Author: claimsbot

1. A method of treating a fabric, said method comprising:
a. a washing step, wherein said washing step comprises contacting said fabric with an effective amount of a detergent composition, thereby forming a washed fabric, wherein said detergent composition comprises a surfactant system and a silicone, where the surfactant system comprises anionic surfactant and nonionic surfactant in a weight ratio of from about 1.1:1 to about 4:1; and then
b. a rinsing step, wherein said washed fabric is contacted with an effective amount of a softener composition, thereby forming a treated fabric, wherein said softener composition comprises a fabric softening active (FSA).
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said washing step comprises contacting said fabric with said detergent composition in the presence of water, wherein the detergent composition and the water form a wash liquor.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said wash liquor is substantially removed from said washed fabric before said rinsing step occurs.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said rinsing step comprises contacting said fabric with said softener composition in the presence of water, wherein the softener composition and the water form a rinse liquor.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said weight ratio is from about 1.5:1 to about 2.5:1.
6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said weight ratio is about 2:1.
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS), alkyl ethyoxylated sulfate (AES), or mixtures thereof.
8. A method according to claim 8, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises LAS and AES in a weight ratio of about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1.
9. A method according to claim 1, wherein said detergent composition further comprises a cationic polymer.
10. A method according to claim 10, wherein said cationic polymer is characterized by a weight average molecular weight of from about 5 kDaltons to about 200 kDaltons.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said cationic polymer comprises a first structural unit derived from acrylamide, wherein said cationic deposition polymer further comprises a second structural unit derived from DADMAC, and wherein said first structural unit and said second structural unit are in a structural unit ratio of from about 5:95 to about 45:55.
12. A method according to claim 1, wherein said FSA comprises a quaternary ammonium compound, silicone, fatty acids or esters, sugars, fatty alcohols, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, polyglycerol esters, oily sugar derivatives, wax emulsions, fatty acid glycerides, or mixtures thereof.
13. A method according to claim 1, wherein said FSA comprises a quaternary ammonium compound selected from the group consisting:
a) linear quaternary ammonium compounds
b) branched quaternary ammonium compounds
c) cyclic quaternary ammonium compounds
d) and mixtures thereof;
said quaternary ammonium compounds comprising:
one or more C10-C22 fatty acid moieties, C16-C20 fatty acid moieties, or C16-C18 fatty acid moieties, said fatty acid moieties having an Iodine value from 0 to about 95;
a counter ion; and
one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of alkyl moieties, ester moieties, amide moieties, and ether moieties said one or more moieties being covalently bound to the nitrogen of said quaternary ammonium compound.
14. A method according to claim 13, wherein said FSA further comprises a silicone selected from the group consisting of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), aminosilicone, silicone polyether, cationic silicones, silicone polyurethane, silicone polyureas, or mixtures thereof.
15. A method according to claim 1, wherein said detergent composition andor said fabric softener composition further comprises a perfume microcapsule.
16. A method according to claim 1, wherein said rinsing step results in Silicone Deposition on the treated fabric of from about 80 ug siliconeg to about 5000 ug siliconeg according to the method described herein.
17. A method according to claim 1, wherein said rinsing step results in a Silicone Deposition Index on the treated fabric of from about 4% to about 75%.
18. A method according to claim 1, wherein said anionic surfactant comprises fatty acids and salts thereof.
19. A method according to claim 1, wherein said detergent composition is encapsulated in a pouch, wherein said pouch comprises water-soluble film.
20. A multi-component fabric treatment system, wherein the system comprises a first component comprising a detergent composition as described in claim 1, and where the system further comprises a second component comprising a softener composition as described in claim 1.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A wallboard comprising:
a core having a face and a back substantially parallel to the face;
a first edge extending between the face and the back, the first edge having a first-edge profile formed by first, second and third facets, the first facet adjacent the face and forming an acute angle with respect to the face, the second facet connecting the first and third facets and having a second-facet profile angled with respect to the face, the second-facet profile configured to have a shoulder generally equidistant from the first and third facets and to distribute over more than one-half a cross-section for the core a force applied to the first edge, the third face adjacent the back and forming an obtuse angle with respect to the back; and
a second edge space from the first edge and extending between the face and the back, the second edge having a second-edge profile corresponding to an inverted mirror image of the first edge.
2. A wallboard comprising:
a core having a face and a back substantially parallel to the face;
a first edge extending between the face and the back, the first edge having a first-edge profile formed by first, second and third facets, the first facet adjacent the face and forming an acute angle with respect to the face, the second facet connecting the first and third facets and having a second-facet profile angled with respect to the face, the second-facet profile configured to distribute over more than one-half a cross-section of the core a force applied to the first edge, the third facet adjacent the back and forming an obtuse angle with respect to the back;
a second edge spaced from the first edge and extending between the face and the back, the second edge having a second-edge profile corresponding to the first-edge profile; and
a facing-material covering the face, the facing-material having a first end and a second end, the first end extending beyond the face and having an adhesive surface, the second end spaced from the second edge.
3. The wallboard according to claim 2, wherein the facing-material has a thickness and the core underlying the first and second ends of the facing-material is recessed a depth generally corresponding to the thickness of the facing-material.
4. The wallboard according to claim 2, wherein the adhesive surface is covered by a removable strip.
5. A wallboard comprising:
a core having a face and a back substantially parallel to the face;
a first edge extending between the face and the back, the first edge having a first-edge profile formed by first, second and third facets, the first facet adjacent the face and forming an acute angle with respect to the face, the second facet connecting the first and third facets, the third facet adjacent the back and forming an obtuse angle with respect to the back;
a second edge spaced from the first edge and extending between the face and the back, the second edge having a second-edge profile corresponding to the first-edge profile; and
a facing-material covering the face, the facing-material having a first end and a second end, the first end extending beyond the face and having an adhesive surface, the second end spaced from the second edge.
6. The wallboard according to claim 5, wherein the adhesive surface is covered by a removable strip.
7. A joint providing for the coupling of a first wallboard having a first-wallboard face with a second wallboard having a second-wallboard face and for the securing with a fastener the coupled first-wallboard and second wall-board to a structural member, the joint comprising:
a first edge of the first wallboard, the first edge having a first-edge profile formed by first, second and third facets, the first facet adjacent the first-wallboard face and forming an acute angle with respect to the first-wallboard face, the second facet connecting the first and third facets and having a second-facet profile angled with respect to the first and third facets, and the second edge is configured as an inverted mirror image of the first edge;
a second edge of the second wallboard adjacent the first edge, the second edge having a second-edge profile, the second edge configured to mate with the first edge, the first and second edge profiles configured to align the first-wallboard face with the second-wallboard face and maintain alignment; and
a facing-material covering the face, the facing-material having a first end and a second end, the first end extending a length beyond the face and having an adhesive surface, the second end spaced the length of the first end from the second edge,
wherein the first edge and the second edge are configured to allow the first and second wallboards to be secured to the structural member by the passing of the fastener through the first and second edges and into the structural member.
8. The joint according to claim 7, wherein the facing-material has a thickness, the first-wallboard face has a first wallboard recess adjacent the first edge, and the second-wallboard face has a second-wallboard recess adjacent the second edge, the first and second wallboard recesses having a depth generally corresponding to the thickness of the facing-material.
9. A method for joining adjacent wallboards and securing the wallboards to a structural member, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a first wallboard having a first-wallboard edge with a first-wallboard edge profile and a second wallboard having a second-wallboard edge with a second-wallboard edge profile corresponding to the first-wallboard edge profile;
mating the first-wallboard edge with the second-wallboard edge;
securing the first and second wallboards to the structural member by passing a fastener through the first-wallboard edge and the second-wallboard edge and into the structural member;
attaching to the second-wallboard a first end of a facing-material covering the first-wallboard face; and wherein the mating step comprises interlocking a first-wallboard edge shoulder extending from the first-wallboard edge with a corresponding second-wallboard edge shoulder extending from the second-wallboard edge.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the attaching step comprises removing a removable strip covering a portion of the first end having an adhesive surface and adhering the adhesive surface to the second wallboard.

1. An electrical appliance comprising a housing containing:
an electric motor;
a storage battery pack for energizing the electric motor at an operating voltage of more than 42 volts, the storage battery pack including a plurality of storage battery cells electrically connected so as to form at least two cell groups having a cell voltage of less than 42 volts; and
a connector assembly including a bridge circuit configured to electrically connect the cell groups with each other so as to provide the operating voltage of more than 42 volts while establishing electrical connection between the storage battery pack and the electric motor.
2. The electrical appliance recited in claim 1, wherein the appliance is a canister vacuum cleaner.
3. The electrical appliance recited in claim 1, wherein the connector assembly includes a first part that is separate from the battery pack, the bridge circuit being part of the first part.
4. The electrical appliance recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of storage battery cells are disposed in a battery housing, the battery housing including a first connector of the connector assembly, the first connector being a male connector or a connector receptacle.
5. The electrical appliance recited in claim 4, wherein the connector assembly includes a second connector separate from the battery pack, the bridge circuit being disposed in the second connector.
6. The electrical appliance recited in claim 4, further comprising a temperature sensor disposed in the battery housing, the temperature sensor including leads connected to terminal contacts of the first connector.
7. The electrical appliance recited in claim 6, wherein the temperature sensor is disposed in a vicinity of the electric motor.
8. The electrical appliance recited in claim 7, wherein the battery housing includes at least one partition wall separating a first and a second of the at least two cell groups.
9. The electrical appliance recited in claim 6, wherein the battery housing includes at least one partition wall separating a first and a second of the at least two cell groups.
10. The electrical appliance recited in claim 4, further comprising a switch disposed on the battery housing, the switch configured to disrupt electrical contact between the battery pack and the electric motor and electrical contact between a first and a second of the at least two cell groups.
11. The electrical appliance recited in claim 4, wherein the battery housing includes at least one partition wall separating a first and a second of the at least two cell groups.
12. The electrical appliance recited in claim 1, wherein the battery pack includes a temperature sensor having leads connected to terminal contacts included in the connector assembly.
13. The electrical connector recited in claim 12, wherein the temperature sensor is disposed in a vicinity of the electric motor.
14. The electrical appliance recited in claim 1, wherein the battery pack includes a switch configured to disrupt electrical contact between the battery pack and the electric motor and electrical contact between a first and a second of the at least two cell groups.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A hair cutting apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising one or more recesses formed therein, wherein the one or more recesses are configured to receive a weight;
a motor disposed within the housing; and
one or more blades located at a distal portion of the housing, the one or more blades connected to the motor.
2. The hair cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hair cutting apparatus further comprises a power cord, and wherein a recess of the one or more recesses is located in a proximal portion of the housing proximate to the power cord.
3. The hair cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a recess of the one or more recesses is located at the distal portion of the housing.
4. The hair cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the weight is formed at least partially of a magnetic substance, and wherein the housing comprises a magnetic substance configured to magnetically couple to the weight located proximate to or at the surface of the one or more recesses.
5. The hair cutting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises one or more removable covers over the one or more recesses configured to secure the weight.
6. A hair cutting apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
a housing having one or more grooves formed therein as finger rests;
a motor located inside the housing; and
one or more blades coupled to the motor, the one or more blades located at a distal portion of the housing.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the housing has at least two grooves formed therein and located on opposite sides of the apparatus.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the housing has at least two grooves formed therein and located on the top and bottom of the apparatus.
9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein rubber material is disposed on the surface of the housing over the one or more grooves.
10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein a middle portion of the housing includes one or more ridges and a plurality of valleys.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the middle portion is formed at least partially of a rubber material.
12. A removable sleeve for a hair cutting tool, comprising:
a body comprising an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface configured for contacting an exterior of a housing of the hair cutting tool; and
a zipper coupled to the body and configured to increase an area of the interior surface of the body in contact with the exterior of the housing of the hair cutting tool in a closed position and decrease the area of the interior surface of the body in contact with the exterior of the housing in an open position.
13. The removable sleeve of claim 12, wherein the body of the sleeve is formed of elastic material.
14. The removable sleeve of claim 12, wherein the interior surface of the sleeve is made of a rubber material.
15. The removable sleeve of claim 12, wherein when the zipper is in the closed position, the body comprises at least one opening for a blade assembly of the hair cutting tool, the at least one opening circumscribing the housing of the hair cutting tool.
16. The removable sleeve of claim 12, wherein the body comprises at least one opening for a power cord.
17. The removable sleeve of claim 12, wherein the sleeve comprises one or more pouches for receiving gel packs.
18. The removable sleeve of claim 17, wherein the one or more pouches have an opening for removing or replacing a gel pack.