US 5,011,316 A · Hand-held soap-holder

Abstract

A hand-held soap-holder conveniently attached to a bar of soap to prevent the soap from being dropped when wet and slippery, and to provide significantly greater control and maneverability of the soap in normal, vigorous shower use and other bathing situations. The device is easily attached by pressing its base portion firmly onto a wet bar of soap. This action implants relatively small, underlying pegs into the soat and engages relatively small-diameter suction cups securely with the soap surface. A vertical stem portion is gripped comfortably between two adjacent fingers, and the device remains reliably stable during use in the shower, tub-bath, or at sink-side. The base portion includes an outwardly positioned, flexible support-flap, which adjusts to the original shapes and contours of a wide variety of common commercial soaps. The support-flap will continue to adjust to those soaps after they erode and shrink during use-life. The vertical stem is designed to allow a quick and stable exchange of the soap back and forth between hands. The invention also includes embodiments designed specifically for flat-surfaced soaps.

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Dependent claims

A hand-held soap-holder for attachment to a bar of soap;

and comprising in combination:
finger-gripping means;
support-base means;
suction means;
implanting means;
and
support-flap means;
said finger-gripping means extending generally upwardly from said
support-base means for use in securing said soap-holder in a user's hand;
said support-base means being of substantially rigid construction and being integrally positioned as to substantially underlie said finger-gripping means, substantially overlie said implanting means, and substantially overlie some portion of said suction means;
said suction means including an array of flexible suction cups disposed outwardly from beneath said soap-holder for attachment to a bar of soap;
said implanting means disposed downwardly from said support-base means for preventing transverse movement of the soap-holder on the surface of a bar of soap;
said support-flap means including at least one flexible portion, extending generally outwardly from said base-support means and substantially overlying some portion of said suction cups, whereby said flexible portion of said support-flap means is free to flex and bend, and whereby said flexible portion can conform and attach to the underlying surface of a bar of soap.

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A hand-held soap-holder for attachment to a bar of soap, and comprising in combination:

finger-gripping means;
support-base means;
suction means;
implanting means;
and
support-flap means;
said finger-gripping means including a stem of substantially rigid construction extending generally upwardly from said support-base means for use in securing said soap-holder in a user's hand;
said support-base means being of substantially rigid construction and being integrally positioned as to substantially underlie said finger-gripping means, substantially overlie said implanting means, and substantially overlie some portion of said suction means;
said suction means including an array of flexible suction cups disposed outwardly from beneath said soap-holder for attachment to a bar of soap;
said array of suction cups including at least one suction cup supported by a neck connecting said suction cup to said soap holder;
said implanting means being of substantially rigid construction and disposed downwardly from said support-base means for preventing transverse movement of the soap-holder on the surface of a bar of soap;
said implanting means including a plurality of projecting pegs;
said support-flap means including at least one flexible portion, extending generally outwardly from said support-base means and substantially overlying some portion of said suction cups, whereby said flexible portion of said support-flap means is free to flex and bend, and whereby said flexible portion can conform and attach to the underlying surface of a bar of soap.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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