Fabric care composition

• US 7,534,759 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2006
• Issued: 05/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Johnson, Eric Scott, Watkins, Michele Ann, Brush, Lisa Grace, Deplancke, Patrick Firmin August, Deckner, George Endel, Boutique, Jean-Pol, Williams, Barbara Kay, Wang, Jiping, Brown, Jodi Lee, Wahl, Errol Hoffman, Wagers, Ruth Anne, de Buzzaccarini, Francesco
• Primary Examiner(s): Hardee; John R
• Application Number:
  US11/356,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20060217288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 510/439, 510/441
• US Class Current: 510/439
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 17/043 Liquid or thixotropic (gel) compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0015 liquid
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/227 with nitrogen-containing groups
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/373 containing silicones
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/3742 Nitrogen containing silicones

Abstract

The articles, compositions, and kits of the present invention are useful for conditioning fabric.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a compartment, a non-detersive fabric care composition, and a water soluble film;

wherein the non-detersive fabric care composition comprises a coacervate and a fabric care active, wherein the coacervate comprises from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of the composition, and wherein the weight percentage does not include water that may or may not be associated with the coacervate;

wherein the coacervate is comprised of a cationic polymer and an anionic surfactant, said cationic polymer is chosen from a cationic guar gum, a cationic cellulose polymer, or a combination thereof;

wherein the fabric care active comprising a silicone;

wherein the silicone comprises from about 2% to about 90% by weight of the composition;

wherein the silicone comprises a viscosity from about 10,000 cSt to about 600,000 cSt; and

wherein the water soluble film encapsulates the composition to form the compartment.

2. The article of claim 1, wherein the cationic guar gum comprises a range of charge density from about 0.07 meq/g to about 0.95 meq/g;

and wherein the cationic cellulose polymer comprises a charge density from about 0.5% to about 60%, wherein a 1% charge density is defined a one cationic charge per 100 glucose units.

3. The article of claim 2, wherein the silicone the silicone is a polydialkylsilicone, and wherein the silicone comprises particles having a median diameter on a volumetric basis (“

χ

₅₀”

) of from about 0.1 micrometers to about 500 micrometers.

4. The article of claim 3, wherein the silicone comprises a polydimethylsilicone (PDMS), wherein the PDMS comprises a viscosity from about 60,000 cSt to about 600,000 cSt;

and wherein the article comprises less than about 5% by weight of the article of a detersive detergent surfactant.

5. The article of claim 4, wherein the composition further comprises a solvent from about 30% to about 70% by weight of the composition, wherein the solvent comprises at least a polyethylene glycol (“

PEG”

), glycerin, or a combination thereof.

6. The article of claim 4, wherein the article further comprises a static control agent, wherein the static control agent is chosen from an amine-organic anion ion-pair complex, an amine-inorganic anion ion-pair complex, or a combination thereof.

7. The article of claim 4, wherein the article further comprises a friable perfume microcapsule, and wherein the water soluble film comprises a polyvinyl alcohol;

and wherein the PDMS comprises a viscosity from about 60,000 cSt to about 350,000 cSt.