Patent ID: 6576323
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A47L,B32B,C11D,D06F,D06L,Y10T

Abstract:
An article for treating fabrics comprising:a) an absorbent substrate; b) a liquid cleaning/refreshment composition releasably absorbed in the substrate; the substrate being wholly or partly covered by; c) a coversheet which is permeable to the cleaning/refreshment composition in the liquid and/or vapor state, the coversheet having an external surface and an internal surface, i. wherein the internal surface of the coversheet is bonded to the absorbent substrate around the periphery of the article and in a manner such that less than the entire coversheet is bonded to the absorbent substrate; and ii. wherein the article further comprises a tackiness agent that is present on the external surface of the coversheet or on the internal surface of the coversheet in areas where the internal surface of die coversheet is not bonded to the absorbent substrate or on the absorbent substrate in areas where the internal surface of the coversheet is not bonded to the absorbent substrate wherein the tackiness agent is in an unactivated state such that it does not bond the coversheet to the absorbent substrate until subjected to elevated temperatures.