Patents Represented by Attorney Beth G. Lewis
  • Patent number: 5427697
    Abstract: The present invention relates to clear or translucent, rinse-added fabric softening compositions comprising from about 20% to about 80% imidazoline, imidazolinium, and/or di(2-amidoethyl)methyl quaternary ammonium fabric softener active, from about 2% to about 25% C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 mono-alkyl cationic quaternary ammonium compound dispersibility aids, and from about 17% to about 75% non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the fatty acyl groups of the 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Donald M. Swartley