Improvements in and relating to garment refreshment

Abstract

A garment refresh product (1) comprising: a garment refreshing composition (12); and a hand-held spray device which is manually operable to produce a spray of said composition in the form of a fine aerosol (29); said composition (12) comprising at least one of: an anti-malodour agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and a perfume; and said spray device comprising a reservoir (2) containing said composition (12) and a spray mechanism (15) housed within a shroud (3) which is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis (8) of said reservoir (2); said spray mechanism (15) being manually operable to discharge a dose of said composition (12) from the product (1) in the form of a fine aerosol (29) and in a spray-direction (5) which is substantially orthogonal to said longitudinal axis (8) of the reservoir (2). A method of creating a garment refresh spray.

1 . A garment refresh product ( 1 ) comprising: a garment refreshing composition ( 12 ); and a hand-held spray device which is manually operable to produce a spray of said composition in the form of a fine aerosol ( 29 ); said composition ( 12 ) comprising at least one of: an anti-malodour agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and a perfume; and said spray device comprising a reservoir ( 2 ) containing said composition ( 12 ) and a spray mechanism ( 15 ) housed within a shroud ( 3 ) which is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis ( 8 ) of said reservoir ( 2 ); said spray mechanism ( 15 ) being manually operable to discharge a dose of said composition ( 12 ) from the product ( 1 ) in the form of a fine aerosol ( 29 ) and in a spray-direction ( 5 ) which is substantially orthogonal to said longitudinal axis ( 8 ) of the reservoir ( 2 ). 
     
     
         2 . A garment refresh product according to  claim 1 , wherein said spray mechanism ( 15 ) comprises a nozzle ( 23 ) located within said shroud ( 3 ), the nozzle ( 23 ) having a discharge orifice ( 25 ) which is configured to produce said fine aerosol ( 29 ) in a spray having a cone angle (A) in the range of 55 to 80 degrees and/or a spray which comprises droplets having an average diameter in the range of 20 to 200 μm. 
     
     
         3 . A garment refresh product according to  claim 2 , wherein said garment refreshing composition ( 12 ) is selected from (A) a garment refreshing composition comprising an anti-malodour agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and a perfume;
 and (B) a garment refreshing composition comprising an anti-malodour agent, an anti-wrinkle agent, and an encapsulated perfume.   
     
     
         4 . A garment refresh product according to  claim 1 , wherein the anti-wrinkle agent comprises a silicone. 
     
     
         5 . A garment refresh product according to  claim 1 , wherein the silicone comprises one or more dimethicone copolyols 
     
     
         6 . A garment refresh product according to  claim 1  wherein the anti-malodour agent comprises zinc ricinoleate or a solution thereof and a substituted monocyclic organic compound. 
     
     
         7 . A method of creating a garment refresh spray involving the provision and operation of a product ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 .