Laundry system having unitized dosing
First Claim
1. An article of manufacture comprising:
- (i) a composition; and
(ii) a water soluble film,wherein the composition comprises from about 1% to about 99% by weight of the composition of a perfume microcapsulle;
wherein the composition is free of a detergent surfactant and is free of a fabric softening active; and
wherein the water soluble film encases said fabric care composition.
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Abstract
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.
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19 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:
- (i) a composition; and
(ii) a water soluble film,wherein the composition comprises from about 1% to about 99% by weight of the composition of a perfume microcapsulle; wherein the composition is free of a detergent surfactant and is free of a fabric softening active; and wherein the water soluble film encases said fabric care composition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (i) a composition; and
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10. A method of treating fabric comprising the step of delivering an article to an automatic laundry washing machine, wherein the article comprises:
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(a) a composition, wherein the composition comprises a perfume that is between about 1% and about 99% by weight of the composition; and (b) a water soluble film, wherein the water soluble film encases said composition; (c) wherein the article is free of a detergent surfactant and is free of a fabric softening active. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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