Patent ID: 8283306

Claim:
An aqueous laundry detergent composition in the form of a liquid or gel, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 in a 1% water solution; said composition comprising: a) from about 5% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a non-soap anionic surfactant; b) from about 0.5% to about 20%, by weight of the composition, of soap; c) from about 0.5% to about 30%, by weight of the composition, of a nonionic surfactant; d) from about 0.2% to about 6%, by weight of the composition, of a fabric softening cationic co surfactant having a molecular weight of less than about 1000; e) from about 0.05% to about 1%, by weight of the composition, of a fabric softening quaternized polymer having a molecular weight of at least 100,000; f) from about 0.05% to about 0.5%, by weight of the composition, of a non-quaternized, non polyamine thickener; g) from 0.0001% to about 1%, by weight of the composition, of perfume microcapsules; and wherein at least one of the following is true: i) the ratio by weight of nonionic surfactant to anionic surfactant is greater than 1 and the total percentage, by weight of the composition, of the total of anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant and soap is from 10% to 30%; ii) the aqueous laundry detergent composition further comprises from about 0.5% to about 5% of a hydrotrope.