# US 2019/0169777 A1 · Process for treating an Article of Clothing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0169777 A1 - Document ID: US20190169777A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/828,524 - 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; Alessandro Corona, III; Rajan K. Panandiker; Michael P. Fontaine; Lenae V. Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190169777A1 ## CPC - D06F 35/005: {Methods for washing, rinsing or spin-drying} - C11D 1/62: Quaternary ammonium compounds - C11D 3/227: {with nitrogen-containing groups} - C11D 3/3707: {Polyethers, e.g. polyalkyleneoxides} - C11D 17/06: Powder; Flakes; Free-flowing mixtures; Sheets - D06M 15/03: Polysaccharides or derivatives thereof - D06M 15/592: made from polymerised unsaturated fatty acids and polyamines - D06M 15/6436: {containing amino groups} - C11D 2111/12: Soft surfaces, e.g. textile - D06M 2200/50: Modified hand or grip properties; Softening compositions - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL - D06M: TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS ## Abstract A process for treating an article of clothing including the steps of: providing an article of clothing in a washing machine; contacting the article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle of the washing machine with a composition including a plurality of particles, the particles comprising: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound formed from a parent fatty acid compound having an Iodine Value from about 18 to about 60; and about 0.5% to about 10% a cationic polymer; wherein each of the particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A process for treating an article of clothing comprising the steps of: providing an article of clothing in a washing machine; contacting said article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle of said washing machine with 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; and about 0.5% to about 10% a cationic polymer; wherein each of said particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g; and wherein said particles have an onset of melt from about 25° C. to about 120° C. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein said washing machine comprises a wash basin within said washing machine, wherein said particles are placed in said wash basin before said article of clothing is placed in said wash basin. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of contacting said article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle with a detergent composition comprising an anionic surfactant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The process according to claim 3, further comprising the step of providing said detergent composition and said particles from separate packages. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein said quaternary ammonium compound is formed from a parent fatty acid compound having an Iodine Value from about 18 to about 60. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The process according to claim 5, wherein said quaternary ammonium compound is an ester quaternary ammonium compound. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The process according to claim 6, wherein said particles comprise about 10% to about 40% by weight said quaternary ammonium compound. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The process according to claim 7, wherein said particles comprise about 1% to about 5% by weight said cationic polymer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The process according to claim 8, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The process according to claim 9, 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 11 (depends on 9) The process according to claim 9, wherein said carrier comprises polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight from about 2000 to about 13000. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The process according to claim 9, where said particles further comprise from about 1% to about 40% by weight fatty acid. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The process according to claim 9, wherein said quaternary ammonium compound is di-(tallowoyloxyethl)-N,N-methylhydroyethylammonium methyl sulfate ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The process according to claim 13, wherein said cationic polysaccharide is polymeric quaternary ammonium salt of hydroxyethylcellulose which has been reacted with an epoxide substituted with a trimethylammonium group. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The process 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 16 (depends on 1) The process according to claim 1, wherein said particles are less than about 10% by weight water. ### Claim 17 A process for treating an article of clothing comprising the steps of: providing an article of clothing in a washing machine; contacting said article of clothing during a wash sub-cycle of said washing machine with 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 is formed from a parent fatty acid compound having an Iodine Value from about 18 to about 60; and about 0.5% to about 10% a cationic polymer; wherein each of said particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The process according to claim 17, 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 19 (depends on 17) The process according to claim 17, wherein said particles are less than about 10% by weight water. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The process according to claim 17, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic polysaccharide.