Patent ID: 7588696

Claim:
An antimicrobial water softening composition, comprising: about 100-25,000 ppm of at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, linear alkylbenzene sulfonates, alcohol sulfates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, alcohol ethoxylates, nonylphenyl ethoxylates, alkylpolyglucosides, fatty alkanoamides, fatty amine oxides, sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate, dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid and salts thereof; the sodium salt of sulfonated oleic acid, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, dodecyldiphenyloxide disulfonic acid and salts thereof; about 0.3-25 weight percent (wt. %) of at least one acid selected from the group consisting of citric, malic, acetic, propionic, lactic, benzoic, ascorbic, isoascorbic, sorbic, phosphoric, hydrochloric, nitric, malic, tartaric, adipic, succinic, glutaric, salicylic, and sulfuric acids and sodium bisulfate; and about 75-99.7 wt. % of at least one inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride or potassium chloride.