The Procter Gamble Company

Michael Allen Hoyle

Alessandro Corona, Iii

Stephen Lee Childs

Alvin Michael Robertson

Karl Joseph Russ

Dale Alan Watts

Dryer-activated fabric softening articles having improved spun-bonded polyester substrates having improved feel characteristics and increased thickness as compared to conventional polyester substrates and/or feel characteristics that are not significantly different from conventional rayon substrates, after use in an automatic clothes dryer, said articles comprising: at least about 5% fabric conditioning composition comprising fabric conditioning active; and a polyester non-woven fabric substrate prepared from a polyester fiber having a denier of from greater than 4 to about 8; having a basis weight of from about 0.51 oz/yd.sup.2 to about 0.56 oz/yd.sup.2 ; a thickness of from about 0.16 mm to about 0.22 mm; belt fuzz of from about 1.8 to about 4.2; jet fuzz of from about 3.0 to about 5.0; a modulus of elasticity in machine direction and cross direction, of from about 1.5 to 4.2 pli; and, preferably, a tear strength of at least about 3 pli in both the cross direction and the machine direction; said polyester having improved feel characteristics as compared to conventional substrates of this type.

Dryer-activated fabricated conditioning articles with improved substrate

Dryer-activated fabric softening articles having improved spun-bonded polyester substrates having improved feel characteristics and increased thickness as compared to conventional polyester substrates and/or feel characteristics that are not significantly different from conventional rayon substrates, after use in an automatic clothes dryer, said articles comprising: (A) at least about 5% fabric conditioning composition comprising fabric conditioning active; and (B) a polyester non-woven fabric substrate prepared from a polyester fiber having a denier of from 5 to about 8, preferably from 5 to about 7, and more preferably about 6, said substrate having a basis weight of from about 0.53 oz/yd.sup.2 to about 0.59 oz/yd.sup.2, a thickness of from about 0.16 mm to about 0.23 mm, and, preferably, a tear strength of at least about 3 lbs/in.sup.2, preferably from about 4 to about 7 lbs/in.sup.2 in the cross direction and from about 3.1 to about 6 lbs/in.sup.2 in the machine direction, and 'belt fuzz' and 'jet fuzz' grades, as described herein, of from about 1.8 to about 2.9, preferably from about 2 to about 2.7, more preferably from about 2.2 to about 2.5, said polyester having improved loft as compared to a similar polyester substrate prepared from 4 denier fiber.

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