Fabric Softening Composition Comprising Germicidal Cationic Surfactants

An antibacterial fabric softener composition comprising

• from 1% to 40% by weight ditallowethyl ester dimethyl ammonium chloride or di tallowethyl hydroxyethylmonium methosulfate;
• one or more water-soluble cationic antibacterial agents;
• from 0.05 to 5.0% by weight N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-((2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)oxy)ethanaminium chloride homopolymer;
• and
• water.

A liquid fabric softener composition comprising:

• a) water-insoluble quaternary ester or diester ammonium salt;
• b) water-soluble cationic antibacterial agent of formula (VIII):
• wherein
• R2 and R3 are the same or different C8-C12 alkyl, or
• R2 is C12-16 alkyl, C8-18 alkylethoxy, C8-18 alkylphenoxyethoxy and R3 is benzyl, and
• X is a halide or is methosulfate;
• and
• c) a cationic polymer of formula (IX):
• wherein
• R4 is H or CH3;
• Y is O or NH;
• Z is a linear alkyl chain of methylene units (CH2)x, where
• x is an integer from 2 to 18,
• a substituted alkyl chain from 2 to 18 carbons in length having at least one hydroxyl group anywhere along the chain length,
• a benzene ring wherein the Y and the N substituents attach to the benzene ring in a para relationship, or
• a branched alkyl chain having a total number of carbons atoms from 2 to 18 carbon atoms;
• R1, R2, and R3 are, independently, —CH3, —CH2—C6H5, —C2H5, -n-C6H13, -n-C10H21, -naphthalenyl, -benzofuranyl, or —CH2—C6H4—CH2—O—C6H4—CHO;
• X is an anion chosen from the group consisting of halides, sulfates, methosulfate, trifluoromethane sulfonate, tetrafluoroborate, carbonates, bicarbonates, and mixtures thereof, and
• n is between several hundred to about 100 million, wherein a sum of the amount of the water-insoluble quaternary ester or diester ammonium salt and 3 times the amount of the cationic polymer of formula (IX) is greater than or equal to 2.5 times the amount of the water-soluble cationic antibacterial agent of formula (VIII).