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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rhonda Jean Jackson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
George Kavin Morgan, III., Hamilton, OH (US);
Gregory Charles Maier, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David James Dahlinger, Mason, OH (US);
Ronald Edward Pegoli, Loveland, OH (US);
Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Hamilton, OH (US);
Zaiyou Liu, West Chester, OH (US);
Kristin Marie Finley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Toan Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
Errol Hoffman Wahl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stanley James Welling, Hamilton, OH (US);
Barbara Kay Williams, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.