Title: Method of conditioning fabrics in a clothes dryer

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1. The method of conditioning fabrics in a laundry dryer which comprises commingling said fabrics in said dryer with a fabric-conditioning article comprising a flexible web substrate carrying a fabric-conditioning agent removable to fabrics by contact therewith, said fabric-conditioning article having slit openings sufficient in size and number as to permit at least 75% of the normal volume of air flow through said dryer when said article is used therein.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the slit openings comprise from 5 to 9 substantially parallel and substantially equidistantly placed slits extending along one dimension.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the slit openings comprise a continuously-patterned arrangement of U-shaped or C-shaped slits.
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Inventors: McQueary, Agnes R. (Cincinnati, OH, US)

Application Number: 630381
Filing Date: 1975-11-10
Publication_date: 1977-03-15
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Class(es): 427/242 427/11
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2112963	Apr, 1938	Jones	15/208.
2169415	Aug, 1939	Giese	427/395.
2665528	Jan, 1954	Sternfield et al.	427/395.
3112219	Nov, 1963	Politzer et al.	427/244.
3442692	May, 1969	Gaiser	427/242.
3654060	Apr, 1972	Goldman	427/2.
3686025	Aug, 1972	Morton	427/242.
3696034	Oct, 1972	Hewitt et al.	252/8.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Gwinnell, Harry J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Xiarhos; Louis G., Mohl; Douglas C., Witte; Richard C.