Claims
- 1. A dryer-activated fabric softener product comprising:
- A. substrate;
- B. dryer-added fabric softener composition having a peak melt temperature between about 50.degree. C. and about 75.degree. C.; the composition's fraction of enthalpy below about 40.degree. C. being less than about 30% as measured by DSC; the composition's dissolution rate in water being less than about 5%; and the composition's percent active release during use being more than about 75%, said composition containing from about 0.1% to about 50% by weight of the composition of chelant color care agent having the formula:
- (R.sup.1).sub.2 N(CX.sub.2).sub.n N(R.sup.2).sub.2
- wherein each X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups having from 1 to about 10 carbons atoms; substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups having at least 6 carbon atoms; and mixtures thereof; n is an integer from 0 to 6; each R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; alkyl of 1-3 carbons; hydroxyalkyl of 1-3 carbons; polyhydroxyalkyl; polyalkylether group having the formula --((CH.sub.2).sub.y O).sub.z R.sup.3 where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or a linear, branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl chain having from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms and where y is an integer from 2 to about 10 and z is an integer from 1 to 30; and --CX.sub.2 CX.sub.2 N(R.sup.5).sub.2 with no more than one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being CX.sub.2 CX.sub.2 N(R.sup.5).sub.2 and wherein each R.sup.5 is selected from the alkyl; alkaryl; aralkyl; hydroxyalkyl; polyhydroxyalkyl and, polyalkylether; and one R.sup.1 and one R.sup.2 can combine to form a cyclic compound.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 containing from about 0.2% to about 20% of said chelant color care agent.
- 3. The composition of claim 2 containing from about 0.5% to about 10% of said chelant color care agent.
- 4. The composition of claim 3 containing from about 1% to about 7% of said chelant color care agent.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a Divisional Patent Application of patent application Ser. No. 09/099,642, filed Jun. 18, 1998; which is a Divisional Application of patent application Ser. No. 08/937,537, filed Sep. 25, 1997, now abandoned; which was a Continuation-in-Part of patent application Ser. No. PCT/US96/04315 filed Mar. 29, 1996.
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