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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Mooney, Wirral, GB;
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 3/18 ;
Abstract
The crease recovery of fabrics can be improved using C -C saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons which have melting points below 0° C., such as squalane. The hydrocarbons may be included in garment care products adapted for use in a tumble dryer, such as flexible sheets, in sprayable formulations or in fabric care compositions, such as fabric conditioning compositions which comprise a fabric softening agent. Fabrics may be treated with the hydrocarbons as part of a domestic laundering process.