Patent ID: 6194370
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A highly aqueous, heavy duty liquid laundry detergent composition which provides cost effective stain and soil removal performance when used in fabric laundering operations and which is of acceptable viscosity for use in home fabric laundering operations, said composition comprising:(A) from 1% to 5% by weight of the composition of an anionic surfactant component which comprises alkali metal salts of C.sub.10 -C.sub.16 alkyl benzene sulfonic acids;(B) from 0.2% to 10% by weight of the composition of a nonionic surfactant component which comprises ethoxylated alkyl phenols of the formula ##STR13##whererin R is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 alkyl group and n is from 1 to 16;(C) from 0.1% to 3% by weight of the composition of a viscosity-enhancing agent component comprising alkali metal and alkaline earth metal chlorides and formates, polyacrylic compositions having a molecular weight of from 500,000 to 1,000,000 and combinations of said viscosity-enhancing agents;(D) from 86% to 94% by weight of the composition of an aqueous, non-surface active liquid carrier which comprises no more than 3% by weight of the composition of liquids other than water; and(E) from 0.001% to 4% by weight of a suds suppressor.