TEXTILE FORMULATION AND PRODUCT WITH ODOR CONTROL
A textile formulation adapted to impart an odor-controlling property to a textile material. The textile formulation is an odor capturing formulation comprising a carrier and an odor capturing agent. The odor capturing agent is a liquid dispersible boehmite. An odor absorbing article and a method of treating the odor absorbing article is also provided.
1 . An odor absorbing article comprising:
a textile material that is electrostatically neutral; and
an odor capturing formulation, directly applied to the textile material through padding or exhaustion and aggregated within pores of the textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker;
wherein concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a weight of dry textile material;
wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a dispersed particle size ranging from 40 nm to 100 nm.
2 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises a component selected from the group consisting of surfactant, dispersant, pH adjusting agent, antimicrobial, and a combination thereof.
3 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the synthetic non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a crystalline structure.
4 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the textile material exhibits four-fold higher isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
5 . The article according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined number of launderings is twenty-five.
6 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 79% or greater.
7 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 89% or greater.
8 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 95% or greater.
9 . The article according to claim 6 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 64% or greater after twenty-five home launderings.
10 . The article according to claim 7 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 79% or greater after twenty-five home launderings.
11 . The article according to claim 8 , wherein the article reduces isovaleric acid by 86% or greater after twenty-five home launderings.
12 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the odor capturing formulation is dried at a temperature at or above 120° C.
13 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 2% based on the weight of dry textile material.
14 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has the dispersed particle size ranging from 50 nm to 100 nm.
15 . The article according to claim 2 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 60% to 90% of the dispersant.
16 . The article according to claim 2 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 5% to 15% of the pH adjusting agent.
17 . The article according to claim 2 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 0.3% to 1.5% of the antimicrobial.
18 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the textile material comprises synthetic fibers, yarn intermediates, yarn, fabrics, filaments, products, or articles made from fabrics, or any combination thereof.
19 . The article according to claim 18 , wherein the textile material comprises at least one of nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.
20 . The article according to claim 19 , wherein the textile material is the fabric comprising the polyester.
21 . The article according to claim 1 , wherein the textile material comprises nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.
22 . An odor absorbing article comprising:
a textile material that is electrostatically neutral; and
an odor capturing formulation, directly applied to the textile material through padding or exhaustion and aggregated within pores of the textile material, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker and an antimicrobial;
wherein concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a weight of dry textile material;
wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a dispersed particle size ranging from 40 nm to 100 nm.
23 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the antimicrobial is selected from the group consisting of triclosan, zinc pyrithione, metal salts and oxides, phenols, botanicals, halogens, peroxides, heterocyclic antimicrobials, quaternary ammonium compounds, aldehydes, and combinations thereof.
24 . The article according to claim 23 , wherein the textile material exhibits four-fold higher isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated textile material.
25 . The article according to claim 24 , wherein the odor capturing formulation is dried at a temperature at or above 120° C.
26 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 2% based on the weight of dry textile material.
27 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has the dispersed particle size ranging from 50 nm to 100 nm.
28 . The article according to claim 23 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 0.3% to 1.5% of the antimicrobial.
29 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 5% to 15% of a pH adjusting agent.
30 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 60% to 90% of a dispersant.
31 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the textile material comprises synthetic fibers, yarn intermediates, yarn, fabrics, filaments, products, articles made from fabrics, or any combination thereof.
32 . The article according to claim 31 , wherein the textile material comprises at least one of nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.
33 . The article according to claim 32 , wherein the textile material is the fabric comprising the polyester.
34 . The article according to claim 22 , wherein the textile material comprises nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.
35 . An odor absorbing article comprising a textile material and an odor capturing formulation, the odor absorbing article formed by the steps of:
directly applying the odor capturing formulation to the textile material through padding or exhaustion, the odor capturing formulation comprising a liquid dispersible, non-fibrous boehmite without a binder or a cross-linker,
drying the textile material having the odor control formulation directly applied thereon at a temperature at or above 120° C., and
aggregating the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker together within pores of the textile material, while drying the textile material, thereby forming a textile material having odor reduction properties,
wherein concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 10% based on a weight of dry textile material,
wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has a dispersed particle size ranging from 40 nm to 100 nm, and
wherein the textile material is electrostatically neutral.
36 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises a component selected from the group consisting of surfactant, dispersant, pH adjusting agent, antimicrobial, and a combination thereof.
37 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the article exhibits four-fold higher isovaleric acid reduction properties for a predetermined number of launderings when compared to an untreated article.
38 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the concentration of the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker ranges from 0.5% to 2% based on the weight of dry textile material.
39 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the non-fibrous boehmite without the binder or the cross-linker has the dispersed particle size ranging from 50 nm to 100 nm.
40 . The article according to claim 36 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 60% to 90% of the dispersant.
41 . The article according to claim 36 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 5% to 15% of the pH adjusting agent.
42 . The article according to claim 36 , wherein the odor capturing formulation further comprises 0.3% to 1.5% of the antimicrobial.
43 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the textile material comprises synthetic fibers, yarn intermediates, yarn, fabrics, filaments, products, articles made from fabrics, or any combination thereof.
44 . The article according to claim 43 , wherein the textile material comprises at least one of nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.
45 . The article according to claim 44 , wherein the textile material is the fabric comprising the polyester.
46 . The article according to claim 35 , wherein the textile material comprises nylon, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or any combination thereof.