Patent ID: 8192504

Claim:
An aqueous liquid domestic composition comprising (i) one or more active component selected from the group consisting of (A) 3% to 50% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, (B) 2% to 90% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (C) a mixture consisting of (I) 1% to 25% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, and (II) 5% to 75% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more anionic surfactant, and (D) 0.1% to 30% by weight, based on the total solids weight of said domestic composition, one or more amphoteric compound; and (ii) one or more cationic polymer latex consisting essentially of (a) 0.5% to 6% by weight, based on the dry weight of said polymer, polymerized units of one or more cationic monomer, (b) 30% to 99.5% by weight, based on the dry weight of said polymer, polymerized units of one or more aromatic monomer, and (c) optionally, polymerized units of one or more additional monomer, selected from the group consisting of (c1) anionic monomers, (c2) alkyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid wherein the alkyl group is an unsubstituted alkyl group having 8 or fewer carbon atoms, (c3) aliphatic esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid wherein the aliphatic group is an unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 9 or more carbon atoms, (c4) hydroxyalkyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or an amide of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, (c5) crosslinking monomer selected from the group consisting of divinyl benzene and esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with a polyol, and (c6) substituted amides of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid wherein said cationic polymer latex has no anionic monomer as polymerized units, and wherein said active component is 3% to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of said domestic composition, one or more softening agent, and wherein said softening agent is selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salt surfactants and water-soluble cationic polymers.