Patent ID: 7655612
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A laundry additive for removing or reducing wrinkles in fabrics consisting of from about 5 to about 100% by weight of wrinkle removing or reducing component consisting of: from about 5 to about 95% by weight of a saccharide or oligosaccharide selected from the group consisting of lactose, glucose, maltose, sucrose, 55 DE corn syrup solids, maltodextrins, maltitol, α-cellobiose, β-cellobiose, lower molecular weight starch hydrolysates derived from corn, wheat, potato, rice, tapioca, sorghum, or affowroot, lower molecular weight cellulose hyrolysates, monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides, pentasaccharides, complexes thereof, aluminum complexes thereof, boron complexes thereof, zeolite complexes thereof, ether and ester derivatives thereof, hydroxyl oxidation products thereof, hydrogenated derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; from about 5 to about 95% by weight of a sugar acid sequestering agent selected from the group consisting of sodium gluconate, sodium glucoheptonate, sodium saccharate, α-sodium glucoheptonate, α-sodium glucoheptonate dihydrate, β-sodium glucoheptonate, α,β-glucoheptonate mixtures, 2-keto sodium gluconate, 5-keto sodium gluconate, sodium fructoheptonates, carboxylic acid derivates thereof, boron complexes thereof, zeolite complexes thereof, ester and ether derivates thereof, non-sodium salts thereof, and mixtures thereof; and from 0 to about 50% by weight of a chelating agent; wherein said laundry additive optionally consists of: from 0 to about 95% by weight of one or more ingredients that do not remove or reduce wrinkles selected from the group consisting of laundry detergent agents, hydrophilic plasticizers, surfactants, odor control agents, perfumes, antimicrobial actives, antimicrobial preservatives, electrolytes, phase stabilizers, auxiliary whiteness preservatives, water-soluble polyionic polymers, antistatic agents, insect repelling agents, moth repelling agents, colorants, builders, bleaching agents, dye transfer inhibiting agents, chlorine scavenging agents, polymeric soil release agents, dye fixing agents, dispersants, enzymes, suds suppressors, solvents, and mixtures thereof.