Bath utility
A bath utility made from a plastic mesh tube. The bath utility is a spongy body having multiple stacked folds. The folds of the bath utility partially or totally have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations. Accordingly, the bath utility has a rougher surface for providing better rubbing effect for a user's skin. In addition, the bath utility has higher density and better rigidity.
The present invention is related to a bath utility made from a plastic mesh tube. The bath utility is a spongy body having multiple stacked folds. The folds of the bath utility are more rigid and rougher so as to provide better rubbing effect for a user's skin.
A bath utility such as a bath ball or bath brush is made from a plastic mesh tube. The plastic mesh tube is extended to a certain extent and crimped to form a spongy bath ball or bath brush. U.S. Pat. No. 5,709,434 of this applicant discloses a method of making a bath utility made from a mesh tube.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a bath utility made from a plastic mesh tube. The bath utility is a spongy body having multiple stacked folds. The folds of the bath utility have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations so that the bath utility has higher density, better rigidity and rougher surface to provide better rubbing effect for a user's skin.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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After released from the tensioned state, the mesh tube 20 is curled to form the bath ball 40 with multiple ruffles or folds 42. The folds 42 randomly overlap each other as a stack. The folds 42 of such bath ball 40 have irregular shapes. The mesh tube 20 has wave or saw tooth configurations, accordingly, each fold 42 itself has continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations 44 as shown in
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In the case that a conventional mesh tube and the mesh tube of the present invention are together looped around the two posts 32 of the tool 30 and fixedly tied on a handle 85, a bath utility 80 as shown in
The folds of the bath utility of the present invention have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations so that the bath utility has higher density, better rigidity and rougher surface and is thus more suitable for rubbing a user's skin in a bath.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Claims
1. A bath utility made from a plastic mesh tube, the bath utility being a spongy body having multiple stacked folds, a middle of the bath utility being tied with at least one fastening member; said bath utility being characterized in that the folds of the bath utility at least partially have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations.
2. The bath utility as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mesh tube that the bath utility made from is crimped and formed with wave or saw tooth structures arranged along an axis of the mesh tube, whereby the wave or saw tooth structures are in the matter of alternately outward protruding from the outer surface of the mesh tube and inward protruding from the inner surface of the mesh tube.
3. The bath utility as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bath utility is substantially spherical and all the folds of the bath utility have wave or saw tooth configurations.
4. The bath utility as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bath utility is substantially spherical and includes a first semispherical half and a second semispherical half which are arranged side by side, all the folds of the first semispherical half having wave or saw tooth configurations, while the folds of the second semispherical half having no wave or saw tooth configurations.
5. The bath utility as claimed in claim 1, wherein the folds of the bath utility have regular shapes of petals and are radially arranged.
6. A bath utility comprising:
- a handle; and
- a first main body fixed on a front face of the handle, the first main body being a spongy body made from a plastic mesh tube, the first main body having multiple stacked folds; said bath utility being characterized in that the folds of the main body at least partially have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations.
7. The bath utility as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mesh tube that the main body made from is crimped and formed with wave or saw tooth structures arranged along an axis of the mesh tube, whereby the wave or saw tooth structures are in the matter of alternately outward protruding from the outer surface of the mesh tube and inward protruding from the inner surface of the mesh tube.
8. The bath utility as claimed in claim 6, wherein all the folds of the first main body have wave or saw tooth configurations.
9. The bath utility as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a second main body fixed on a back face of the handle, the second main body being a spongy body made from a plastic mesh tube, the second main body having multiple stacked folds.
10. The bath utility as claimed in claim 9, wherein the folds of the second main body at least partially have continuous fine wave or saw tooth configurations.
11. The bath utility as claimed in claim 10, wherein all the folds of the second main body have wave or saw tooth configurations.
12. The bath utility as claimed in claim 9, wherein the folds of the second main body have no wave or saw tooth configurations.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 7, 2006
Publication Date: Sep 13, 2007
Inventor: Ching Chen (Chang Hua Hsien)
Application Number: 11/368,474
International Classification: A47K 7/02 (20060101);