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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa, Duesseldorf, DE;
Inventors:
Anna Larracuente, Newtown, CT (US);
Maxime Pelletier, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Assignee:
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/50 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 3/37 (2006.01); C11D 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/505 (2013.01); C11D 3/2096 (2013.01); C11D 3/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
An absorbent substrate such as a wool dryer ball is imbued with a fragrance or treatment composition. The fragrance or treatment composition comprises an aqueous carrier, free fragrance, and encapsulated fragrance. The composition includes about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % free fragrance and about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % encapsulated fragrance. A kit includes absorbent balls, the fragrance or treatment composition, and an applicator for applying the fragrance or treatment composition onto or within the absorbent balls.