Patent ID: 7452854

Claim:
A fabric softener composition comprising A) 0.5 to 50 wt-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of cationic quaternary ammonium salts; tertiary fatty amines having at least one C 8 -C 30 alkyl chains, carboxylic acids having 8 to 30 carbons atoms and one carboxylic group per molecule; esters of polyhydric alcohols; fatty alcohols; ethoxylated fatty alcohols; alkyphenols; ethoxylated alkyphenols; ethoxylated fatty amines; ethoxylated monoglycerides; ethoxylated diglycerides; mineral oils and/or polyols; B) 0.005 to 15 wt-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of the cationic polymer formed from a) a blend of a cationic monomer of formula (I) wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkylene, R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently from each other hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, X is —O— or —NH— and Y is Cl; Br; I; hydrogen sulphate or methosulfate; and a non-ionic monomer of formula (II) wherein R 7 is hydrogen or methyl, R 8 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, and R 9 and R 10 are independently from each other C 1 -C 4 alkyl; b) at least one cross-linking agent in an amount of more than 500 ppm by the weight of component a) and c) at least one chain transfer agent; C) 0 to 20 wt-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of customary additives; and D) water to 100%.