HORIZONTAL SHOWER CADDY

Abstract

A storage system or shower caddy for use in showers and bathrooms, for offering a compact and orderly arrangement of shampoo bottles, hair conditioning bottles, brushes, and shower puff type of soap appliques, and can be conveniently utilized for holding towels, as well as having at least one magnetically attached soap dish for bars of soap; or for holding rings, and other jewelry items during a shower sequence. The system provides for a more efficient method of expanding and contracting the length of a shower caddy rod that attaches to the walls of a shower stall. Magnets provide strong holding force between two elements of the shower caddy rod. Magnets hold the soap dishes securely in place along the shower caddy expansion rod.

Description

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The field of this disclosure is related to bathroom and shower accessories. Particularly, it is related to the storage of shower and bath liquid bottles, solid forms of soap products, and for shower and bath utensils utilized in the application of soap and conditioning lotions for the body and hair.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

Present devices in this field do not store consumer products related to home bathing utensils that act as aids for the bathroom and shower experience in a position where they are free of water spray from the shower head. Thus, soaps may be partially dissolved away before being used. Other utensils may become wet, which may not be efficient for use after a shower has been completed and it is time to dry off.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure is directed to a horizontal bath and shower caddy used for holding various bottles of shampoos, conditioners, bar soaps, washcloths, washing puffs used for bathing and showering, as well as scrub brushes. The advantage of this shower caddy is that it stores the various utensils, bottles, and soap bars in a horizontal plane above the shower head water spray source. Further, the horizontal shower caddy is telescopically expandable and contractable to fit between the shower end walls and is butt adjusted closest the shower wall between the two end walls. The shower caddy is more economical and efficient than any prior art in part by using magnets, preferably Neodymium magnets, to control and hold firm the expansion or contraction limits along the show end walls. The shower caddy also uses magnets, again preferably Neodymium magnets, to simply and firmly hold soap dishes along the top length of a shower caddy expandable bar that is made of magnetic steel completely, or in part, as a magnetic steel strip running the entire length of the shower bar.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the first drawing:

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the shower caddy completely assembled.

FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the assembled shower caddy that is loaded with various shower and bathing products.

FIG. 2A is a side perspective view of the assembled shower caddy with all its component members.

FIG. 2B is a cutaway frontal view of a first of a plurality, of magnetically attached soap dishes.

FIG. 3A is a frontal perspective view of the shower caddy expandable rod.

FIG. 3B is a frontal perspective view of a first of a plurality, of expandable and contractable long rods that act as horizontal fence members.

FIG. 3C is a frontal perspective view of a first of a plurality of short fence members.

FIG. 3D are three views of a first of a plurality of strut supports that hold and secure the plurality of horizontal fence members.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a first of a plurality of soap or small items dishes that are substantially magnetically attached to the shower caddy rod.

FIG. 4B is a side view of the soap dish showing the magnet and is disposed within the soap dish.

FIG. 4C is a top view of the soap dish showing its magnet disposed within its enclosure.

FIG. 5 is a frontal view of the assembled shower caddy installed butted secure against a typical shower wall area; to take advantage of this unique feature improvement.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the assembled shower caddy installed butted secure against a typical shower wall area, which is a unique feature for additional storage space for shower utensils and shower and bathing soap and conditioning products.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A, in the first drawing, set 100, is a frontal perspective view that comprises the components that form the assembly for the horizontal shower caddy that includes magnetic field friction controlled telescoping expandable shower rod 01 that, in one embodiment, is comprised of hollow magnetic steel, a plurality of plastic telescoping expandable beams 05 typically from 40 inches to 75 inches in length, a plurality of substantiality short plastic beams 07, a plurality of plastic strut supports 03; and where the plurality of plastic telescoping expandable beams 05 and the substantiality short plastic beams 07 that form the items holding cage are disposed on the plurality of strut supports 03 thus forming the items holding cage that contains a plurality of shower and bathroom washing materials such as bottles 13, soap bars 11 that are contained in a plurality of soap dishes 09, and other miscellaneous shower and bathroom utensils (not shown).

FIG. 1B, in the first drawing, set 100, is the frontal view of the shower caddy assembled and containing a plurality of shower liquid soaps and conditioning bottles 13, a plurality of soap/item dishes 09 that can contain soap bars 11.

FIG. 2A, in the second drawing, set 200, is a side perspective view illustrating the magnetically attached plurality of soap dishes 09 that are disposed and fixed on the telescoping expandable hollow magnetic steel shower rod 01, and how the telescoping plastic beams and the substantially short beams are snapped into place in the plurality of strut supports 03. The beams (both the telescoping plastic beams 05, and the substantially short beams 07) are snapped into the plurality of square grooves 31 that are part of the strut supports 03 (see FIG. 3D in the third drawing set) that has disposed and centrally positioned within the strut support side lobe 03a).

FIG. 2B, in the second drawing, set 200, is a front cutaway view of a first member of a plurality of soap/item dishes 09 that are magnetically attached by a Neodymium magnet 17 disposed within the soap dishes to the magnetic steel section 06 of the telescoping expandable shower rod 01. There is another Neodymium magnet 15 that is disposed within the strut support side lobe 03a that is magnetically attached by passive magnetic attraction between the strut support side lobe magnet 15 and the magnetic steel strip 19 on the telescoping expandable shower rod 01.

FIG. 3A, in the third drawing set 300, is a frontal perspective view of the shower rod section 01 that has a first strut support attachment region 01a and disposed within is the inner insertable first telescoping member 01b, which is inserted into the outer second telescoping member's 01c hollow entry point 21 and this inner insertable first telescoping member 01b is free to move in and out of the hollow outer section point 21. Once the desired length of the shower rod 01 is determined and set, a plurality of side Neodymium magnets 19 are passively (passively attracted; when one attraction member is a magnet, and the second member is magnetic steel 01d) magnetically attracted to the steel rod 01 outer second telescoping rod member 01c.

FIG. 3B, in the third drawing set 300, is a frontal perspective view of the long telescoping dual member cage beam 23, 25, and 27 that is comprised of an outer hollow beam member 25 with its hollow opening 27 that receives the slidable inner telescoping beam member 23. The inner slidable beam member 23 has the capability to slide in and out of the outer member's hollow opening 27.

FIG. 3C, in the third drawing set 300, is the substantially short cage beam member 29 that snaps into the plurality of designated slots 31, disposed along the plurality of strut support members 03.

FIG. 3D, in the third drawing, set 300, are three views of a first strut support member of a plurality of strut supports that is part, along with the plurality of telescoping beams 23, 25, and 27, that comprises an item holding cage system (identified in FIG. 1A in the first drawing set 100). There is a plurality of slots 31 along the inner surface regions of the plurality of strut support member 03, where each strut support member 03 has disposed within the side lobe 03a of the strut support 03 members, a Neodymium magnet 15, where its use is described in FIG. 2B of the second drawing set 200.

FIG. 4A, in the fourth drawing set 400, is a top perspective view of the soap/item dish 09 with a substantially inserted Neodymium magnet 17 that is molded into the magnet holding section 17c. The bottom of the soap/item dish 09 has a substantially inserted plurality of elongated slits 33, utilized for shower water passage as an aid to keeping a soap bar 11 (see FIG. 1A).

FIG. 4B, in the fourth drawing set 400, is a side view of the soap/item dish 09 showing the molded-in Neodymium magnet 17 in its enclosure 17c.

FIG. 4C in the fourth drawing set 400, is a top view of the soap/item dish 09 showing the plurality of water passage slits 33 uniformly arranged on the bottom of the soap/item dish 09, and the magnetic polar arrangement of the Neodymium magnet 17 that is a thin slab-bar magnet 17 molded into the special magnet enclosure 17c, which is part of the soap/item dish design 09.

FIG. 5, in the fifth drawing, set 500, is a perspective frontal view of the assembled shower caddy A1 that is viewed as a typical installation in a bathroom shower stall area. The shower caddy A1 is pulled out to the full length of the opposite walls of the shower stall area. The left 01L and right extensions 01R of the shower caddy A1 are butted to the opposite wall surfaces W1 and W2, in the wall regions E1 and E2 respectively for a secured tight friction fit under a maximum load of shower soap products and shower utensils. In addition, the entire rear section of the assembled shower caddy A1 is also butted up against the third wall section W3; which is also illustrated fully in FIG. 6. The shower caddy, in a manufactured production scenario, can be marketed and sold as an assembled unit or it can be offered as a kit for easy consumer instruction assembly.

FIG. 6, in the drawing, set 600, is a perspective side view of the assembled shower caddy A1 showing the left wall section W1, the right wall section W2, and the center wall section W3, which are the three regions where the shower caddy assembly A1 is butted and tight fitted, under friction, to those wall regions W1, W2 and W3. Further, the left end 01L of the pulled-out first extension 23 (FIG. 5 and FIG. 3B) is friction-butted in the local area E1 in the left wall W1 (FIG. 5), and the right end 01R of the pulled-out second extension 25 (FIG. 3B) is friction-butted in the local area E2 in the right wall W2. The rear section of the shower caddy is friction-butted against the center wall W3 in its local area E3 for full friction support and this arrangement serves as a storage area for products and utensils, in addition to the plurality of storage in the grated soap dish boxes (FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C).

Claims

1. An elongated horizontally positionable bath and shower utensil caddy, for holding a plurality of bathing and showering utensils and bathroom tools comprising:

an expandable hollow horizontally positioned magnetic metal dual-section telescopic support rods;

a plurality of right-angled sections of shelf support structures that connect to said telescopic support rods;

a first inverted U section for connecting the shelf support structures to said telescopic rods;

a second upright U section that supports a series of shelf-forming rod sections that attach to said second upright U section;

a plurality of rectangular soap dish box sections that magnetically attach to said horizontally positioned magnetic metal dual-section telescopic support rod means; and

a plurality of interconnecting thin elongated rods that in unison, form a base for the primary shelf structure that serves as storage space for a plurality of bath and shower bottles and containers for soap and other bathing and showering utensil products.

2. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

opposite ends of the expandable hollow horizontally positioned magnetic metal dual-section telescopic support rods have disposed on ends a polymer rubber friction stopper that holds and supports by friction caused by a tension force established by said elongated telescopic support rod being forced to hold between two shower stall end walls; and

a compression spring for causing said tension force.

3. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said elongated telescopic support rod has a square cross section that is of the same size as the first inverted U section dimension and said four right-angled sections of shelf support structures are tight-fitted and secured by a magnet that is disposed within a rear portion of said shelf support structures.

4. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said plurality of right-angled sections of shelf support structures have a plurality of square indentations where said shelf-forming rod sections are snap fitted into said indentations thus forming an elongated shelf system for holding various bath and shower utensils.

5. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said plurality of rectangular soap dish box sections have a grated bottom base to allow for water flow-through, and are for containing a plurality of bath and shower items.

6. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said plurality of rectangular soap dish box sections has permanently attached, a small rectangular Neodymium magnet that is utilized for securing said rectangular soap dish boxes to said expandable hollow horizontally positioned magnetic metal dual-section telescopic support rods.

7. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said plurality of rectangular soap dish box sections are arranged and separated by lengths along said expandable hollow horizontally positioned magnetic metal dual-section telescopic support rods.

8. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said complete caddy assembly of said four right-angled sections of shelf support structures and said plurality of interconnecting thin elongated rods that in unison, form the said base for said primary shelf structure, serves as storage space for a plurality of bath and shower bottles and containers for soap and other bathing and showering utensil products.

9. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein:

said complete caddy assembly has a rear region that is defined by the ends of said second U sections with its plurality of interconnecting thin elongated rods and are a region that is fitted against a wall of a shower stall area, which allows for a firm secured arrangement and defines a space for receiving articles.

10. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, having spaces for holding at least a plurality of at least one of brushes, combs, back scrubbers, liquid soap, and bar soap for bathing and showering.

11. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, wherein the plurality of shelf support structures comprises four shelf support structures.

12. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, further comprising Neodymium magnets for generating a force to hold together selected components of the bath and shower utensil caddy.

13. The bath and shower utensil caddy of claim 1, further comprising Neodymium magnet for causing a force on the dual-section telescopic support rods to press against walls of a shower or bath.