Built thickened stable non-aqueous cleaning composition and method of use, and package therefor

Claim 1

A single use laundry detergent package for use in an automatic laundry washing machine comprising an outer package of a water permeable water insoluble plastic film or textile fabric, an inner package within said outer package, said inner package formed from a water soluble polymer film, and sealed within said inner package an amount of from about 50 to about 150 grams of a non-aqueous liquid fabric treating composition which comprise a non-aqueous liquid comprising a nonionic surfactant, fabric-treating solid particles suspended in said non-aqueous liquid, and an organophilic clay, in an amount up to about 1% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, as a stabilizing agent to inhibit settling of the suspended particles, said organophilic clay comprising a swelling smectite clay modified with a nitrogen containing compound including at least one long chain hydrocarbon having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms wherein said nitrogen containing compound is a quaternary ammonium compound which is a compound of the formula (R.sub.1 R.sub.2 R.sub.3 R.sub.4 N).sup.+ X.sup.-- wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are each, independently, hydrogen or an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl group having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, at least two of R 1 -R 4 having from 1 to about 6 carbon atoms and at most two of R 1 -R 4 having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms; and X is an inorganic or organic anion.