Patent ID: 8277715

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 adapted to be suspended within the interior of the sanitary appliance comprising at least one chemical agent, and wherein said method of manufacture comprises the steps of: forming a mass comprising at least one or more chemical constituent; 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.