Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Simon R Ellis

John F Hessel

Graham Andrew Turner

Ferial Khorshahi

Matthew E Langer

Russell J Ward

A fabric softening composition comprising a water insoluble cationic fabric softening agent and a nonionic stabilizing agent wherein the water insoluble cationic fabric softening agent is a quaternary ammonium material and the nonionic stabilizing agent is preferably selected from a predominantly linear C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 alcohol alkoxylated with 10 or more moles of alkylene oxide. The nonionic stabilizing agent may also be a C.sub.10 to C.sub.20 alcohol or mixtures thereof. For high temperature stability the nonionic stability agent is an alkoxylated alcohol having a clear phase at a 1% concentration in water somewhere in the range of 0.degree. C. and 45.degree. C. and a Krafft point of less than 30.degree. C.

Fabric softening composition

The present invention relates to novel fabric care compositions water containing dispersible or water-soluble copolymers which contain at least one UV-absorbing monomer and one hydrophilic monomer component.

Fabric care composition comprising water soluble or water-dispersible

The present invention pertains to fabric softener compositions comprising a surfactant, a fatty acid and a polymeric whitening agent which contains both a fluorescent portion and a hydrophilic portion. Applicants have shown that the polymers can be used in (1) softener compositions wherein biodegradable cationic surfactants are used; and (2) in concentrated softener compositions (i.e., compositions containing 40-80% fabric softener). In concentrated compositions, desirably the use of FFA is minimized or eliminated.

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