Inventors:
Debra Sue Caswell - Beijing, CN
Robert Gary Welch - Mason OH, US
Mark William Ridyard - Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Edward Sayers - North Shields, GB
David William York - Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Daniel James Dufton - Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
Simon Howe - South Shields, GB
Johan Eshuis - Antwerp, BE
Angelina Pena-Romero - Tervuren, BE
Wundriari Hoffmann - Frimley, GB
George Endel Deckner - Cincinnati OH, US
Errol Hoffman Wahl - Cincinnati OH, US
Ruth Anne Murphy - Cincinnati OH, US
Betty Jean Hensley - Cincinnati OH, US
Toan Trinh - Maineville OH, US
Jiten Odhavji Dihora - Hamilton OH, US
Ellen Schmidt Baker - Cincinnati OH, US
Janet Sue Littig - Fairfield OH, US
Timothy James Schroeder - Mason OH, US
Steven Louis Diersing - Cincinnati OH, US
Malcolm McClaren Dodd - Gateshead, GB
Lois Sara Gallon - Cincinnati OH, US
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
C11D 3/37
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.