US4134838A
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Fabric conditioning product
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1978-02-15
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Granted: 1979-01-16
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Expires: 1998-02-15
Abstract
Abstract A fabric conditioning composition comprises a fabric softening amount of a fabric softener and a deodorizing amount of a deodorant perfume, the composition having an odor reduction value within the range of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the modified Whitehouse and Carter test.
Inventors
- 👤 David C. Hooper
- 👤 George A. Johnson
- 👤 Donald Peter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 13:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61Q; A61Q15/00; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/40; A61K8/41; A61K8/416; B; B01; B01J; B01J2/00; B01J2/16; C; C01; C01B; C01B15/00; C01B15/055; C01B15/12; C11; C11D; C11D3/00; C11D3/0005; C11D3/001; C11D3/0068; C11D3/48; C11D3/50; D; D06; D06M; D06M13/00; D06M13/005; D06M13/322; D06M13/46; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/74; A61K2800/77
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A fabric conditioning composition comprising an effective amount of from 1 to 99.99% by weight of a fabric softener and a deodorising amount of from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant perfume, and from 0 to 98.99% by weight of fabric conditioning adjuncts, the fabric conditioning composition having an odour reduction value within the range of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the modified Whitehouse and Carter test.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A fabric conditioning composition comprising an effective amount of from 1 to 99.99% by weight of a fabric softener and a deodorising amount of from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant perfume, and from 0 to 98.99% by weight of fabric conditioning adjuncts, the fabric conditioning composition having an odour reduction value within the range of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the modified Whitehouse and Carter test.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the fabric softener is a cationic fabric softener selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts, quaternary imidazolinium salts, alkylated diamines, acylated diamines, their salts and mixtures thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the fabric softener is a nonionic fabric softener selected from the group consisting of tertiary phosphine oxides, tertiary amine oxides, ethoxylated alcohols, alkyl phenols, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the fabric softener is an anionic fabric softener selected from the group consisting of fatty acid soaps, ethoxylated alcohol sulphates, sodium alkyl sulphates, alkyl sulphonates, sodium alkyl benzene sulphonates, sodium or potassium alkyl glycol ether sulphonates, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the fabric softener is a zwitterionic quaternary ammonium compound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 1, in which the fabric softener is an ampholytic tertiary ammonium compound.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition according to claim 1, having an odour reduction value of at least 0.60.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition according to claim 1, having an odour reduction value of at least 0.80.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition according to claim 1, having an odour reduction value of at least 1.00.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition according to claim 1, having an odour reduction value of at least 1.20.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
77 words
A process for preparing a deodorant fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1, which process comprises mixing from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant perfume, and from 1 to 99.99% by weight of a fabric softener and from 0 to 98.99% by weight of fabric conditioning adjuncts to provide a fabric conditioner composition having an odour reduction value within the range of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the modified Whitehouse and Carter test.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method for suppressing human body malodour which comprises contacting the skin with a fabric treated with an effective amount of a fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1.
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