# US 2019/0169533 A1 · Particulate Laundry Softening Wash Additive > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0169533 A1 - Document ID: US20190169533A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/828,549 - Filed: 2017-12-01 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-01 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Jaden S. Zerhusen; Lenae V. Johnson; Alessandro Corona, III; Rajan K. Panandiker; Michael P. Fontaine; Charles L. Schmitt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190169533A1 ## CPC - C11D 1/62: Quaternary ammonium compounds - C07C 211/63: having quaternised nitrogen atoms bound to acyclic carbon atoms - C08B 11/08: with hydroxylated hydrocarbon radicals; Esters, ethers, or acetals thereof - C11D 1/04: Carboxylic acids or salts thereof (soap C11D9/00) - C11D 1/12: Sulfonic acids or sulfuric acid esters; Salts thereof - C11D 1/662: {Carbohydrates or derivatives} - C11D 3/001: {Softening compositions} - C11D 3/227: {with nitrogen-containing groups} - C11D 3/3707: {Polyethers, e.g. polyalkyleneoxides} - C11D 17/06: Powder; Flakes; Free-flowing mixtures; Sheets - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL - C07C: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - C08B: POLYSACCHARIDES; DERIVATIVES THEREOF (polysaccharides containing less than six saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages C07H; fermentation or enzyme-using processes C12P19/00; sugar industry C13; production of cellulose D21) ## Abstract A composition including a plurality of particles, the particles including about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound; about 1% to about 40% by weight a fatty acid; and about 0.5% to about 10% by weight a cationic polymer; wherein each of the particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A composition comprising a plurality of particles, said particles comprising: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound; about 1% to about 40% by weight a fatty acid; and about 0.5% to about 10% by weight a cationic polymer; wherein each of said particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said quaternary ammonium compound is an ester quaternary ammonium compound. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The composition according to claim 2, wherein said particles comprise about 10% to about 40% by weight said quaternary ammonium compound. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The composition according to claim 3, wherein said particles comprise about 1% to about 5% by weight said cationic polymer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The composition according to claim 4, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The composition according to claim 5, wherein said water soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, sodium acetate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, sodium silicate, polypropylene glycol polyoxoalkylene, polyethylene glycol fatty acid ester, polyethylene glycol ether, sodium sulfate, starch, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said carrier comprises polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight from about 2000 to about 13000. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide, wherein said cationic polysaccharide is polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethylcellulose which has been reacted with an epoxide substituted with a trimethylammonium group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said particles are less than about 10% by weight water. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said particles have a Dispersion Time less than about 30 minutes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said particles have an onset of melt from about 25° C. to about 120° C. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The composition according to claim 6, wherein said particles are substantially homogeneously structured particles. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said water soluble carrier is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, sodium acetate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, sodium silicate, polypropylene glycol polyoxoalkylene, polyethylene glycol fatty acid ester, polyethylene glycol ether, sodium sulfate, starch, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide, wherein said cationic polysaccharide is polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethylcellulose which has been reacted with an epoxide substituted with a trimethylammonium group. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said particles are less than about 10% by weight water. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said water soluble carrier is a water soluble polymer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said particles further comprise a material selected from the group consisting of perfume, dipropylene glycol, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein said particles are substantially homogeneously structured particles. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A process for treating an article of clothing comprising the steps of: providing an article of clothing in a washing machine; and contacting said article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle of said washing machine with the composition according to claim 1.