Concentrated liquid fabric softener with whiteners

Claim 1

A liquid fabric softener comprising: (a) from about 10 to about 20 percent by weight of a quaternary active system including a first cationic surfactant having the formula ##STR8## wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 8 to C 22 alkyl and alkenyl groups and R 3 is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl and (C n H 2n O) x H wherein n is 2 or 3 and x is from 1 to about 5 and wherein X - is an anion, and a second cationic surfactant of the formula ##STR9## wherein R 4 and R 5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of C 8 to C 22 alkyl and alkenyl and R 6 and R 7 are alkyl groups of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and X is an anion, in a ratio of first to second surfactants of from at least 1.5:1, (b) a fluorescent whitening agent selected from the group consisting of (i) fluorescent dyes selected from the group consisting of (1) 4,4'bis[(4-phenylamino-6-N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]stilbene-2,2'disulfonic acid, (2) 4,4'-bis(4-anilino-6-hydroxyethylmethylamino-1,3,5 triazin-2-yl)amino stilbene-2,2'disulfonic acid, (3) 4,4'-bis[(4-anilino-6-(morpholino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino stilbene 2,2'disulfonic acid, (4) 4,4'-bis[(4-anilino-6-(methylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]stilene-2,2'disulfonic acid (ii) 5-(2H-napthol[1,2d]triazol-2-yl)-2-(2-phenylethenyl)-benzene-sulfonic acid (iii) 4,4'-bis(4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl)-stilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid disodium salt or their alkali metal or ammonium salts and (c) a nonionizable base.