Claims
- 1. A moist flexible fabric treatment sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fabric treatment agent; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to a fabric article while leaving no significant residue on the sheet after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising water, an organic solvent, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent.
- 2. The moist flexible fabric treatment sheet of claim 1 wherein said fabric treatment agent is a fragrance.
- 3. The moist flexible fabric treatment sheet of claim 2 wherein said fragrance is less than 2% by weight of the liquid composition.
- 4. The moist flexible fabric treatment sheet of claim 1 wherein said fabric treatment agent is an odor masking agent.
- 5. The moist flexible fabric treatment sheet of claim 1 wherein said liquid water vehicle comprises at least 10% water.
- 6. A moist flexible fabric treatment sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fragrance present in less than 2% by weight of said composition; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to a fabric article while leaving no significant residue on the sheet after the composition is released, and a liquid vehicle comprising at least 10% water.
- 7. A method of treating a fabric article comprising heating and tumbling in a dryer at least one fabric article in contact with at least one moist flexible sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fabric treatment agent; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to the sheet while leaving no significant residue on the fabric article after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising water, an organic solvent, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the fabric treatment agent is a fragrance.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein said fragrance is less than 2% by weight of the liquid composition.
- 10. The method of claim 7 wherein said fabric treatment agent is an odor masking agent.
- 11. The method of claim 7 wherein said liquid vehicle comprises at least 10% water.
- 12. A method of treating a fabric article comprising heating and tumbling in a dryer at least one fabric article in contact with at least one moist flexible sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fragrance in an amount less than 2% by weight of said composition; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to the sheet while leaving no significant residue on the fabric article after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising at least 10% water.
- 13. A fabric treatment kit comprising, packaged in association:(a) at least one bag having an opening comprising a fastening system, and; (b) at least one moist flexible sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fabric treatment agent; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to the sheet while leaving no significant residue on a fabric article after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising water, an organic solvent, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent.
- 14. The kit of claim 13 wherein the fabric treatment agent is a fragrance.
- 15. The kit of claim 14 wherein said fragrance is less than 2% by weight of the liquid composition.
- 16. The kit of claim 13 wherein said fabric treatment agent is an odor masking agent.
- 17. The kit of claim 13 wherein said liquid vehicle comprises at least 10% water.
- 18. A fabric treatment kit comprising, packaged in association:(a) at least one bag having an opening comprising a fastening system, and; (b) at least one moist flexible sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition consisting essentially of: a fragrance in an amount less than 2% by weight of said composition; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to the sheet while leaving no significant residue on a fabric article after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising at least 10% water.
- 19. A fabric treatment kit comprising, packaged in association:(a) at least one bag having an opening comprising a fastening system, and; (b) at least one moist flexible sheet coated or impregnated with a liquid composition, said liquid composition comprising: a fabric treatment agent; a dispersing agent in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition and releasably adhere it to the sheet while leaving no significant residue on a fabric article after the composition is released; and a liquid vehicle comprising water, an organic solvent, or a mixture of water and an organic solvent.
- 20. The kit of claim 19 wherein the fabric treatment agent is a fragrance.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/121,942, filed Jul. 24, 1998, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/864,115, filed May 28, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,410, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/536,273, filed Sep. 29, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,658,651.
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