Patent ID: 7615503

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising (a) a dyed cotton fabric and, deposited thereon, (b) from 0.05% by weight to 1% by weight, based on the cotton fabric of at least one stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of formulae (A*) wherein E is —O-T-(OH) b , T is a straight or branched chain alkylene of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene of 5 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkenylene of 5 to 18 carbon atoms, a straight or branched chain alkylene of 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by phenyl or by phenyl substituted by one or two alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; b is 1, 2 or 3 with the proviso that b cannot exceed the number of carbon atoms in T, and when b is 2 or 3, each hydroxyl group is attached to a different carbon atoms of T; R is hydrogen or methyl; and in formula (A*) n is 1 or 2, when n is 1, R 1 propargyl, when n is 2, R 1 is alkylene of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenylene of 4 to 12 carbon atoms or xylylene HY is an inorganic or organic acid; wherein the total charge of cations is equal to the total charge of anions; and Y is phosphate, phosphonate, carbonate, bicarbonate, nitrate, chloride, bromide, bisulfite, sulfite, bisulfate, sulfate, borate, formate, acetate, benzoate, citrate, oxalate, tartrate, acrylate, polyacrylate, fumarate, maleate, itaconate, glycolate, gluconate, malate, mandelate, tiglate, ascorbate, polymethacrylate, a carboxylate of nitrilotriacetic acid, a carboxlylate of hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, a carboxylate of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, a carboxylate of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, a carboxylate of diethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, a carboxylate of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, alkylsulfonate, arylsulfonate, or alkyl-substituted arylsulfonate.