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US 11,142,723 B2Granted
Fabric softener composition comprising encapsulated benefit agent
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsSusana Fernandez Prieto, Johan Smets, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Laura Orlandini
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Abstract
The present invention relates to liquid fabric softener compositions comprising a quaternary ammonium ester softening active, cellulose fibers, and benefit agent capsules comprising a core and a shell encapsulating said core, wherein said shell comprises polyacrylate polymer, as well as methods of treating fabric and using same. Such liquid fabric softener compositions provide similar deposition of different types of fabric material.
Claims10
A liquid fabric softener composition, comprising:
- a) from about 4.5% to about 15%, based on total composition weight, of a quaternary ammonium ester softening active, wherein said quaternary ammonium ester softening active is diethyl-ester-dimethyl-ammonium-chloride;
- b) from about 0.1% to about 0.75%, based on total composition weight, of cellulose fibers, wherein the cellulose fibers are microfibrous cellulose derived from bacterial or botanical origin;
- c) from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight benefit agent capsules comprising a core and a shell encapsulating said core, wherein said shell comprises polyacrylate polymer,
- wherein said shell comprises from about 50% to about 100% of said polyacrylate polymer,
- wherein said shell comprises a polymer derived from a material that comprises one or more multifunctional acrylate moieties,
- wherein the core comprises a benefit agent, wherein the benefit agent comprises perfume;
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- d) from about 70% to about 95%, based on total composition weight, of water.
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