Patent ID: 7707804

Claim:
A method of wrapping a generally rectangular soap bar having a top surface, a bottom surface having a shaped area and a planar area, longitudinal side surfaces and end surfaces, the soap bar devoid of a stiffener reinforcing element, the method comprising: wrapping a plastic wrapper film laterally around and directly on said soap bar without any intervening stiffener reinforcing element; overlapping the edges of said film that extend longitudinally across and adjacent the planar area of the bottom surface of said soap bar; folding the film at each end surface of said soap bar; and sealing said overlapping edges of the film adjacent the planar area of the bottom surface and the folded film at the end surfaces to form a package fully enclosing the soap bar, wherein the film is a thermoplastic film having a thickness of about 60 micron to about 180 micron and a Taber Stiffness of more than about 5.