US 7,320,184 B2
Fabric article treating system and method
Shulin Larry Zhang, West Chester, Ohio (US); Trace Wendell de Guzman Trajano, Mason, Ohio (US); Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Joseph Dean Heatherly, Morrow, Ohio (US); Freddy Arthur Barnabas, West Chester, Ohio (US); Jamie Marie Childers, Loveland, Ohio (US); Cynthia Maria Bedell, Cincinnati, Ohio (US); Dean Larry DuVal, Lebanon, Ohio (US); and Joia Kirin Spooner-Wyman, Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/344,314.
Application 11/344314 is a continuation of application No. 10/842926, filed on May 11, 2004, granted, now 7,047,663.
Application 10/842926 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/839549, filed on May 05, 2004.
Application 10/839549 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/762152, filed on Jan. 21, 2004.
Application 10/762152 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/697736, filed on Oct. 29, 2003.
Application 10/697736 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/697734, filed on Oct. 29, 2003.
Application 10/697734 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/697685, filed on Oct. 29, 2003, granted, now 7,043,855.
Application 10/697685 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/697735, filed on Oct. 29, 2003, granted, now 7,146,749.
Application 10/697735 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/418595, filed on Apr. 17, 2003, granted, now 7,059,065.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/374601, filed on Apr. 22, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/568771, filed on May 06, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/426438, filed on Nov. 14, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0123654 A1, Jun. 15, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F26B 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 34—597  [8/115.51] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fabric article treating system comprising:
(a) a fabric article drying appliance; and
(b) a fabric article treating device removably attached to said drying appliance, said treating device comprising a source containing a fabric treatment composition and means for dispensing said composition in said drying appliance, said means is in liquid communication with said source;
wherein said composition comprises a polyol-based fabric care material and a dispersing medium wherein the polyol-based fabric care material has the following formula:
P(OH)w-5(OC(O)R1)x(OR2)yR3z(LR4)uXv
wherein P(OH)w is a polyol,
R1, R2, R3 and R4 are moieties independently selected from C1-C22 alkyl or C1-C30 alkoxy, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted;
L is a linkage, which is an atom selected from O; S; N; P;
X is a heteroatom-containing functional group, wherein the heteroatom is independently selected from O, N, S, P, Si and F;
w is an integer selected from 2 to 20;
x, y, z, u and v are integers independently selected from 0 to w;
s is the sum of x+y+z+u+v and s≤w;