Article for storing and dispensing detergent compositions utilizing separate tablets of components

A dispensing article for dispensing a detergent composition in the form of a plurality of separate units of at least two different detergent composition components as selected by the operator to produce an efficient washing composition for the type of laundry being washed in the washing machine which comprises a holder which holds from 2 to 10 receptacles for storing and dispensing a plurality of separate units of the detergent composition components with units of only one detergent composition component being present in each receptacle, each said receptacle being a vertical tube having a filling opening at the top, retaining means at the bottom, viewing openings or a transparent section therein through which the unit contents of the receptacle may be viewed, wall sections at the lower end of the tube defining an opening through which units can be removed transversely, one by one, as desired and being sized to dispense units each having a weight of 5 to 30 grams, a volume of 4 to 20 milliliters and a density of 0.8 to 2 g./ml;

• means on a wall of each receptacle for attachment of said receptacle to said holder;
• said means being adapted to be readily removable from said holder;
• and means for fastening the holder to a wall or to a washing machine in a convenient location for dispensing.