Clear or translucent, concentrated biodgradable quaternary ammonium fabric softener compositions
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsDonald M. Swartley, Toan Trinh, Errol H. Wahl, Garry M. Huysse
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Abstract
The present invention relates to clear or translucent, rinse-added fabric softening compositions comprising from about 20% to about 80% biodegradable softener active, from about 2% to about 25% C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 mono-alkyl cationic quaternary ammonium compound dispersibility aid, and from about 17% to about 75% non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the fatty acyl groups of the biodegradable softener active have an average Iodine Value of at least about 50. Preferably the compositions have a viscosity of from about 15 cps to about 500 cps when diluted with from about 1:1 to about 1:5, softening composition to water.
Claims35
A clear or translucent, rinse-added fabric softening composition comprising:
- (A) from about 20% to about 80% by weight of the composition, of a biodegradable cationic fabric softener compound;
- (B) from about 2% to about 25% by weight of the composition, of a dispersibility aid;
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- (C) from about 17% to about 75% by weight of the composition, of a non-aqueous solvent;
- wherein (A) is derived from C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 fatty acyl groups having an average Iodine Value of at least about 50;
- wherein the dispersibility aid is selected from the group consisting of mono-long-chain-alkyl cationic quaternary ammonium compounds, mono-long-chain-alkyl amine oxides, and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.