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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Toan Trinh, Maineville, OH (US);
Helen Bernardo Tordil, West Chester, OH (US);
Errol Hoffman Wahl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jennifer Lea Rinker, Fairfield, OH (US);
Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere, Merchtem, BE;
Marc Johan Declercq, Strombeek-Bever, BE;
Eugene Paul Gosselink, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James Carey Letton, Forest Park, OH (US);
Deborah Jean Back, Cleves, OH (US);
John Cort Severns, West Chester, OH (US);
Mark Robert Sivik, Fairfield, OH (US);
Alice Marie Vogel, Middletown, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses an aqueous, concentrated, stable, translucent, or preferably, clear, rinse added liquid fabric softening compositions which provide excellent water dispersibility in rinse water, comprising a fabric softening active and a principal solvent having a ClogP of from about 0.15 to about 0.64, and an asymmetric structure. In order to achieve the main object of the invention, namely excellent water dispersibility, the molar ratio of a principal solvent of a fabric softening active should be not less than 3, preferably from about 3.6 to about 100.