Patent ID: 6930082

Claim:
A fabric softening product comprising: a) as a softening agent, at least one organic compound of the general formula: which does not contain any cationic quaternary nitrogen group and in which formula: Q denotes a hydrophilic aliphatic head group (i) containing at least six free hydroxyl groups, and wherein there are no more than two carbon atoms for every hydroxyl group; R 1 and R 2 each independently denote a hydrophobic aliphatic chain of 5 to 40 carbon atoms optionally interrupted by a heteroatom, provided that R 1 and R 2 together contain at least 26 carbon atoms, and L denotes a linking group providing at least 1, preferably 2, single bonds capable of providing freedom of rotation and a chain of at least 4 atoms but not more than 10 atoms, between Q and R 1 and between Q and R 2 ; wherein said linking group L is attached to a hydroxy-substituted carbon atom in the hydrophilic group Q; and b) a carrier therefor.