Patent ID: 7101954

Claim:
A composition produced by the method of: a. producing a trialkanolamine fatty acid ester comprising reacting a trialkanolamine according to the general structure: wherein each of R 1a R 1b and R 1c is the same or different and is a C 2 to C 12 saturated or unsaturated, linear, branch-chained, cyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon group which is either unsubstituted or substituted with a pendant hydroxyl group, with a C 2 to C 25 acid optionally having at least one free hydroxyl group or a triglyceride comprising C 10 to C 25 fatty acids optionally having at least one free hydroxyl group under conditions effective to produce a trialkanolamine mono-, di- or trifatty acid ester and then reacting said trialkanolamine fatty acid ester with a C 4 to C 24 diisocyanate to produce a polyurethane trialkanolamine fatty acid ester.