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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
André Crutzen, Liège, BE;
France Wouters, Grace-Hollogne, BE;
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Co., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/83 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/83 ;
Abstract
A biodegradable fabric softening composition or article is provided for softening laundry and is essentially free of a quaternary ammonium compound softener. The composition or article comprises a clay carrier, a defined polyphosphonate compound, and a defined PEC which is a fabric softening compound selected from among esters of pentaerythritol, oligomers of pentaerythritol or alkylene oxide derivatives of such esters and oligomers.