Patent ID: 8158570

Claim:
A laundry detergent composition comprising a cationic compound, between 2 and 60 wt % of a surfactant system, between 0.005 and 2 wt % of a fluorescent agent, from 0.01 to 1 wt % of enzyme, and between 0.05 and 1 wt % of a first non-phosphonate sequestrant, the non-phosphonate sequestrant having a molecular weight of less than 400 and having the following structure: wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl, naphthyl, methoxy, ethoxy, hydrogen, sulphonic acid, carboxylic acid or salts thereof, a ketone group, an ester group, and an acid amide group; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl, naphthyl, and C 2 H 4 COOM, wherein M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal; and R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a keto group, a C 1 -C 10 alkyl group, phenyl, and naphthyl, wherein said surfactant system comprises a mixture of anionic and nonionic detergent compounds, wherein the nonionic detergent compounds are selected from the group consisting of C 6 to C 22 alkyl phenol-ethylene oxide condensates having 5 to 25 units of ethylene oxide per molecule; condensation products of aliphatic C 8 to C 18 primary or secondary linear or branched alcohols with ethylene oxide having 5 to 40 units of ethylene oxide per molecule; and wherein the anionic detergent compounds are water-soluble alkali metal salts of organic sulphates or sulphonates having alkyl radicals containing from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein said composition is an enzymatic laundry detergent composition, and wherein the ratio of cationic compound to anionic surfactant is at least 2:1.