Patent ID: 7012058

Claim:
An aqueous composition useful for softening a cellulosic material comprising: a) about 8% by weight based upon the total weight of said composition an amide-substituted quaternary imidazolinium salt; b) about 90% by weight a nonionic surfactant; and c) about 2% by weight a polyhydroxy compound having an average molecular weight which is any molecular weight in the range of 92 to 4000, wherein the amide-substituted quaternary imidazolinium salt comprises a cation having the structure: in which R 1 in each occurrence is independently selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group comprising any number of carbon atoms between 8 and 22 and wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, or any C 1 to C 12 hydrocarbyl group, including mixtures of cations meeting this description.