Patent ID: 8231864

Claim:
An aqueous conditioning or softening composition comprising an oligomeric amidoamine, surfactant, and water, wherein the oligomeric amidoamine comprises a reaction product of (A), (B), and (C) wherein: (A) represents an alkylene polyamine having the formula: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 are independently H or -R 5 —N—R 4 ) 2 , wherein not all of R′, R 2 , and R 3 are H; R 4 is H or -R 5 —N—(R 8 ) 2 ; R 8 is independently H or R 5 ; and R 5 is (i) a C 1 -C 23 alkylene or alkenyl group optionally substituted or branched; or (ii) an aryl group; (B) represents a dicarboxylic acid or a reactive derivative of such acid having the formula: HOOC-R 5 —COOH wherein R 5 is defined as above; and (C) represents (i) a fatty acid having the formula: R 6 —COOH wherein R 6 is a linear or branched C 6 -C 23 alkyl or alkenyl group; and/or (ii) an alkyl ester or glyceride of the fatty acid (i).