Patent ID: 7348303

Claim:
A quaternary ammonium composition consisting essentially of a) a cationic compound with general formula: wherein R 1 is C 8 -C 22 -alkyl, C 8 -C 22 -alkenyl, C 8 -C 22 -alkylamidopropyl, C 8 -C 22 -alkenyl-amiodopropyl, C 8 -C 22 -alkyl/alkeny(poly)alkoxyalkyl, C 8 -C 22 -alkanoylethyl or C 8 -C 22 -alkenoylethyl, R 2 and R 3 are C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 2 -C 22 -alkenyl and R 4 is a group of the formula -A-(OA) n -OH, A is —C 2 H 4 — and/or —C 3 H 8 —, n is a number from 0 to 20 and X is an anion, b) less than 20% by weight of water based on said composition and c) a non-ionic solvent selected from the group consisting of an alcohol or an ethoxylated alcohol with the general formula R—O-(AO) n H, where R is alkyl or alkenyl group containing 8 to 22 carbon atoms, A is C 2 H 4 or C 3 H 6 and mixtures thereof, and n is a number from 0 to 20, nonylphenol or ethoxylated nonylphenol with the general formula C 8 H 18 -phenyl-O-(AO) n H, where A and n are as defined above, and mixtures thereof.