Patent ID: 8338357

Claim:
A multiple dosing ware washing article which comprises a rack of solid dosage elements of a cleaning composition, wherein the article comprises sleeves to retain the dosage elements, the sleeves being formed by a molded or thermoformed tray, with sleeves into which the dosage elements are placed, and each of the sleeves containing said solid dosage elements being closed by a backing material, each sleeve has two openings at opposite ends so that water may enter one end and leave the other end carrying with it dissolved or broken away cleaning composition, wherein in the article there is gap between dosage elements in a non-nested position sufficient to allow the article to be formed into a nested position without hindrance between the dosage elements; and preferably such that, in its nested form, at least the distal ends of each pair of dosage elements are separated by a spacing, the rack of dosage elements being in nested form, which article is adapted to be retained as a refill within a holder, located in use in a dishwashing machine.