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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Helene Sylvie Buron, Wirral, GB;
Craig Warren Jones, Wirral, GB;
Pablo Martinez-Escolano, Wirral, GB;
Laurent Soubiran, Wirral, GB;
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
An aqueous fabric conditioning composition comprises a cationic surfactant, an oil, a solvent and is in the form of a water-in-oil micro-emulsion. The cationic surfactant comprises either (a) quaternary ammonium compounds having at least one ester group and being formed from a parent fatty acid having a degree of unsaturation represented by an iodine value of from 20 to 140 or (b) quaternary ammonium compounds having two C -C alkyl or alkenyl chains directly attached to the nitrogen and being formed from a parent fatty acid having a degree of unsaturation represented by an iodine value of from 0 to 20 or (c) mixtures of (a) and (b). The invention also relates to a process for treating fabrics and a method for preparing a fabric treatment composition.