Patent ID: 8197739

Claim:
A method for the manufacture of a cageless lavatory dispensing device adapted for the delivery of at least one solid treatment composition, to a sanitary appliance, wherein said cageless lavatory dispensing device comprises a hanger having a hook end adapted to be suspended from a part of a sanitary appliance, and a compressed solid block comprising titanium dioxide and at least one chemical agent adapted to be suspended within the interior of the sanitary appliance, and wherein said method of manufacture comprises the steps of: forming a mass comprising titanium dioxide and at least one or more chemical constituents; and, extruding the mass into a preform shape wherein the extrudate is at least partially split into the legs of a “V” during the extrusion of the mass into the perform shape; subsequently inserting a portion of the hanger into the perform shape; and, compressing the preform shape in a die to provide the final form of the compressed solid block composition of the cageless lavatory dispensing device wherein compressed solid block composition encases only a portion of the hanger wherein the remaining portion of the hanger extends from the compressed solid block composition.