The Procter Gamble Company

Timothy James Schroeder

Toan Trinh

Errol Hoffman Wahl

George Endell Deckner

Jiten Odhavji Dihora

Ellen Schmidt Baker

Janet Sue Littig

Steven Louis Diersing

David William York

Ruth Anne Murphy

Robert Gary Welch

Mark William Ridyard

Lois Sara Gallon

Malcolm McClaren Dodd

Debra Sue Caswell

Simon Howe

Edward Sayers

Daniel James Dufton

Johan Eshuis

Angelina Pena-Romero

Christophe Laudamiel-Pellet

Wundriari Hoffmann

Betty Jean Hensley, Legal Representative

Betty Jean Hensley

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.

Laundry system having unitized dosing

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Mason, OH, United States of America

Timothy James Schroeder