Softening and anti-static nonionic detergent composition with sulfosuccinamate detergent

An aqueous liquid detergent composition for cleaning and softening soiled fabrics and which can be added to the wash cycle of an automatic laundry machine, said composition comprising:

• (A) from about 10 to 50% by weight of a liquid nonionic detergent selected from the group consisting of compounds of formulae (I) and (II):
• RO(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H (I)
• wherein R is a primary or secondary alkyl chain of from about 8 to 22 carbon atoms and n is an average of from about 5 to 20;
• ##STR9## wherein R.sup.1 is a primary or secondary alkyl chain of from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and m is an average of from about 5 to 20;
• (B) fron about 1 to 20% by weight of a mono-higher alkyl quaternary ammonium compound of formulae (III) or (IV):
• ##STR10## wherein R.sup.2 is a long chain aliphatic radical of from about 10 to 22 carbon atoms,
• each of the R.sup.3 's in formula (III) and R.sup.3 in formula (IV) are independently lower alkyl or hydroxy(lower alkyl),
• X is a water-soluble salt forming anion, and
• x and y are each positive numbers of at least 1 and the sum x+y is from 2 to 15;
• (C) from about 1 to 20% by weight of a sulfosuccinamate detergent compound of the formula ##STR11## wherein Z is a monovalent salt-forming cation, R.sup.4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, carboxy(lower alkyl) or 1,2-dicarboxy(lower alkyl), and
• R.sup.5 is an open chain hydrocarbon of from 10 to 22 carbon atoms;
• (D) up to about 10% by weight of an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of linear higher alkyl aromatic sulfonates, poly-lower alkoxy higher alkanol sulfates, olefin sulfonates and paraffin sulfonates;
• (E) up to about 3% of an optical brightener;
• (F) up to about 15% of an ethoxylated amine;
• (G) up to about 5% of an alkaline substance;
• (H) up to about 3% of enzymes;
• (I) up to about 3% of soil release agent;
• and
• (J) aqueous solvent carrier;
• wherein the ratio of (B):(C) is in the range from about 3:1 to about 1:3.