Bar Soap Lift

Abstract

A bar soap lift made of a rigid, predominantly flat base with smooth rounded edges and slight concave bottom, concave interior, and a ledge formed where base and neck meet, where neck is smaller in diameter than base with multiple protuberances evenly spaced extending perpendicularly from the base on the neck sides upwards, all formed in one piece.This device inserts into the bottom of a bar of soap where it embeds into the bar of soap and due to these protuberances, friction and suction are created thereby securing the soap bar in the device until removed. This device allows the soap bar to dry completely between washings, keeping soap fresh and dry, as well as minimizing the melting soap scum that routinely forms underneath a soap bar. Additionally, this device makes bar soap much easier to hold on to while washing, preventing the problem of a slippery soap bar.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,787,6602,194,9972,283,9882,577,1142,770,0712,603,0323,071,8863,019,5483,104,4903,262,4213,697,1114,211,4454,741,8524,746,4525,029,8025,011,3166,966,445BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]For hundreds of years people have used bar soap and yet endured living with the dissolving and messy aftermath. Though many types of bar soap holders have been invented and manufactured, not one keeps soap fresh and dry, as well as the surfaces it rests upon, so simply as my invention. When a bar of soap is placed on a conventional soap holder or other supporting surface, the soap remains in a pool of poorly-drained moisture. The result is a rapidly melting and dissolving bar of soap. No wonder liquid soap has superseded bar soap sales in the U.S. in the last several years. Bar soap, however, remains a more pleasant way to wash, thus, a solution must be found. And now it has.[0003]Most inventions attempting to break this cycle of melting bar...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]My objective was to, simply and inexpensively, solve the problem of melting messy bar soap, preserving its useful qualities for a longer time. Soap is created in lovely shapes and scents, and is meant to be touched and handled. It is pretty and beautifies bathrooms, kitchens and where ever it is used. Soap does not add to the wastestream nor require recycling, as does liquid soap receptacles. It is also, as stated later on, a more earth-friendly product than liquid soap. My invention includes a rigid, predominantly flat base with smooth rounded edges and slight concave bottom, concave interior, and a ledge formed where base and neck meet, where neck is smaller in diameter than base with multiple protuberances evenly spaced extending perpendicularly from the base on the neck sides upwards, all formed in one piece. This small, unobtrusive, aesthetically pleasing and smooth to the touch bar soap lift, embeds into a bar of soap and lifts it away from the moist and wet counter, or soap dish, solving the perennial problem of wet, messy, rapidly melting and unattractive to use soap bars and its concomitant mess.

Problems solved by technology

The result is a rapidly melting and dissolving bar of soap.

As well, my invention does not allow for drainage as in similarly styled soap holders.

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