Shower wall upright soap case
AssigneeTijuana Smith
InventorTijuana Smith
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Abstract
A shower wall upright soap holder with a recessed soap case, a collapsible soap holster and a drip tray. The recessed soap case can be mounted in a wall. The collapsible soap holster is attached to the recessed soap tray and can hold a bar of soap in a standing position. The collapsible soap holster may transition between an open and a closed holster configuration by application of push-to-open force that may engage and disengage a push-to-open latch. The drip tray can sit underneath the soap holster and may transition between a closed drip tray configuration and an open drip tray configuration by application of a push-to-open force that engages and disengages a push-to-open latch.
Claims20
A shower wall upright soap holder comprising:
- a recessed soap case, wherein the recessed soap case is capable of going into a wall, wherein the recessed soap case has an inside back surface, an inside top surface, an inside right surface, an inside bottom surface, an inside left surface, and a holster push-to-open latch;
- a collapsible soap holster, wherein the collapsible soap holster is capable of holding a soap inside the recessed soap case, wherein the collapsible soap holster has a front bracket, a holster bottom and side holster surfaces, wherein the front bracket and the holster bottom of the collapsible soap holster have one or more openings for air circulation, wherein the collapsible soap holster switches from a closed holster configuration to an open holster configuration triggered by application of finger-force on the front bracket pushing toward the inside back surface and collapsible soap holster switches from the open holster configuration to the closed holster configuration by application on the front bracket of a finger-force pushing towards the inside back surface till the collapsible soap holster engages with the holster push-to-open latch;
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- a drip tray, wherein the drip tray has a tray bottom, a tray front, a tray back, and tray sides, wherein the drip tray is capable of being, positioned under the collapsible soap holster such that water dripping from the soap is captured in the drip tray.
A shower wall upright soap holder comprising:
- a recessed soap case, wherein the recessed soap case is capable of going into a wall, wherein the recessed soap case has an inside back surface, an inside top surface, an inside right surface, an inside bottom surface, and an inside left surface;
- a holster push-to-open latch;
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- a collapsible soap holster, wherein the collapsible soap holster is capable of holding a soap inside the recessed soap case, wherein the collapsible soap holster has a front bracket, a holster bottom and side holster surfaces, wherein the front bracket has one or more openings for air circulation, wherein the holster bottom of the collapsible soap holster has one or more openings for air circulation, wherein the collapsible soap holster switches from a closed holster configuration to an open holster configuration triggered, by application of finger-force on the front bracket pushing toward the inside back surface and collapsible soap holster switches from the open holster configuration to the closed holster configuration by application on the front bracket of a finger-force pushing towards the inside back surface till the collapsible soap holster and the the holster push-to-open latch engage.
A method of operating a shower wall uptight soap holder, wherein the shower wall upright soap holder has a recessed soap case and a collapsible soap holster where the collapsible soap holster has a front the method comprising:
- pushing on the front of the collapsible soap holster when the collapsible soap holster is in an open holster configuration to transition the collapsible soap holster from the open holster configuration to a catch position that puts the collapsible soap holster in a closed holster configuration;
- stopping the pushing on the front of the collapsible soap holster with the collapsible soap holster past a catch position and the collapsible soap holster stays in the closed holster configuration;
- pushing on the front of the collapsible soap holster when the collapsible soap holster is in the closed holster configuration till the collapsible soap holster is past a release point;
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- stopping the pushing on the front of the collapsible soap holster when the collapsible soap holster is past the release point, and then the collapsible soap holster transitions from the closed holster configuration to the open holster configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.