	US 7,585,832 B2
	Thickened fabric conditioners
Daniel Smith, Belvidere, N.J. (US); Isabelle Salesses, Paris (France); Jacques Dewez, Battice (Belgium); Ericka Breuer, Grace-Hollogne (Belgium); Guy Broze, Grace-Hollogne (Belgium); Marija Heibel, Highland Park, N.J. (US); and Amjad Farooq, Hillsborough, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/464,982.
Application 11/464982 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/694196, filed on Oct. 27, 2003, abandoned.
Application 10/694196 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/006337, filed on Dec. 03, 2001, granted, now 6,864,223, filed on Mar. 08, 2005.
Application 10/006337 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/749183, filed on Dec. 27, 2000, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2007/0099817 A1, May 03, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C11D 3/50 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 510—527 [510/522]

18 Claims

1. A fabric softening composition comprising:

(a) from 0.01% to 35%, by weight, of a cationic softener;

(b) at least 0.001%, by weight, of a water soluble cross-linked cationic polymer derived from the polymerization of from 5 to 100 mole percent of a cationic vinyl addition monomer, from 0 to 95 mole percent of acrylamide, and from 70 to 300 ppm of a difunctional vinyl addition monomer cross-linking agent; and

wherein the composition does not contain an alkoxylated ether of the formula:

wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H and C₁-C₃₀straight chain or branched chain alkyl, m is an integer from 0 to about 6, R′ is selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, and n is an integer from about 3 to about 30;or an alkoxylated diether of the formula:

wherein R″ is selected from the group consisting of methyl and ethyl, p is an integer from about 1 to about 6, and ech q and r are independently selected so that their sum is an integer from about 3 to about 30.