Patent ID: 8318655

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a detergent composition comprising: combining a plurality of components suitable for producing a detergent block which is water soluble into a fluid mixture, said components of sufficient quantity to produce a soluble consumable detergent block weighing at least three pounds; providing a mold assembly having a first mold component and a second mold component, said first and second mold components defining said mold assembly having a body, a top and a bottom, said body including an outer wall, a bottom and outer wall defining a mold interior, said outer wall defining an opening communicating with said mold interior; said mold assembly having a general height extending from said bottom to said top of said mold assembly and wherein said mold assembly includes an indenture above a half way point of said mold extending into said interior, said indenture having an upper and lower portion offset from one another defining an indenture interior, said indenture forming a handle in said molded product for grasping by a person; presenting said fluid mixture into said mold assembly; enabling said fluid mixture to harden into at least a partially solid state within said mold defining a solid soluble, consumable detergent block having a handle formed by the indents of said first and second mold components; and separating said first and second mold components exposing said solid soluble, consumable detergent block having a handle to the ambient environment.