Patent ID: 8188031

Claim:
A dryer product that imparts antistatic properties to textiles, the dryer product comprising: a water-insoluble, moisture-permeable, enclosed container, adapted to be removably placed within the drum of a dryer for contacting with the textiles during a drying cycle; and a compound within the water-insoluble, moisture-permeable, enclosed container, wherein the compound comprises a material that is: a) a desiccant adapted to absorb moisture from textiles during the drying cycle; b) an antistatic agent adapted to impart antistatic properties to the textiles during a drying cycle upon contact with the textiles during the drying cycle; and c) a material that, after absorbing moisture from the textiles during the drying cycle, solubilizes and evaporates from the water-insoluble, moisture-permeable, enclosed container upon application of heat to the container during the drying cycle, wherein the water-insoluble, moisture-permeable, enclosed container contains a sufficient amount of the compound such that the dryer product can be used for more than one drying cycle while still imparting antistatic properties to the textiles being dried so that static electricity produced during each of the more than one drying cycle is no more than 10 kilovolts.