Colgate Palmolive Company

Todd Van Gordon

John H Swanson

Quang Nguyen

Van Canady

Joel Millon

Viren Trivedi

Soap bars can be effectively packaged in substantially transparent materials so that the soap bar can be seen through the packaging material. This is particularly useful with decorative colored translucent soap bars. The soap bars first are at least partially enveloped in a first relatively thick and stiff substantially transparent film and then fully enveloped in a second relatively thin substantially transparent film. The soap bars are generally rectangular but with rounded edges and a shape that tapers in cross-section from a midpoint of the soap bar to the ends. The first film forms a substantially rectangular cylinder which envelops about 95% to about 105% of the soap bar. This rectangular cylinder is open at each end. The second film fully envelops the soap bar. The end package provides a soap bar maintained within a rectangular cylinder with a low fragrance loss and a moisture transmissivity of less than about 3 gm/m /day.

Soap wrappers

A pouch package is formed that has a multilayer structure of two or more layers where the longitudinal seal is formed from a bonding of the inner layer to the inner layer in a fin seal arrangement. One layer of the multilayer structure is a seal layer and another layer a barrier layer. There can be additional layers such as additional barrier layers and cutter lubricant layers. It is preferred that the multilayer structure have two to four layers (not counting adhesive tie layers) and that the inner seal layer be readily sealable by means of radio frequency energy. The longitudinal seal will preferably be along a side surface so as to have a spout. The pouch is made on form/fill equipment from a multilayer sheet by the multilayer sheet being formed into a tubular member with a longitudinal seal. A lower seal then is formed, the pouch filled and severed from the adjacent tubular member The pouch will contain products such as bleaches, fabric softeners, soaps, glass cleaners and bath and shower gels and lotions.

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Basking Ridge, NJ, United States of America

Todd Van Gordon