Abstract: A soap dish is made of ribs that are shaped to allow a user to pick up a bar of soap in a single grasp without lifting the soap over a rim or lip. The soap dish is also shaped to hold the soap in a stable and stationary position when the user puts the soap in the dish and to permit adequate drainage of water and soap residue. The ribs form the support surface for the soap, so that the soap rests on the top edges of the ribs. Each of the ribs has a portion that slopes up to form with the other ribs a valley that keeps the soap in the dish. The soap dish has a weighted base to increase its stability and a trough to direct water and soap residue away from the soap dish. The dimensions and arrangement of the soap dish are particularly appropriate for maximum ease of manufacture by injection molding of an acrylic material in a minimum number of separate components.

Abstract: A combination soap dish and squeegee including a cup shaped tray for receiving a bar of soap and having a wall thereof slotted to provide a passageway for receiving the blade portion of a squeegee and an upwardly facing channel to support the handle portion of the squeegee.

Abstract: A combined carrying package and soap bar receptacle structure is disclosed. The structure comprises a pair of aligned plates adapted to receive a soap bar product therebetween. The surfaces of the plates in contact with the soap bar product have a plurality of spaced-apart parallel grooves extending between from opposite sides of each of the plates. A carrying bag is in contact with the bottom plate and is sealed at its top end with a drawstring or other closure.

Abstract: A water pervious bag for holding a bar of soap for washing a person's body, the bag comprising a sleeve of synthetic yarn, the yarn being of circular cross-section and knitted with a wide, loose weave, the bag being closed at one end and open at the other, and having releasable closing means at said other end.

Abstract: A soap saving device (10) for a bar of soap (100); wherein the outer surface (12) of the device (10) is provided with a plurality of discrete protuberances (16); and, the inner surface (13) of the device (10) is contoured to conform generally to the external surface of the bar of soap (100), and provided with a plurality of elongated penetrating elements (18) dimensioned to penetrate the bar of soap (100), to create a frictional engagement between the bar of soap (100) and the device (10).

Abstract: A wrap for bar soap having first and second side walls with side members extending along two side edges and a bottom edge of the side walls. The side members connect the two side walls together along the edges and maintain the spacing between them; they also provide venting. The side members have only two layers of material. The top edges of the side walls are not joined but are open for insertion and removal of the bar soap. The side walls have inner and outer layers. The inner layer is made from a multiplicity of overlapping layers of nylon netting. An intermediate layer of soft, foam cushion material is sandwiched between the outer and inner layers and connected to the layers only along the outer periphery of the intermediate layer. The outer layer may be of a thick terrycloth material or overlapping layers of nylon netting. The side members in the preferred embodiment are also made of the nylon netting material without the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A shower kit adapted to carry a bar of soap, two liquid receptacles and a face cloth is disclosed. The kit comprises a pair of containers, each container comprising a base shell and a lid shell bound along one mating edge by a hinge, and having a clasp opposite the hinge to retain the lid shell in a closed position. One of the containers defines a pair of apertures through which the necks and caps of a pair of liquid receptacles inside the container may project. The same container also has a pair of access holes through which the liquid receptacles may be squeezed or manipulated. The other container is completely closed for carrying soap. The containers have a strap binding them together and can be folded over to bind a face cloth therebetween. A protrusion from one container permits a belt from the other to be bound thereto, thus holding the containers in folded relation with the face cloth between.

Abstract: A soap dish construction including a planar rear wall with an integral floor and generally S-shaped sides, each of the sides includes a forward portion directed interiorly of a rear portion wherein the forward portion projects beyond and below the floor. The floor includes a tapered upper surface to direct fluid directed up to the upper surface towards the forward portion of the side walls defining a trough including a trough floor. The trough floor angulates forwardly and downwardly relative to the inclined upper surface of the floor and is generally coextensively arranged therewith. The upper surface of the floor includes a plurality of spaced ribs defined by a predetermined spacing therebetween. A modified construction of the invention includes a tool receivable within a slot within the dish construction where a tool is defined by a first leg of a width substantially equal to the predetermined spacing between the upstanding ribs.

Abstract: A soap drying stand comprising a first support, a soap holder/water transport structure, defining a soap holding portion for holding a bar of wet soap when placed on said stand, said soap holder/water transport structure comprising water transporting material defining a water absorbing surface at or adjacent said soap holding portion and a water evaporation surface, said material being capable of transporting water from the water absorbing surface to the water evaporation surface, and, wherein said soap holder/water transport structure is attached to said first support means, whereby said water evaporation surface is exposed to air. The invention also comprises a method of drying a wet bar of soap by placing the bar on said stand and allowing air to circulate therearound.

Abstract: A combination device including a magazine means for holding a plurality of cleaning articles and a drainage device vertically disposed and spaced from said magazine and functionally connected therewith. The magazine includes a receptacle with a bottom opening for manually removing at least one cleaning article and an elongated front opening for laterally removing any one or more of a diversity of cleaning articles as needed.

Abstract: A soap dish is disclosed herein for holding a bar of soap having a hollow housing supported from a vertical surface by suction cups or the like. The housing is provided with a hinged lid opening into the interior which includes a plurality of raised ridges in fixed parallel spaced-apart relationship for supporting a bar of soap. A multiplicity of drain openings are formed in the bottom of the housing beneath the supported soap bar between adjacent ones of the ridges to conduct drainage water exteriorly of the housing.

Abstract: A portable soap container comprises a dish portion with a hinged fastenable lid. On one side wall of the dish portion is mounted three suction cups which allow the side wall to be fastened to a vertical wall for example of a shower. A bracket member is pivotally mounted on the underside of the container and moveable from a stored position in which it lies alongside the undersurface of the container to an operating position in which it depends downwardly from the undersurface to define a contact portion which engages the wall beneath the suction cups to prevent the weight of the container twisting the suction cups off the wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container of the kind including at least one partition (6) and comprising at least one bottom (4) and peripheral side walls (5). The container is characterized in that the partition is positionally adjustable and has at least one pin (8), comprising a rod (10) terminating at its free end in an enlarged head, on the lower edge (9) of the partition, and that the bottom (4) has at least one elongated window (7) for receiving the rod and retaining the head. The window (7) has at least one enlargement (12) to allow the passage of the enlarged head. The invention is applicable to a box-like dish that can initially be used as a soap dish, for example, and later for other use.

Abstract: The invention is an assembly of soap dish, drinking cup, mirror, shaver and various bottles of shampoo and the like which are mounted into a single structure which attaches to the wall of a shower room providing convenience and ease of use in the shower. The assembly is small enough to fit into a small locker or be carried in a sports bag. Bottles of shampoo and the like are mounted to, and easily dismounted from, the structure and a tongue in groove method.

Abstract: A combined package and dish structure for a soap bar product. The structure is formed of four side walls connected to form a box open at the top and bottom, the box being dimensioned to permit the soap bar product to be fitted therein. A plurality of dowels extend between two opposed sides of the box near the bottom thereof. When the structure is used as a package, the soap bar product is positioned in the box resting on the dowels, and a covering is provided for the top of the box. The covering may be included as part of a wrapping for the box. When used as a soap dish, the structure is inverted to permit the soap bar product to rest on top of the dowels.

Abstract: A device for supporting a sponge has a container filled with liquid, a sponge supporting plate in the container, and a resilient member urging the supporting plate with the sponge away from the liquid and depressable by a user into the liquid to moisten the sponge.

Abstract: A product comprising a container having a closed top, side wall and open mouth bottom; a removable lid closing the container open mouth bottom; an opening in the container top; a tab removably closing the opening in the container top; and a solid detergent composition in the container having a shape conforming to the internal volume defined by the container top and a substantial height of the side wall extending downwardly from the top.

Abstract: A bent wire soapholder for storing bar soap to allow for draining is disclosed. The soap holder provides minimal contact area with the soap bar, allows mechanical drainage of contact area and provides minimal contiguous surface area below the soap bar supports. The device provides base and soap bar supporting rods which extend forwardly, inwardly and downwardly from rear side of holder to the front. Each supporting member provides a pre-determined length of support surface and a lower V shaped point of drainage. Numerous attachments and base structures are also disclosed.

Abstract: A transparent, mild, low pH bar of soap has a specific formulation that enables it to be molded easily and distributed in a transparent plastic container that is usable as a travel case and has a lid usable as a reversible soap dish.

Abstract: A washing aid in the form of either a soap tablet or a sponge is covered with a fabric layer formed from spandex yarn. A raschel knit LYCRA.RTM. is stretched over the soap tablet or sponge by firstly manufacturing a tube of the fabric and then injecting the sponge or soap into the tube and sealing the ends of the tube. Heat sealing is used for the transverse seams and heat sealing or sewing can be used for the longitudinal seam of the tube. The apparatus includes an injector, retracting rollers and the heat sealing mechanism.

Abstract: A cover for a bathtub/shower soap-holding fixture comprising a shield which wraps around the exterior of the soap-holding fixture and attaches to and rotates about the U-shaped handle of the soap-holding fixture. The invention further comprises a plug which is inserted into the top open space between the U-shaped handle and the wall portion of the fixture. The shield and plug combination prevent water spray from entering the soap dish fixture during a bath or shower, thus preserving soap contained in the soap tray.

Abstract: A container and follow plate assembly for highly viscous materials such as hand cleaner is selectively usable with dispensing devices having receiving ports of larger and smaller sizes. The preferably cylindrical container, which is sized so that one end fits the larger port, has a removable cover at that end and a fixed member closing the second end. The fixed member inlcudes a removably covered discharge opening therein which fits the smaller port. The follow plate, a one piece, preferably circular dish which is closely spaced from the inside of the container, is positioned adjacent the discharge opening end when the container is filled. The follow plate includes an integral but removable section aligned with and larger than the discharge opening.

Abstract: A bath product and a method for conditioning bath water and bather's skin. The bath product comprises a water permeable bag, and a water soluble powder located within the bag for conditioning a supply of bath water and the bather's skin. The product further comprises a handle to facilitate holding the bag in the bath water, and a connecting device connecting the handle to the bag.

Abstract: A cover for a bathtub/shower soap-holding fixture comprising a shield which wraps around the exterior of the soap-holding fixture and attaches to and rotates about the U-shaped handle of the soap-holding fixture. The invention further comprises a plug which is inserted into the top open space between the U-shaped handle and the wall portion of the fixture. The shield and plug combination prevent water spray from entering the soap dish fixture during a bath or shower, thus preserving soap contained in the soap tray.

Abstract: This invention is a container for holding and semi-automatically dispensing a bar of soap. The soap is placed in the container through an opening in the top. A pivotally connected enclosure positions the soap on a holding shelf and shelters the soap from direct and indirect contact with water. The shelf, which may have an open grid-like surface, has at least one drain, allowing water to drain from the soap and not pool and collect around the soap. When the soap is needed, the user mechanically operates the container. The enclosure pivots, pushing the soap semi-automatically to an exit opening, where the soap dispenses from the container into the hand of the user. The container may be used in any facility requiring the use of soap and particularly in bath tubs and showers. The container may be attached by a bracket to a wall or other mounting surface.

Abstract: An aerated soapholder, embodying principles of tangential contact and all around spacing, has raised ridges on its floor which merge into ridges projecting forwardly from the back wall. The ridges have convex surfaces. The sides of the soapholder flare out from the back wall at angles of greater than 90.degree. s. The upper surfaces of the front ends of the raised ridges are higher than the upper surfaces of the rear ends. A floor slopes downwardly from the rear wall.

Abstract: A closable vessel including a main body portion and a hingeably affixed lid portion. A suction cup affixing structure is providing on either the lid or the back of the main body for removably affixing the vessel to a surface. When affixed the vessel presents its contents at an appropriate angle between the horizontal and the vertical for easy access by the user and to allow drainage of water. Drain holes accomplish drainage and provide ventilation to the contents when the vessel is closed. Alternate embodiments include use of partitions and a retaining bar for holding the contents. Further, a mirror may be provided for shaving or the like.

Abstract: A container assembly (10) comprising a pair of liquid containers (12, 14) and a soap bar retention pocket (16). The retention pocket (16) is integral with the containers (12, 14) and forms an enclosure (18) for housing a bar of soap. A recess (20) in a wall (22) of one liquid container (14) receives a mating projection (36) from a wall (22) of the other container (12) to form the pocket (18). Alternatively, an independent soap bar container has mating halves (24, 26) received within respective recesses (20) in the liquid containers (12, 14).

Abstract: An improved portable soap holding apparatus of the type in which a soap holding mechanism is made easily moveable by use of a suction cup as a means of affixing the soap holder to a vertical surface in the area it is to be used. The apparatus includes a primary structure with protruding members to support a bar of soap connected to a suction cup which holds the apparatus in place. The invention was registered under the Disclosure Document Program as Disclosure Document No. 130145.

Abstract: A washing aid in the form of either a soap tablet or a sponge is covered with a fabric layer formed from spandex yarn. A raschel knit LYCRA.RTM. is stretched over the soap tablet or sponge by firstly manufacturing a tube of the fabric and then injecting the sponge or soap into the tube and sealing the ends of the tube. Heat sealing is used for the transverse seams and heat sealing or sewing can be used for the longitudinal seam of the tube. The apparatus includes an injector, retracting rollers and the heat sealing mechanism.

Abstract: The specification describes a device which may be attached to a soap dish or tray of the type which is installed adjacent bath tubs or in shower stalls. The device when installed prevents bars of soap from sliding off the tray or dish while permitting the normal drainage of water.

Abstract: A soap saving device for pressure bonding two or more pieces of wet soap comprising a rack particularly adapted for hanging in a shower or bath stall. The rack carries two or more soap trays with at least one tray being fixedly supported on the rack and another tray being moveable relative the rack. An elastic element, such as a rubber band or spring, can drive the moveable tray toward the fixed tray when an operate latch is disengaged in a first species. If two or more pieces of wet soap are stacked between the two trays, a pressure bonding force can be applied to the soap pieces to mold the several pieces into a single bar. The operate latch is dispensed within a second species, and the elastic element is manually extended momentarily to enable the moveable soap tray to be separated so that the two or more pieces of wet soap can be placed on the moveable tray for pressure bonding.

Abstract: A soap bar dispenser has a support strap mountable atop a horizontal support surface, an inclined ramp 12 supported by the support strap, and a raised stop 18 located adjacent a lower end of the ramp. A slide plate 24 is supported upon the ramp for movement between a soap bar holding position with a lower end of the slide located at a relatively low position with respect to the stop and a soap bar dispensing position with a lower slide end located at a relatively high position with respect to the stop.

Abstract: A multiple-use container for viscous materials, such as soap, for example, includes a cylindrical body capable of receiving the soap, one end of which receives a removable lid and the other end of which has an integral bottom panel capable of serving as a conventional bottom for the container or, upon modification, as a push plate or dispensing member for the material. The bottom panel is joined to the walls of the cylindrical body by an annular, reduced thickness area or score line spaced slightly inwardly from the inner wall surface of the body. A second, concentric, reduced thickness area or score line, disposed approximately at the midpoint of the bottom panel, defines a removable access disc. The multiple-use container is capable of being used either as a dip can or as a self dispensing can. In the first mode, removal of the lid permits access to the interior so that the material may be dipped out.

Abstract: A soap saving device for pressure bonding two or more pieces of wet soap comprising a pair of soap dishes which may be nested together to pressure bond two or more pieces of soap located between the nested soap dishes, or alternatively each may be employed as independent and separate soap dishes. The different species are disclosed for developing a soap bonding or compressing force between the dishes. An elastic band is employed in a first species using identical nesting soap dishes. In the second species, a pair of tension bars, each formed with a series of surface locking ridges or grooves, is hinged to one soap dish so that they may pivot into locking alignment with a pair of slots each having a set of flexible locking tabs for engaging the locking ridges. In the third species, the sidewalls of a base soap dish are formed with several sets of exterior locking ridges which adjustably engage mating sets of locking ridges formed on the interior of the skirt of the top soap dish which nests over the base dish.

Abstract: A soap saving device for pressure bonding two or more pieces of soap, comprising a one-piece structure which is an elongated, thin, flexible plastic strap. The strap includes a central section which serves as a supporting base for the pieces of soap which are to be bonded together, and a locking handle section extending from each side of the supporting base. When the handle sections are locked together so as to envelop two or more pieces of soap placed on the supporting base, the force exerted on the soap pieces by the tensioned strap pressure bonds these pieces into a usable bar. In a modification, a plastic soap retaining dish having a hinged clamping tab is substituted for one of the locking handle sections.

Abstract: A base assembly is provided for support from a suitable support surface and the base assembly includes a raised central portion spaced inwardly of the outer peripheral portions of the base assembly and provided with horizontally spaced apart tufts of upstanding bristles supported therefrom. The upper ends of the tufts may be used to support a bar of soap therefrom and the base assembly includes three superposed panel members each including peripherally spaced petal defining marginal portions. The lower panel member of the base assembly includes a plurality of the upstanding locking lugs as well as a plurality of upstanding locator pins supported therefrom. The panel members disposed above the lower panel member each include upstanding locator pin receiving openings and locking lug receiving openings form therein upwardly through which the locator pins and the locking lugs are received.

Abstract: There is disclosed a soap bar holding and dispensing device which comprises a housing having a top, sidewalls and an open bottom with a soap bar rack pivotally mounted within the housing. The rack is formed by at least one leg having a distal, laterally projecting foot which, when the arm swings to a closed position, engages beneath the soap bar to secure the bar within the housing. The housing also includes at least one rib on an inside sidewall in juxtaposition to the leg and projecting to the leading edge of the foot when the rack is pivoted into its open position, thereby stabilizing the soap bar when the rack is moved to its open position and permitting the soap bar to fall from the dispensing device into one's hand.

Abstract: A heat sealed package for soap powder, stored therein as a layer, and prevented from shifting therefrom into a concentrated mass by compartment-delineating additional heat seals. Said additional heat seals are intentionally provided in spanning relation across the package with a small length portion unsealed, so that a passage is provided in said unsealed portion for any trapped air to displace to another location under an external pressure, rather than contribute to rupturing the package.

Abstract: A soap dish (10) is provided for holding a bar of soap (12). The soap dish (10) is formed of a soap retaining member (14) which has formed therein a soap chamber (26) for receiving the soap bar (12). The soap retaining member (14) is formed of an aqueous absorbing composition which may be compressively deformed subsequent to absorption of soap drippings in order to allow removal of the liquid contained therein. The soap dish (10) provides for a soap bar which may be maintained in a dry state during prolonged non-use times of soap bar (12) and which has the effect of extending the useful lifetime of soap bar (12).

Abstract: The wrapped combination of a cake of soap and disposable receptacle or tray for holding the soap after unwrapping of the combination. Thus, the wrapped combination provides a soap package with its own tray as a part of the package.

Abstract: A container attachable to a shaving cream tube having a cap for impregnating a shaving brush includes a container having a geometric revolving configuration which is tubular, cylindrical and hollow, its diameter being greater than its height, having its larger base open and an external and perimetric thickening of circular contour, and its lower base having round edges, the wall of which closes inwardly and upwardly in a tapered fashion, of triangular cross-section, defining a truncated, hollow cone-shaped space, the larger base of which is a circumference and the smaller base of which configures a circular, cylindrical hollow opening, allowing for free access between the truncated cone-shaped space and the inside of the container, which opening is arranged in a concentric form with respect to the circumference of the larger base and the container, the opening having in addition in its internal periphery a female thread to receive the male thread of a conventional shaving cream tube and a cap element having a

Abstract: A combined soap holder and press is disclosed herein for use in saving soap pieces by reforming remnants with a new soap bar of usable size which includes a base dish for holding a soap bar and a lid hingably carried on one end of the dish adapted to cover the soap bar and soap remnants. A cam, pivotally carried on the other end of the dish, operates on the exterior of the lid to compress the soap contents of the dish. Drainage apertures are provided in the lid and the dish and one end of the dish includes an outwardly projecting or cantilevered arm for supporting the lid on a soap holder when used as a press. The lid includes a parting bar movably carried thereon for breaking soap away after a pressing procedure.

Abstract: A one-piece soap dish which can be molded as a single part yet will permit the lifting of projectable portions by movement of a tab portion so that a soap bar can be lifted and tilted from the dish. The lifting of the projectable portions is provided by an integral hinge which is placed between the tab portion and the floor. The one-piece soap dish can be molded with an integral bottom drip tray as well as wall members to provide a confinement for the soap.

Abstract: A device for repetitively dispensing the same bar of soap comprising an elongated trough for receiving at its upper end a bar of soap wherein the trough is formed by two relatively thin elongated members spacedly arranged with one of the members being pivotally mounted relative to the other for engaging the other member at their common ends to hold the bar of soap therein. The horizontal component of the mass of the bar of soap is applied to the one of the members and the vertical component of the mass of the bar of soap is applied to the other of the members.

Abstract: Portable camping clean-up equipment center is provided that can be shoulder carried, hung by a tree branch, or placed on a table or in a car comprising a central container which can be filled with water to which are disposably attached a cup holder, a paper towel holder, a soap holder, and a trash holder and in addition is provided with valve controlled faucet and a valved shower head.

Abstract: A magnetic soap receptacle comprises a molded housing having a trough base, a pedestal and a hood defining a storage chamber for enclosing a bar of soap. The magnet is disposed within the hood and connected to its top wall. A magnetic insert is embedded within a bar of soap and is registerable with the magnet for supporting and suspending the bar of soap within the hood. The under surface of the magnet is inclined rearwardly and downwardly at an acute angle to provide a similar inclination for the bar of soap to facilitate drainage thereof into the base.

Abstract: A soap dish which includes an extendible arm connected to a tray. The tray is pivotable with respect to the arm from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially inclined position in order to facilitate draining. The drain includes a restraining means to prevent disassociation of the cake of soap from the tray when the tray is in the draining position. A rod which extends from the lower surface of the tray cooperates within a mating aperture which permits pivoting of the tray with respect to the arm. Located about the rod and about the aperture are planar surfaces which are to be in abutting contact with one another.

Abstract: A soap buoy which is adapted to float in a body of water and be secured to a soap bar. The soap buoy includes a housing float which is bouyant in water and is connected through a cord element to a soap bar insertion member. The soap bar insertion member is inserted internal to the soap bar and allows visual observability of the location of the soap bar through observation of the housing float on the surface of the water. The housing float generally includes a transparent dome within which there is provided an elongate vertically directed element and a number of freely moveable hoop elements where the hoop elements may be displaced over the vertically directed elongate element. This combination of elements provides for a game like effect where the user may flip or otherwise try to displace the hoop elements over the vertically elongated element attached to the floor of the housing float. Still further, the housing float may include indicia of a pleasing esthetic effect to provide amusement for an operator.