Dryer-added fabric treatment article of manufacture containing antioxidant and sunscreen compounds for sun fade protection of fabrics

Claim 1

An article of manufacture comprising: I. a composition comprising: A. from about 5% to about 75% by weight of the composition, of a non-fabric staining, light stable antioxidant compound selected from the group consisting of: ##STR16## wherein each R 1 and R 3 are the same or different moiety selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, C 1 to C 6 alkoxy groups, branched or straight chained C 1 to C 6 alkyl groups, and mixtures thereof; each R 2 is a hydroxy group; each R 4 is a saturated or unsaturated C 1 to C 22 alkyl group or hydrogen; each R 5 is a saturated or unsaturated C 1 to C 22 alkyl group which can contain ethoxylated or propoxylated groups; each R 6 is a branched or straight chained, saturated or unsaturated, C 8 to C 22 alkyl group; each T is ##STR17## each W is ##STR18## wherein Y is a hydrogen or a C 1 to C 5 alkyl group; wherein Z is hydrogen, a C 1 to C 3 alkyl group (which may be interrupted by an ester, amide, or ether group), a C 1 to C 30 alkoxy group (which may be interrupted by an ester, amide, or ether group); each m is from 0 to 4; each n is from 1 to 50; each q is from 1 to 10; and wherein the antioxidant compound also comprises quaternary ammonium compounds of Formulas I, III, IV, and V; B. from about 10% to about 95% by weight of the composition of a highly ethoxylated sugar derivative containing from about 5 to about 40 ethylene oxide groups per molecule, wherein said sugar moiety is sorbitan and wherein there are from about 1 to about 3 hydrophobic moieties which are part of a fatty acyl group containing from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms attached to said sugar moiety by ester linkages; and wherein the composition optionally includes a non-fabric staining, light stable sunscreen compound; and II. a substrate, on which said composition is attached, which provides for release of an effective amount of said composition onto fabrics in an automatic laundry dryer at automatic laundry dryer operating temperatures; wherein said antioxidant compound is a solid having a melting point of less than about 80° C., or a liquid at a temperature of less than about 40° C.; and wherein said optional sunscreen compound absorbs light at a wavelength of from about 290 nm to about 450 nm and is a solid compound having a melting point of from about 25° C. to about 90° C., or a viscous liquid at a temperature of 0° C. to about 25° C.