US 12,232,665 B2Granted

Pocket soap dispenser

AssigneeMmid Products B.V.

InventorsJiaji Zhao, Wilmer Hans Van Kampen

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Abstract

To properly clean one's hands, soap may be used in combination with water. However, soap is not always at hand and therefor one might want to carry around soap in a bag or purse. A soap dispenser is provided which allows a user to scrape scrapings of soap of a piece of soap while holding the dispenser in one hand. With the other hand, part of the dispenser may be rotated which causes the scrapings to be scraped of the piece of soap. This process may be performed before wetting the hands, and thus prevent contact between the piece of soap and water. Furthermore, the dispenser substantially encloses the piece of soap and therewith prevents contact between the soap and water, dirt, and other contaminating factors. The dispenser may be closed during transportation to prevent soap ending up in the bag or purse in which the dispenser is carried around.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A soap dispenser, comprising:

a soap holder, arranged to engage with a piece of soap;
a knife holder, arranged to be rotatably connected with the soap holder, such that the soap holder and the knife holder may rotate relative to each other over an axis of rotation;
the knife holder comprising a knife-blade module, provided substantially radially relative to the axis of rotation, arranged to engage with the piece of soap, such that when the soap holder is rotated relative to the knife holder, the knife-blade module scrapes over the piece of soap;
one or more soap holder openings, provided substantially under the knife-blade module, arranged as an exit for scrapings of the piece of soap, wherein the one or more soap holder openings are comprised by the soap holder;
and
a bottom shell part having an inner perimeter substantially similarly shaped as an outer perimeter of a part of the soap holder in which one or more soap holder openings are provided;
wherein the one or more soap holder openings are positioned in between the knife holder and the bottom shell part,
wherein:
the bottom shell part is arranged to:
in a closed position, block the one or more soap holder openings;
and
in an open position, substantially not block the one or more soap holder openings, such that scraping from the piece of soap cannot exit the soap dispenser through one or more soap holder openings, and
rotate over the axis of rotation relative to the soap holder between the open position and the closed position.

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