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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Stephen Lee Childs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Allen Hoyle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dale Alan Watts, Brockville, CA;
Alvin Michael Robertson, West Chester, OH (US);
Alessandro Corona, III, Maineville, OH (US);
Karl Joseph Russ, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
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.