional laundry detergent in the presence of water.

10. Use of a sachet according to any of claims 1 to 8 as a laundry additive.

11. Use of a sachet according to any of claims 1 to 8 to clean and/or soften fabric.

12. Use of sachet according to any of claims 1 to 8 to clean and/or provide and easy ironing benefit.