Methods and instructions for installing and removing a fabric conditioning article in a dryer

Abstract

Methods, and instructions thereof, for installing and removing a multiple use fabric conditioning article from a clothes dryer are provided.

1 . A method of installing a releasably affixed, multiple use, fabric conditioning article in a dryer comprising the step of operatively affixing the conditioning article to a engaging side of a dryer baffle of said dryer.  
   
   
       2 . A method of installing a multiple use fabric conditioning article comprising the steps: 
 (a) determining a rotation of a drum of a dryer as either clockwise or counterclockwise; and    (b) operatively affixing the article to an engaging side of a baffle of the drum.    
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the step of operatively affixing the article to an engaging side of a baffle comprising either: 
 (a) affixing the article to the left side of the baffle, if the rotation of the drum is clockwise and provided that the baffle is substantially at or near the lowest point of elevation in the drum;    (b) affixing the article to the right side of the baffle, if the rotation of the drum is counterclockwise and provided that the baffle is substantially at or near the lowest point of elevation in the drum.    
   
   
       4 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the step of determining the rotation of the drum as either clockwise or counterclockwise comprises the steps of opening a door to the dryer while the dryer is in operation and observing the rotation of the drum.  
   
   
       5 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the step of determining the rotation of the drum as either clockwise or counterclockwise comprises the steps of: (a) starting a dryer; (b) waiting from about one second to about ten seconds; (c) opening a door to the dryer while the dryer is in operation; and (d) observing the rotation of the drum.  
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the step of determining the rotation of the drum as either clockwise or counterclockwise comprises the step of extracting information from a database which provides drum rotation on a dryer manufacturer and/or model basis.