Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Implements – Stationary implement with material supply
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-31
2001-05-01
Chin, Randall E. (Department: 1744)
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Implements
Stationary implement with material supply
C015S160000, C004S606000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223379
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a soap dispensing foot cleaner and more particularly pertains to a new foot cleaner device for scrubbing and cleaning one's feet with ease and comfort.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a soap dispensing foot cleaner is known in the prior art. More specifically, a soap dispensing foot cleaner heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,829; U.S. Pat. No. 5,473,788; U.S. Pat. No. 5,321,867; U.S. Pat. No. 5,813,078; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 283,848; and U.S. Pat. No. 3,973,286.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new foot cleaner device. The inventive device includes a housing having an extended upper portion, an extended bottom portion having a first portion which is spaced from the extended upper portion thus forming a foot-receiving slot therebetween, and also having a side wall which has an outer side which faces in the foot-receiving slot, and further having a compartment which has a floor with an opening therein with the compartment being used for storing liquid soap; and also includes a plurality of bristles disposed in the foot receiving-slot and upon a second portion of the extended bottom portion; and further includes a pump member depressably disposed in the housing for using liquid soap from the compartment; and also includes a valve member biasedly disposed in the opening to control flow of liquid soap from the compartment; and further includes conduit members connected to the opening and extending in the extended portions and the side wall of the housing with spouts connected thereto and to the bristles; and further includes suction cup members being disposed on a bottom side of the housing for detachably attaching to the floor of a shower stall or bathtub.
In these respects, the foot cleaner device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of scrubbing and cleaning one's feet with ease and comfort.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of soap dispensing foot cleaner now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new foot cleaner device construction wherein the same can be utilized for scrubbing and cleaning one's feet with ease and comfort.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new foot cleaner device which has many of the advantages of the soap dispensing foot cleaner mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new foot cleaner device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art soap dispensing foot cleaner, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing having an extended upper portion, an extended bottom portion having a first portion which is spaced from the extended upper portion thus forming a foot-receiving slot therebetween, and also having a side wall which has an outer side which faces in the foot-receiving slot, and further having a compartment which has a floor with an opening therein with the compartment being used for storing liquid soap; and also includes a plurality of bristles disposed in the foot receiving-slot and upon a second portion of the extended bottom portion; and further includes a pump member depressably disposed in the housing for using liquid soap from the compartment; and also includes a valve member biasedly disposed in the opening to control flow of liquid soap from the compartment; and further includes conduit members connected to the opening and extending in the extended portions and the side wall of the housing with spouts connected thereto and to the bristles; and further includes suction cup members being disposed on a bottom side of the housing for detachably attaching to the floor of a shower stall or bathtub.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new foot cleaner device which has many of the advantages of the soap dispensing foot cleaner mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new foot cleaner device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art soap dispensing foot cleaner, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new foot cleaner device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new foot cleaner device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new foot cleaner device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such foot cleaner device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new foot cleaner device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new foot cleaner device for scrubbing and cleaning one's feet with ease and comfort.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new foot cleaner device which includes a housing having an extended upper portion, an extended bottom portion having a first portion which is spaced from the exten
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