Detergent softener compositions

Claim 1

A detergent softener composition capable of imparting improved softness, detergency, antistatic and soil antiredeposition properties to fabrics treated therewith in the wash cycle of a laundering process comprising a particulate detergent base containing from about 5-40% by weight relative to the composition of a water soluble non-soap organic surfactant, at least about 90% thereof being of the anionic type, and from about 10-60% by weight relative to the composition of a water soluble, neutral to alkaline builder salt selected from the group consisting of sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium silicate, sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate or mixtures thereof; said detergent base being (I) in admixture with discrete particles of cationic amine softener, said softener being selected from the group consisting of (a) aliphatic di-(lower) C 1 -C 4 alkyl, di(higher) C 14 -C 24 alkyl quaternary ammonium salts (b) heterocyclic compounds, and mixtures of (a) and (b), and (II) in admixture with discrete particles of from about 2-20% by weight of the composition a mixture of water soluble or dispersable fatty acid soap and nonionic organic surfactant, the weight ratios of soap to softener being from about 8:1 to 1:3, the percent concentration of anionic surfactant being at least about 1.5x+5, wherein x represents the percent concentration of softener, said softener particles comprising from about 2 to 20% by weight of the composition and being free of the soap-nonionic mixture, said soap-nonionic mixture particles being free of the cationic softener, and said detergent base being free of cationic softener.