Coating implements with material supply – Material flows through porous tool – Including compartment for soluble solid material
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-15
2001-07-24
Garbe, Stephen P. (Department: 3727)
Coating implements with material supply
Material flows through porous tool
Including compartment for soluble solid material
C015S227000, C206S077100, C224S218000, C383S074000, C383S075000, C383S117000, C401S008000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264391
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to soap bags and more particularly to a soap bag that facilitates a user's easy manipulation and firm grasping of a bar of soap contained therein, manufactured from various mesh materials, and allowing the user to rapidly alternate between four separate wash surfaces of the soap bag.
2. Description of Related Art
Bar soap is a popular personal care item that presents some well-documented problems. One problem using bar soap is the inability to lather the body properly and efficiently while bathing. A bar of soap is slippery and comes in many different shapes and sizes presenting a problem when applying the soap and generating sufficient lather to different parts of the body. Slippery soap can result in the soap dropping and breaking during use. This broken soap may be discarded and wasted. Additionally the user may be unable to retrieve the fallen soap, particularly users with physical disabilities.
Another problem is soap that sits in a soap dish can get soft and mushy resulting in waste and a messy soap dish that is time consuming to clean. Frequently small soap pieces are discarded resulting in waste. Yet another problem is the difficulty bathers have in getting clean while using only the bar of soap without a washcloth to scrub the skin and complete the bathing process.
It is known to use soap bags and shower mitts for bathing and dispensing soap, however, the known devices do not provide a soap bag manufactured from a variety of mesh materials that prevent a bar of soap from slipping out of a users hand and does not limit the users finger dexterity by fitting over the entire hand. The known devices additionally do not accommodate soap of all shapes and sizes, are not easily used on irregular surfaces such as between toes and behind ears, will not dispense soap according to the users needs at a predetermined rate, and do not rapidly alternate between various wash surfaces such as coarse scrubbing or exfoliating surfaces and gentle washing or buffing surfaces depending on the user's needs.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The principal object of the invention is to provide a soap bag adapted to receive a bar of soap that facilitates the gripping and manipulation of a bar of soap by a user. It is also an object of the invention to provide a soap bag that does not limit the finger dexterity of the user and is easily used to clean irregular surfaces such as between toes and behind ears.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a soap bag that is reversible allowing a user to rapidly alternate between four separate wash surfaces.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a soap bag manufactured from a variety of mesh or netted materials and to provide wash surfaces made of different mesh or netted materials. It is an object of the invention to provide a soap bag with a coarse mesh material comprising one wash surface and a soft mesh material comprising another wash surface of the bag. This combination of mesh materials can accommodate a user's desire for a particular scrubbing surface used on body parts having different tactile sensitivity.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a soap bag having a body that forms a pouch and a band secured to the body. The soap bag can be utilized by either hand of the user, can accommodate any size or shape of soap bar, and can conform to the shape of the bar of soap contained therein.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a soap bag wherein the user can control the release of soap and control the desired amount of lather generated from the bar of soap contained within the soap bag of present invention.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a combination soap bag and wash cloth that reduces the disintegration of a bar of soap contained therein, reduces soap waste and cleans and stimulates a users' skin.
Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Garbe Stephen P.
Orum & Roth
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