US20030178326A1

US20030178326A1 - Soap dish

Info

Publication number: US20030178326A1
Application number: US10/362,255
Authority: US
Inventors: Vladimir Belyakov; Denis Belyakov
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-08-24
Filing date: 2001-03-19
Publication date: 2003-09-25
Also published as: WO2002015762A1; DE20121891U1; CN1447667A; RU2172130C1; AU2001246965A1

Abstract

The invention relates to sanitary hygienic equipment, in particular to a soap dish design. Said invention makes it possible to reliably fix a soap to a base, to lessen the destruction of the soap by the base, to decrease the mushiness of soap after the use thereof and to increase the operating characteristics and the workability of the soap dish. The inventive soap dish comprises a body (1) provided with pins (2) and embodied in the form of a solid corpus whose cross section is respectively defined by a convex curve or by a part thereof. The projections of the heights of tops of the cross sections of said corpus on the pins are arranged on the top parts of the upper surface of the solid corpus.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to the sanitary-hygienic equipment, in particular, to a design of soap dish.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Known in the art is a soap dish comprising a soap holder with apertures for draining water in its base and annular clamps for fastening the soap dish on a tubular element (USSR patent 1831317 classes A47K 5/00, published on Jul. 30, 1993 in bulletin No. 28).

Such a design provides limited possibilities of using the soapbox since it is installed only on a tubular element of a definite shape and size.

Also known in the art is a soap dish comprising a case with a support, in which the case is made in the form of a closed profile with spikes located on the flat upper face of the case (patent FR 980547, class A 47 K 5/02 of Feb. 9, 1949).

Its disadvantage consists in that the flat section of the support area of the case breaks the soap after the spikes have entered the soap and the soap spreads after the usage.

The most relevant to our invention in the technical essence is a soap dish comprising a case with spikes made as a three-dimensional body whose cross-section is limited by a convex curve or its respective part (patent of the Russian Federation 2150224 class A 47 K 5/05, published on Jun. 10, 2000. In this device the spikes are made as cones or pyramids transforming into cylinders, the cross sectional area of each of them being larger than the area of the base of the cone or pyramid respectively.

In the above-mentioned soap dish some destruction of soap still takes place by the flat top support area of the cylinders, after the cones or pyramids have enter the soap. When using the soap in this dish, it becomes apathetic at a place of contact with the flat top support area of the cylinders. It results in inconvenience of using the above-mentioned soap dish. Besides, making the spikes in the form of cones or pyramids transforming into cylinders on the case of the soap dish results in poor manufacturability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The basic object of the invention is to provide reliable fixing of the soap by the support area while reducing the spread of the soap after its use and to enhance the performance and high technological properties of the soap dish.

This object is attained by providing a soap dish comprising:

a case with spikes, said case being made as a three-dimensional body whose cross-section is limited by a convex curve, for example, by a circle, oval, ellipse or, respectively, by their part, the projection of the highest points of the top parts of cross-section of said body onto its axial plane forming a straight or wavy line, and the spikes are located on the highest sites of the upper face of the three-dimensional body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention is further described by way of example with reference to the applied drawings, in which: [0011]
FIG. 1 is top view of the soap dish whose case is made as a three-dimensional body with an axial line as a circle; [0012]
FIG. 2 is top view of the soap dish whose case is made as a three-dimensional body with an axial line as an oval; [0013]
FIG. 3 is top view of the soap dish whose case is made as a three-dimensional body with an axial line as an ellipse; [0014]
FIG. 4 is cross section of the soap dish whose cross sectional area is a part of a circle; [0015]
FIG. 5 is cross section of the soap dish whose cross-sectional area is a part of a circle; [0016]
FIG. 6 is an elevated site of the upper face of the three-dimensional body with an enlarged view of the spikes; [0017]
FIG. 7 illustrates fastening of the soap dish to a vertical wall.[0018]

THE BEST EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The proposed soap dish contains a case ([0019] 1) with spikes (2), used as a support for soap (3). The case (1) is made as a three-dimensional body whose cross-section is limited to a circle (FIG. 1), oval (FIG. 2), ellipse (FIG. 3) or their parts respectively (FIGS. 4, 5). In so doing the axial plane of the three-dimensional body can have a shape of a circle (FIG. 1), an oval (FIG. 2), an ellipse (FIG. 3) or a part thereof (FIGS. 4,5).
The three-dimensional body is made in such a manner that the projection of the highest cross-sections of the body to its plane the through cross-sections in combination forms a straight or wavy line ([0020] 4).
The spikes ([0021] 2) are located on the highest sites (5) of the upper surface of the three-dimensional body. The longitudinal axes of the spikes (2) are parallel to each other and to the perpendicular axis (6) of the three-dimensional body laying in the plane of its cross-section, cross the straight or wavy line (4) and lay in a plane perpendicular to the axis (6) of the three-dimensional body.
The soap dish can be installed on a horizontal surface or fastened to a vertical wall with the help of an arm ([0022] 7) (FIG. 7).
During the use of the soap dish a soap piece ([0023] 3) is put on the spikes (2), which enter the soap surface up to the stop against the highest parts (5) of the upper face of the three-dimensional body. In so doing the soap (3) is reliably kept on the support and at the same time does not broken by the pointed spikes. The water from the soap surface flows down and the soap does not swell.
Thus, the proposed soap dish is easy-to-use, convenient and economic in manufacture compared to the known devices. [0024]
If the soap to be used has a small size and weight, it can be accommodated in a soapbox, in which the projection of the highest points of top parts of cross-sections of the three-dimensional body to its axial plane in a combination forms a straight line. [0025]
The large pieces of soap are conveniently placed in a soap dish, in which the projection of the highest points of tops of the cross-sections of the three-dimensional body to its axial surface in combination forms a wavy curve. In this case, the spikes ([0026] 2) fix the soap and prevent its displacement, and the highest sections of the upper surface located along a circle (FIG. 1), an oval (FIG. 2), an ellipse (FIG. 3) etc., serve as a support restricting the penetration of the spikes (2) into the soap (3) and prevent its breaking into pieces.

Industrial Applicability

The present invention can be used for industrial-scale production of soap dishes. [0027]

Claims

1. A soap dish comprising a case (1) with spikes (2) made in the form of a three-dimensional body whose cross-section is limited by a convex curve or, respectively, by its part, in which the projections of the highest points of the top parts of the cross-sections of said body onto its axial surface in a combination forms a straight or wavy line (4), and the spikes are located at highest sites (5) of the upper surface of the three-dimensional body.