Patent ID: 7256166

Claim:
A laundry article comprising: (a) a water-insoluble substrate; and (b) a particulate soil absorber wherein said absorber is a substance that has an affinity for extraneous, free-flowing particulate soils and/or clay or dirt materials present within an aqueous wash solution and is a substance that scavenges soils from the wash solution of a laundering operation and said absorber comprises polymers of partially hydrolyzed poly-N-vinyl-C 1 -C 3 -carboxamides having a degree of hydrolysis from about 10 mol % to about 50 mol % and a weight average molecular weight from about 40,000 to about 500,000 D, wherein the particulate soil absorber is adhered to the water-insoluble substrate and is effective for inhibiting transfer or redeposition of particulate soil to an item in a wash solution.