Soap dispensing scrubbing device
OwnerHiawatha Colbertinventor
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Abstract
A soap dispensing scrubbing device includes a handle which is gripped by a user while the user is bathing. A soap reservoir is positioned within the handle which contains a fluid soap. A member is slidably coupled to the handle and the member has a telescopically adjustable length with respect to the handle. A brush head is attached to the member and a fluid pump is positioned within the handle. The fluid pump urges the fluid soap from the soap reservoir to the brush head when the fluid pump is turned on. A plurality of bristles is each coupled to the brush head to brush the skin of the user to clean the skin of the user. The plurality of bristles receives the fluid soap to enhance cleaning the skin of the user.
Claims19
A soap dispensing scrubbing device for scrubbing a body of a user while the user is bathing, said device comprising:
- a handle being configured to be gripped by the user while the user is bathing, said handle being hollow;
- a soap reservoir being positioned within said handle wherein said soap reservoir is configured to contain a fluid soap;
- a member being slidably coupled to said handle, said member having a telescopically adjustable length with respect to said handle;
- a brush head being attached to said member, said brush head lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said member wherein said brush head is configured to be placed against skin of the user when the user grips said handle;
- a fluid pump being positioned within said handle, said fluid pump being in fluid communication between said soap reservoir and said brush head wherein said fluid pump is configured to urge the fluid soap from said soap reservoir to said brush head when said fluid pump is turned on;
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- a plurality of bristles, each bristle of said plurality of bristles being coupled to said brush head wherein each bristle of said plurality of bristles is configured to brush the skin of the user to clean the skin of the user, said plurality of bristles being in communication with said fluid pump wherein said plurality of bristles is configured to receive the fluid soap to enhance cleaning the skin of the user.
A soap dispensing scrubbing device for scrubbing a body of a user while the user is bathing, said device comprising:
- a handle being configured to be gripped by the user while the user is bathing, said handle being hollow, said handle having a bottom end and a top end, said top end being open into an interior of said handle, said bottom end being closed, said handle having an outer wall extending between said top end and said bottom end, said outer wall being continuously arcuate about an axis extending between said top end and said bottom end such that said handle has a cylindrical shape wherein said handle is configured to be comfortably gripped by the user, said outer wall having a medial section angling inwardly between a lower section and an upper section, said lower section having a diameter being greater than a diameter of said upper section, said medial section being positioned closer to said top end than said bottom end, said lower section being associated with said bottom end, said upper section being associated with said top end, said outer wall having a first slot extending through said lower section into said interior of said lower section, said first slot being elongated along said axis extending between said top end and said bottom end such that said first slot has an ovoid shape, said first slot being centrally located between said bottom end and said medial section of said outer wall, said outer wall having a second slot extending through said lower section into said interior of said lower section, said second slot being elongated along said axis extending between said top end and said bottom end such that said second slot has an ovoid shape, said second slot being positioned between said first slot and said medial section, said second slot being aligned with said first slot, said outer wall having a plurality of adjustment holes each extending through said upper section into said interior of said handle, each adjustment hole of said plurality of adjustment holes being evenly spaced apart from each other and being distributed between said medial section and said top end, said plurality of adjustment holes being aligned with said first slot and said second slot, said lower section of said outer wall having a recessed portion, said recessed portion extending from said bottom end toward said medial section, said recessed portion having a diameter being less than said diameter of said lower section, said recessed portion having an outer surface, said outer surface being threaded;
- a cap having a basal wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said basal wall, said perimeter wall having an inwardly facing surface, said inwardly facing surface being threaded, said inwardly facing surface threadably engaging said outer surface of said recessed portion of said lower section of said outer wall of said handle for removably attaching said cap to said recessed portion;
- a soap reservoir being positioned within said handle wherein said soap reservoir is configured to contain a fluid soap, said soap reservoir being located in said lower section of said handle, said soap reservoir being positioned closer to said medial section of said outer wall than said bottom end of said handle, said outer wall having a fill hole extending through said lower section of said handle, said fill hole extending into said soap reservoir wherein said fill hole is configured to fill said soap reservoir with the fluid soap;
- a cover having a coupled edge and a bottom surface, said coupled edge being hingedly coupled to said lower section of said outer wall of said handle, said coupled edge being located between said fill hole and said medial section of said outer wall of said handle, said cover having an annular ring being disposed on said bottom surface of said cover, said annular ring extending into said fill hole when said cover is urged into a closed position for closing said fill hole, said annular ring being displaced from said fill hole when said cover is urged into an open position, said annular ring frictionally engaging a bounding surface of said fill hole when said annular ring extends into said fill hole for removably retaining said cover in said closed position;
- a member being slidably coupled to said handle, said member having a telescopically adjustable length with respect to said handle, said member having a lower end and an upper end, said member having an exterior wall extending between said lower end and said upper end, said top end of said handle insertably receiving said lower end of said member;
- a lock being movably coupled to said exterior wall of said member, said lock being biased to extend away from said exterior wall, said lock being urgeable to travel toward said exterior wall, said lock extending through a respective adjustment hole of said plurality of adjustment holes in said upper section of said outer wall of said handle, said lock adjusting a combined length of said member and said handle when said lock extends through said respective adjustment hole, said lock retaining said member at a selected degree of extension from said handle when said lock extends through said respective adjustment hole;
- a brush head being attached to said member, said brush head lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said member wherein said brush head is configured to be placed against skin of the user when the user grips said handle;
- a block having a front surface and a back surface, said block having a top surface and a bottommost surface, each of said top surface and said bottommost surface extending between said front surface and said back surface, said back surface being convexly arcuate between said top surface and said bottommost surface such that said block has a Quonset shape, said brush head having a rear surface and a forward surface, said front surface of said block being coupled to said rear surface of said head, said block being centrally located on said rear surface, said upper end of said member being coupled to said bottommost surface of said block;
- a first conduit being integrated into said member and said block, said first conduit extending between said lower end of said member and a point being spaced from said top surface of said block;
- a plurality of second conduits, each second conduit of said plurality of second conduits extending between said forward surface of said brush head and said first conduit, each second conduit of said plurality of second conduits being in fluid communication with said first conduit, said plurality of second conduits being evenly spaced apart from each other and being distributed around a center point of said forward surface of said brush head;
- a fluid pump being positioned within said handle, said fluid pump being in fluid communication between said soap reservoir and said brush head wherein said fluid pump is configured to urge the fluid soap from said soap reservoir to said brush head when said fluid pump is turned on, said fluid pump being located within said lower section of said handle, said fluid pump being positioned between said soap reservoir and said medial section of said handle, said fluid pump having an input and an output, said input being in fluid communication with said soap reservoir wherein said fluid pump is configured to urge the fluid soap inwardly into said input and outwardly from said output when said fluid pump is turned on;
- a member having a coupled end and a free end, said member being located in said first conduit in said member, said coupled end of said member being in fluid communication with output of said fluid pump wherein said member is configured to receive the fluid soap from said output when said fluid pump is turned on, said free end of said member being in fluid communication with each second conduit of said plurality of second conduits in said brush head wherein said member is configured to release the fluid soap into each second conduit of said plurality of second conduits when said fluid pump is turned on, said member sliding freely in said first conduit when said combined length of said handle and said member is adjusted;
- a plurality of bristles, each bristle of said plurality of bristles being coupled to said brush head wherein each bristle of said plurality of bristles is configured to brush the skin of the user to clean the skin of the user, said plurality of bristles being in communication with said fluid pump wherein said plurality of bristles is configured to receive the fluid soap to enhance cleaning the skin of the user, said brush head having a lip extending away from said forward surface of said brush head, said lip extending around a full perimeter of said forward surface, each bristle of said plurality of bristles having a coupled end, said coupled end of each bristle of said plurality of bristles being coupled to said forward surface of said brush head, said lip surrounding said plurality of bristles, said plurality of bristles being evenly distributed over an entire area of said forward surface of said brush head;
- a vibration unit being integrated into said block, said vibration unit being in mechanical communication with said block, said vibration unit vibrating each of said block and said brush head and said plurality of bristles when said vibration unit is turned on wherein said vibration unit is configured to enhance comfort for the user when said plurality of bristles is employed to brush the skin of the user;
- a vibration switch being integrated into said lower section of said outer wall of said handle, said vibration switch having a vibration knob, said vibration knob extending outwardly through said first slot wherein said vibration knob is configured to be accessible to the user, said vibration switch being in electrical communication with said vibration unit, said vibration knob being slidable between a minimum position and a maximum position, said vibration switch adjusting an operational speed of said vibration unit between a minimum operational speed and a maximum operational speed which corresponds to a position of said vibration knob with respect to said minimum position and said maximum position wherein said operational speed of said vibration unit is configured to be adjusted by the user, said vibration knob having an exposed surface, said vibration knob having vibration indica being applied to said exposed surface, said vibration indica comprising the letter “V”;
- a soap switch being integrated into said lower section of said outer wall of said handle, said soap switch having a soap knob, said soap knob extending outwardly through said second slot wherein said soap knob is configured to be accessible to the user, said soap switch being in electrical communication with said fluid pump, said soap knob being slidable between a minimum position of said soap knob and a maximum position of said soap knob, said soap switch adjusting an output of said fluid pump between a minimum output and a maximum output which corresponds to a position of said soap knob with respect to said minimum position of said soap knob and said maximum position of said soap knob wherein said output of said fluid pump is configured to be adjusted by the user, said soap knob having an exposed surface of said soap knob, said soap knob having soap indicia being applied to said exposed surface of said soap knob, said soap indicia comprising the letter “S”;
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- a power supply being integrated into handle, said power supply being located in said lower section of said outer wall of said handle, said power supply being in electrical communication with said vibration switch, said power supply being in electrical communication with said soap switch, said power supply comprising:
- a rechargeable battery being located within said lower section of said outer wall of said handle, said rechargeable battery being positioned between said vibration switch and said bottom end of said handle, said rechargeable battery being in electrical communication with said vibration switch, said rechargeable battery being in electrical communication with said soap switch;
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- a charge port being recessed into said bottom end of said handle wherein said charge port is configured to be electrically mated to a charge cord, said charge port being in electrical communication with said rechargeable battery for charging said rechargeable battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.