Fabric conditioning compositions

• US 6,894,011 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2003
• Issued: 05/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA
• Inventors: Ugazio, Stephane, Ellson, Karen Jane
• Primary Examiner(s): Hardee, John R.
• Application Number:
  US10/336,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20030134771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 510/101, 510/426, 510/507
• US Class Current: 510/101
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/0015 liquid
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/126 in solid compositions
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/162 containing Si
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/18 Hydrocarbons C11D3/164 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/2093 Esters; Carbonates
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/221 Mono, di- or trisaccharides or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/226 esterified
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/38 Products with no well-defined composition , e.g. natural products
• CPC Class Codes: C11D 3/502 Protected perfumes

Abstract

An aqueous fabric conditioning composition comprises a solid particulate material, perfume and an oil. Preferably the composition is in the form of an emulsion. A method of treating fabrics comprising contacting the fabric conditioning composition with fabrics during a laundry treatment process. The solid particulate material and the perfume in the fabric conditioning composition are used to stabilize the oil.

Claims

1. An aqueous fabric conditioning composition comprising

(i) a clay;

(ii) a perfume, of which at least 50% by number of the perfume components have a ClogP value equal to or greater than 2.0; and

(iii) a sulfated vegetable oil.

2. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1, comprising an emulsion.

3. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the clay has not been subjected to a cation exchange reaction.

4. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the clay comprises a smectite-type clay.

5. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 4 wherein the smectite-type clay is selected from the group consisting of:

montmorillonite, bentonite, beidellite, hectorite, saponite, stevensite, and mixtures thereof.

6. A fabric conditioning composition according claim 1 wherein the perfume is present in the composition in an amount of 0.01 to 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

7. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the sulfated vegetable oil is sulfated castor oil.

8. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1, wherein the clay is present in an amount of from 0.01% to 50% by weight of the composition.

9. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the oil is present in an amount of from 0.01% to 50% by weight of the composition.

10. A fabric conditioning composition according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of clay to oil is in the range of from 10:

1 to 1;

10.

11. A method of treating fabrics, comprising contacting the fabric conditioning composition as claimed in claim 1 with fabrics during a laundry treatment process.