Abstract: Novel textile finishing compositions for finishing textile articles are provided via the present invention. The textile finishing compositions disclosed herein comprise a cross-linking agent and a catalytic amount of an esterification agent. The cross-linking agents employed herein are selected from polycarboxylates such as homopolymers of ethylenically-?,?-unsaturated dicarboxylates, copolymers of all ethylenically-?,?-unsaturated dicarboxylates, and copolymers of ethylenically-?,?-unsaturated dicarboxylates polymerized with vinyl-containing monomers. Also provided via the present invention are methods for applying the aforementioned finishing compositions to textile articles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 24, 2006
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
William Michael Scheper, Robb Richard Gardner, Mark Robert Sivik, Victor Manuel Arredondo