Patent ID: 7737105

Claim:
A fabric treatment composition comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer, wherein said cationic polymer is a cationic silicone polymer and said anionic polymer is a non-silicone-containing polymer, said composition forms a coacervate phase and: A. said cationic silicone polymer is composed of alternating units of: (i) a polysiloxane of the following formula: (ii) a cationic divalent organic moiety selected from the group consisting of: (d) a divalent aromatic or aliphatic heterocyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted, containing at least one quarternized nitrogent atom; and mixtures thereof; wherein R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of C 1-22 alkyl, C 2-22 alkenyl, C 6-22 alkylaryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, and mixtures thereof; R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of divalent organic moieties; X is independently selected from the group consisting of ring-opened epoxides; R 3 is independently selected from polyether groups having the formula: -M 1 (C a H 2a O) b -M 2 wherein M 1 is a divalent hydrocarbon residue; M 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-22 alkyl, C 2-22 alkenyl, C 6-22 alkylaryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, C 1-22 hydroxyalkyl, polyalkyleneoxide, (poly)alkoxy alkyl, and mixtures thereof; R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 are the same or different, and are selected from the group consisting of C 1-22 alkyl, C 2-22 alkenyl, C 6-22 alkylaryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, C 1-22 hydroxyalkyl, polyalkyleneoxide, (poly)alkoxy alkyl, and mixtures thereof; or in which R 4 and R 6 , or R 5 and R 7 , or R 8 and R 10 , or R 9 and R 11 are components of a bridging alkylene group; Z 1 and Z 2 are the same or different divalent hydrocarbon groups each comprising at least about 2 carbon atoms; a is from about 2 to about 4; b is from 0 to about 100; c is from about 1 to about 1000; d is from 0 to about 100; m is the number of positive charges associated with the cationic divalent organic moiety, which is greater than or equal to about 2; A is an anion; and wherein, expressed as fractions on the total moles of the organosilicone-free moieties, the cationic divalent organic moiety (ii) is present at of from about 0.05 to about 1.0 mole fraction; and said cationic silicone polymer further comprises a polyalkyleneoxide amine of formula: [—Y—O(—C a H 2a O) b —Y—] wherein Y is a divalent organic group comprising a secondary or tertiary amine; a is from about 2 to about 4 and b is from 0 to about 100, and the polyalkyleneoxide amine is present of from 0.0 to about 0.95 mole fraction; B. said anionic polymer is selected from the group consisting of: anionic starch, carboxy methyl guar, carboxy methyl hydroxypropyl guar, N-carboxyalkyl chitosan, N-carboxyalkyl chitosan amides, pectin, chondroitin sulfate, alginic acid-based polymers; derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the ratio by weight of said cationic silicone polymer to said anionic polymer is between 30:1 and 10:1.