Fabric softening composition with cationic polymer, soap, and amphoteric surfactant
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsYun Peng Zhu, Jeanette Ashley
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Abstract
An aqueous fabric softening composition suitable for use in a wash and/or rinse cycle of automatic laundry machine, the composition comprising: (a) from about 0.05% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic quaternary cellulose ether polymer; (b) a fatty acid soap, wherein the weight ratio of the soap to the polymer is at least 2:1; and (c) from about 0.1% about 5% of an amphoteric surfactant. Also included are methods of softening and conditioning fabrics by adding the inventive composition to the wash cycle and/or rinse cycle of the automatic laundry machine.
Claims14
An aqueous fabric softening composition suitable for use in a wash and/or rinse cycle of automatic laundry machine, the composition comprising:
- (a) from about 0.05% to about 2%, by weight of the composition, of a cationic quaternary cellulose ether polymer;
- (b) a fatty acid soap, wherein the weight ratio of the soap to the polymer is at least 2:1;
- (c) from about 0.1% about 5% of an amphoteric surfactant.
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