Water insoluble polymeric quaternary ammonium carboxylate salts and the treatment of textiles therewith

Claim 1

A METHOD OF IMPARTING DURABLE ANTI-STATIC PROPERTIES TO TEXTILE FIBERS AND FABRICS WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO THE SURFACE OF THE TEXTILE A WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER OF ETHYLENICALLY-UNSATURATED MONOMERS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A VINYLIDENE RADICAL IN WHICH IS PRESENT ITS ONLY NON-AROMATIC CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATION, THE VINYLIDENE RADICAL IN AT LEAST 1% OF SAID MONOMERS BEING ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO A CARBON ATOM HAVING A DOUBLE BOND AND BEING ATTACHED IMMEDIATELY TO A NITROGEN-CONTAINING GROUP FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF TERTIARY AMINO AND QUATERNARY AMMONIM GROUPS, SAID NITROGEN-CONTAINING GROUPS EXISTING IN THE POLYMER IN THE FORM OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM GROUPS, AND THEREAFTER CONTACTING THE SURFACE OF THE TEXTILE WITH A MEMBER OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS CONTAINING AN ACYCLIC CARBON CHAIN OF AT LEAST 8 CARBON ATOMS AND THEIR ALKALI METAL SALTS SO AS TO FORM A WATER-INSOLUBLE SALT.