Patent ID: 7056881

Claim:
An aqueous fabric conditioning composition comprising: (a) 7.5 to 60% by weight of a cationic fabric softening compound of formula (I), the compound having one or more hydrocarbyl chains formed from parent fatty acyl compounds or fatty acids having an iodine value of between 0 and 20: wherein each R is independently selected from a C 5–35 alkyl or alkenyl group, R 1 represents a C 1–4 alkyl, C 2–4 alkenyl or a C 1–4 hydroxyalkyl group, n is O or a number selected from 1 to 4, m is 1, 2 or 3 and denotes the number of moieties to which it relates that pend directly from the N atom, and X − is an anionic group; (b) 0.01%–1.5% by weight of a nonionic surfactant viscosity modifier; and (c) about 0.01% to about 1.4% by weight of an un-alkoxylated fatty alcohol having a hydrocarbyl chain length of about 15 to about 22 carbon atoms; wherein the combination of (b) and (c) is no more than 1.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition; and wherein the composition comprises particles having a mean diameter of from 0.3 to 7 microns measured using a Malvern Mastersizer.