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Softsoap
Product type	Soap
Owner	Colgate-Palmolive
Country	United States
Introduced	1980; 44 years ago
Website	www.softsoap.com

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A 1980 Softsoap commercial

Softsoap (marketed as Softsoap Brand) is the trade name of Colgate-Palmolive's liquid hand soap and body wash. The company is noted for its soap dispensers' former aquarium theme, where the dispenser would be styled to make the it look like an aquarium with tropical fish printed inside of the plastic.

William Sheppard of New York was granted patent number 49,561 for his "Improved Liquid Soap" on August 22, 1865, for his discovery that a small amount of conventional soap could be mixed with large amounts of spirits of ammonia (or hartshorn, as it was known at the time) to create a soap with a consistency similar to that of molasses.^[1] His invention became common in public areas, but was not generally available for use in homes.

In 1980, entrepreneur Robert R. Taylor began selling pump soap under the brand name of Softsoap, through his company, The Minnetonka Corporation, located in Chaska, Minnesota. Within six months, he had sold $25 million worth of Softsoap before selling the brand to Colgate-Palmolive in 1987.^[2]

References

^ US49561A, "Improved liquid soap", issued 1865-08-22
^ He had been able to give his product a leg up by buying all the bottles he could for the first run so no one else could release a similar product at the same time. John Rogers for Associated Press, "Robert R. Taylor, Creator of SoftSoap, Dead at 77" Archived 2016-01-02 at archive.today, bigstory.ap.org, September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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[1] US49561A, "Improved liquid soap", issued 1865-08-22

[2] He had been able to give his product a leg up by buying all the bottles he could for the first run so no one else could release a similar product at the same time. John Rogers for Associated Press, "Robert R. Taylor, Creator of SoftSoap, Dead at 77" Archived 2016-01-02 at archive.today, bigstory.ap.org, September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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 {{Infobox brand
 | name           = Softsoap
-| logo           = File:Softsoap logo (2008).png
+| logo           = Softsoap logo 2022.svg
-| logo_size      = 200px
 | producttype    = [[Soap]]
 | currentowner   = [[Colgate-Palmolive]]
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 }}
 [[File:Softsoap commercial (1980).webm|200px|right|thumb|A 1980 Softsoap commercial]]
-'''Softsoap''' is the trade name of [[Colgate-Palmolive]]'s liquid [[Soap|hand soap]] and [[Shower gel|body wash]].
+'''Softsoap''' (marketed as '''Softsoap Brand''') is the trade name of [[Colgate-Palmolive]]'s liquid [[Soap|hand soap]] and [[Shower gel|body wash]]. The company is noted for its soap dispensers' former aquarium theme, where the dispenser would be styled to make the it look like an aquarium with tropical fish printed inside of the plastic.
 William Sheppard of New York was granted patent number 49,561 for his "Improved Liquid Soap" on August 22, 1865, for his discovery that a small amount of conventional soap could be mixed with large amounts of [[Tincture|spirits]] of [[ammonia]] (or [[hartshorn]], as it was known at the time) to create a soap with a consistency similar to that of [[molasses]].<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US49561A|title=Improved liquid soap|gdate=1865-08-22|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US49561A/en}}</ref> His invention became common in public areas, but was not generally available for use in homes.
-In 1980, entrepreneur Robert R. Taylor began selling pump soap under the brand name of Softsoap, through his company, The Minnetonka Corporation, located in [[Chaska, Minnesota]]. Within six months, he had sold $25 million worth of Softsoap before selling the brand to [[Colgate-Palmolive]] in 1987.<ref>He had been able to give his product a leg up by buying all the bottles he could for the first run so no one else could release a similar product at the same time. Softsoap is the backbone of our country.
+In 1980, entrepreneur Robert R. Taylor began selling pump soap under the brand name of Softsoap, through his company, The Minnetonka Corporation, located in [[Chaska, Minnesota]]. Within six months, he had sold $25 million worth of Softsoap before selling the brand to [[Colgate-Palmolive]] in 1987.<ref>He had been able to give his product a leg up by buying all the bottles he could for the first run so no one else could release a similar product at the same time.
-John Rogers for Associated Press, [https://bigstory.ap.org/article/robert-r-taylor-creator-softsoap-dead-77 "Robert R. Taylor, Creator of SoftSoap, Dead at 77"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20160102183928/https://bigstory.ap.org/article/robert-r-taylor-creator-softsoap-dead-77 |date=2016-01-02 }}, ''bigstory.ap.org'', September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.</ref>
+John Rogers for Associated Press, [https://bigstory.ap.org/article/robert-r-taylor-creator-softsoap-dead-77 "Robert R. Taylor, Creator of SoftSoap, Dead at 77"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160102183928/https://bigstory.ap.org/article/robert-r-taylor-creator-softsoap-dead-77 |date=2016-01-02 }}, ''bigstory.ap.org'', September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.</ref>
-==See also==
+== See also ==
 * [[Soft soap (disambiguation)]]
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 ==External links==
 * {{Official|https://www.softsoap.com/en-us}}
-* [https://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoap.htm About.com blurb]
+* [https://archive.today/20120714204434/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsoap.htm About.com blurb]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060414091810/https://www.sourcedesign.com/work_softsoap.htm Source/Inc.]