Special receptacle or package – With soap-handling means
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-23
2001-09-25
Fidei, David T. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
With soap-handling means
C206S385000, C401S078000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06293391
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a soap bar, and more particularly to a portable casing for a soap bar, which makes it easy and convenient to carry and store the soap bar, and prevents the soap bar from being broken by an external impact, thereby prolonging the life of the soap bar.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a soap bar, which is one of the essential goods of life, is water-soluble, so that it is easily dissolved and easily deformed, and easily loses its stiffness, when it comes into contact with water.
Therefore, in order to prolong the life of the soap bar, a user has to be careful to insulate the soap bar from water when not being used, and moreover to avoid an external impact to the soap bar,
The conventional soap bar generally has a rectangular or an oval shape, and is usually contained in a relatively large, hard casing or in a paper package. The large, hard casing causes inconvenience in carrying and storing the soap bar, and the paper package has the above mentioned problems in regard to the contact with water further to the inconvenience in carrying and storing the soap bar.
Moreover, the volume of the hard casing does not change in size, but remains in its same large and bulky size, although the soap bar is worn out and thus reduced in its size, accordingly as it is used. In this state where a relatively small soap bar is contained in a relatively large hard casing, the soap bar easily moves in the casing or the casing is easily broken by an external impact.
Further, a user has to directly touch the soap bar by the hand whenever he uses the soap bar. This may be an inconvenience to the user and may unnecessarily add to the wearing away of the soap bar. That is, the user necessarily has to hold the soap bar by the hand, even though he wants to apply the soap bar to only a certain region of his body such as his neck, so that the soap bar is worn out too excessively, thereby reducing its life.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems occurring in the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable casing for a soap bar, which makes it easy and convenient to carry and store the soap bar, and prevents the soap bar from being broken by an external impact, thereby prolongs the life of the soap bar.
In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a portable casing for a soap bar, the portable casing comprising:
a casing body having a shape of a cylinder whose top is open and bottom is closed;
a fixed base fixed to the bottom of the casing body, the fixed base having a plurality of serrated arc strips fixed on an upper surface of the fixed base, each of the serrated arc strips having a first serration formed on an outer surface of each of the serrated arc strips;
an outer cylinder rotatably inserted in the casing body;
an intermediate cylinder fixedly inserted in the outer cylinder, the intermediate cylinder having at least a spiral groove formed on an inner surface of the intermediate cylinder;
an inner cylinder fixedly inserted in the intermediate cylinder, the inner cylinder having at least one guiding groove formed through a cylindrical wall of the inner cylinder, the guiding groove extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner cylinder, the inner cylinder having a serrated hole perforated through a bottom of the inner cylinder, the serrated hole having a second serration formed longitudinally at a cylindrical surface of the serrated hole, the second serration being engaged with the first serration; and
a carrier ring inserted in the inner cylinder, the carrier ring having at least one guiding protuberance formed at an outer cylindrical surface of the carrier ring, the guiding protuberance being inserted through the guiding groove in the spiral grooves,
wherein the soap bar is fitted in the carrier ring so that the soap bar can be ascended and descended when one of the casing body and the outer cylinder is rotated.
Preferably, the portable casing further has a lid in which the outer cylinder is detachably fitted, so that the lid covers over the upper end of the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder has a neck whose diameter is smaller than that of a remaining portion of the outer cylinder. The neck has an annular protrusion engaged with an annular groove formed at an inner cylindrical surface of the lid when the neck of the outer cylinder is detachably fitted in the lid.
More preferably, the serrated arc strips are circularly arranged so as to form together a serrated shaft at the center of the upper surface of the fixed base, which is inserted in the serrated hole of the inner cylinder.
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Fidei David T.
Sam Heung C&T Co., Ltd.
Sheridan & Ross P.C.
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