Patent ID: 7077870

Claim:
A laundry treatment composition comprising: i) a polymer having an average repeat unit of: wherein R 1-6 are independently of one another members selected from the group consisting of H, a hydrolysable group and a fibre reactive group, wherein when the average degree of substitution of the hydrolysable group is 0 to 1, and wherein the average degree of substitution of the fibre reactive group is from 0.05 to 1 and; ii) a carrier agent which is a member selected from the group consisting of surfactants, softening compounds or water; with the proviso that when the carrier agent is water the composition further comprises perfume; wherein said fibre reactive group is a member selected from the group consisting of a vinyl sulfones, methylol dihydroxy ethylene ureas, dicarboxylic acids and cyanuric chloride and its derivatives; and wherein R 8 is a member selected from the group consisting of Cl, OR 9 and NHR 9 wherein R 9 is a member selected from the group consisting of H and a C 1 –C 4 alkyl chain; and wherein said hydrolysable group is (CO)R 7 wherein R 7 is a member selected from the group consisting of a phthalate group, a C 1 to C 6 alkyl chain and an acetate group.