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Soap bar holder and method of supporting a soap bar

a soap bar and holder technology, applied in the field of soap bar holder and the method of supporting the soap bar, can solve the problems of aggravated problems, residue dries and becomes hard and difficult to remove, and efforts have not been fully successful

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-09-06
BRAIN BOX CONCEPTS
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[0008] Briefly, the present invention provides a soap bar holder that includes a pad. The pad is preferably non-woven and is made of plurality of matted artificial fibers held together by a suitable binder. The pad is sized and shaped to fit under a typical soap bar, either in a soap dish or on top of other surfaces. Any film from the soap drips down onto the pad and flows into the interstices between the f

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Efforts have been made to replace the soap bar with other, similar products, such as liquid soap, but these efforts have not been fully successful.
If not cleaned up soon, this residue dries and becomes hard and difficult to remove.
This problem is aggravated if the soap bar is used to clean something very dirty because, unless the bar is washed off, some of the dirt stays in the film and the resulting residue.
However, the film from the soap has a high enough viscosity and surface tension so that it forms the puddle on top of the soap.
Thus, the residue forms on the sponge rather then the holder—and is still a problem.

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[0011] Referring first to FIG. 1, a soap holder 10 constructed in accordance with this invention includes a soap dish 12 and a pad 14. Soap dish 12 can be made of any known materials including a plastic material or other materials such as glass, ceramic, metal alloys, and so on. The pad 14 is sized and shaped to fill a substantial portion of the dish 12 and, in turn, supports a soap bar 16.

[0012] The pad 14 is preferably is a non-woven material such as a matting made of thin artificial fibers (e.g., polyester) forming numerous interstices therebetween, and held together with a suitable binder. The matting may be made using a foaming process and can be formed into a large sheet and then cut into any desirable shape. The pad is preferably between ¼ and 1″ thick. The inventor has found that a particularly good product that may be used as a pad is a cleaning article that is commercially available from various sources and used as a scrub for skin care. This cleaning article is available...

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Abstract

A bar of soap is held by a pad formed of artificial fibers with open interstices. When the bar is wet, the soap film dripping onto the pad is absorbed by and trapped within the fibers where it dries.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] None BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] A. Field of Invention [0003] This invention pertains to a soap holder that includes a pad made of a special material that collects liquid run-off from a piece of soap. The invention further pertains to a method of supporting a soap bar using the pad. [0004] B. Description of the Prior Art [0005] One of the most ubiquitous articles used for general and personal hygiene is the soap bar. This article used several times a day by virtually everyone. Efforts have been made to replace the soap bar with other, similar products, such as liquid soap, but these efforts have not been fully successful. [0006] When not in use, soap bars are normally kept in a soap holder that may include a soap dish, a rack or a straight surface. During use the soap bar comes into contact with water. As a result of this contact, a relatively thin outer portion of the soap bar starts dissolving to the point where it forms a thin liquid film. When t...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G19/00
CPCA47K5/04
Inventor DIDATO, RICHARD C.
Owner BRAIN BOX CONCEPTS
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