Bath Scrub With Refillable Soap Dispenser

Abstract

A bathing implement comprises a wash scrub made of material selected from the group consisting of loofah, sponge, nylon, fabric, and the combination thereof; a handle in a shape of a cartoon character, an animal, a car; a refillable soap container made of rubber attached to the base of the handle and located in the center of the wash scrub; and a quantity of soap.

Claims

1. A bathing implement comprising: a wash scrub made of material selected from the group consisting of loofah, sponge, nylon, fabric, and the combination thereof; a container having a top opening, a fill cap for tightly sealing the top opening, at least one resealable opening, and an interior hollow space; a holding mechanism for holding the container such that the container located near the center of the wash scrub; and a quantity of soap located in the interior hollow space.

2. The bathing implement of claim 1 further comprising a handle which is in shape of a cartoon character, an animal, a car, or a ship, and has a base.

3. The bathing implement of claim 1, wherein the handle is in a shape of a cartoon character's upper part.

4. The bathing implement of claim 3, wherein the handle is made of elastomeric substance.

5. The bathing implement of claim 3, wherein the handle is made of fabric material.

6. The bathing implement of claim 3, wherein the container is in one of a round shape, an oval shape, and a bulb shape.

7. The bathing implement of claim 6, wherein the container is made of elastomeric substance.

8. The bathing implement of claim 7, wherein the mechanism for holding the container is a screw located on the top of the fill cap of the container and a corresponding screw receptacle located in the center of the base of the handle such that the container is attached to the base of the handle and near the center of the wash scrub.

9. The bathing implement of claim 7, wherein the wash scrub resembles a skirt worn on the cartoon character's.

10. The bathing implement of claim 7, wherein the wash scrub is made of a piece of sponge having a lower part of the cartoon character carved thereon.

11. The bathing implement of claim 10, wherein the sponge wash scrub has a cavity functioning like the holding mechanism to tightly hold the container therein.

12. The bathing implement of claim 7, wherein the at least one resealable opening is located on a bottom of the container, the container further includes at least one extracting/release valve restricting the amount liquid soap comes out of the container.

13. The bathing implement of claim 7, wherein the container further includes a spring forced pressure valve which is inserted in the bottom of the container, when the container is squeezed soap is released from the valve through the resealable opening into the surrounding wash scrub.

14. The bathing implement of claim 7, further comprises a dispense mechanism coupled to the container and structured to be activated to cause a portion of the soap in the interior hollow space to pass out of the interior hollow space through the at least one resealable opening.

15. A bathing implement comprising: a wash scrub made of material selected from the group consisting of loofah, sponge, nylon, fabric, and the combination thereof; a quantity of soap located in the interior hollow space of the soap container; and a handle having a cavity and a detachable base, the handle being in a shape of cartoon characters' upper part; wherein the handle is made of elastomeric substance and the wash scrub is attached to the base of the handle.

16. The bathing implement of claim 15 further comprising a soap container, which has a top opening, a fill cap for tightly sealing the top opening, at least one resealable opening, and an interior hollow space.

17. The bathing implement of claim 15 wherein the cavity of the handle is designed for tightly holding the soap container and the base having a hole in the center for allowing the liquid soap to flow into the wash scrub wash.

18. The bathing implement of claim 15 wherein the cavity of the handle is designed for accommodating the liquid soap and the base having a hole in the center for allowing the liquid soap to flow into the wash scrub wash.

19. The bathing implement of claim 15, wherein the wash scrub resembles a skirt worn on the cartoon character's.

20. The bathing implement of claim 15, wherein the wash scrub is made of a piece of sponge having a lower part of the cartoon character carved thereon.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] Other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description, the appended claim, and the accompanying drawings in which similar elements are given similar reference numerals.

[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the bathing implement according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bathing implement according to an alternate embodiment of the present invention.

[0012] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 6 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the device showing the rubber ball is located inside the wash scrub and attached to the bottom of the cartoon character's upper part.

[0016] FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the device showing the rubber ball is located inside the wash scrub and attached to the bottom of the cartoon character's upper part.

[0017] FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an alternate embodiment of the device according to the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view showing the wash scrub sponge having a cavity therein for holding a soap container.

[0019] FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view showing the soap container is held inside the cavity of the wash scrub sponge.

[0020] FIG. 11 depicts a spring forced pressure valve inserted in the bottom of soap container according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] FIG. 12 depicts an alternate embodiment of the device without a handle according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0022] Referring to FIGS. 1-2, there is disclosed a bathing implement comprising a handle in a shape of a cartoon character's upper part 10, which has a base; and a wash scrub 20, which is attached to the bottom of the handle 10. The wash scrub 20 is made of material selected from loofah, sponge, nylon, fabric, and the combination thereof. The handle 10 is made of elastomeric substance including natural rubber, synthetically produced rubber such as butyl rubber or neoprene, or polyethylene, or the combination thereof. The bathing implement also comprises a container 30, which can be in different shapes, sizes, materials. For example, the container may be in an oval shape or a round shape. For example, the container may be made of elastomeric substance including but not limited to natural rubber, synthetically produced rubber such as butyl rubber or neoprene, or the combination thereof. The container 30 has a fill opening 32 on the top, at least one resealable openings, and an interior hollow space. The top fill opening allows liquid soap or gel soap to fill into the hollow space of the container. The container 30 further has a fill cap 34, which matches the size of the top opening 32 and can tightly seal the top fill opening 32 by either screwing on or pushing on.

[0023] In one embodiment, the cartoon character's base 12 has a screw receptacle 14 for receiving the screw 36 on the container's cap 34 (FIGS. 3-5). The container 30 is attached to the base 12 of the cartoon character through a screw receptacle 14 and screw 34 (FIG. 1). FIGS. 6-7 demonstrate a cross sectional view of FIGS. 1 and 2 which show that the round or oval shaped soap container 30 is attached to the base 12 of the cartoon character and is in the center or middle of the scrub wash 20.

[0024] In an alternate embodiment as depicted in FIG. 8, the wash scrub 20 of the bathing implement is made of a piece of sponge or loofah, which has a lower part of the cartoon character 40 carved thereon. The container 30 is attached to the base of the upper part of the cartoon character 10 via screw and screw receptacle fastening mechanism as described earlier. Depicted in FIGS. 9 and 10 are the cross-sectional view of the sponge wash scrub 20 in an alternate embodiment, the sponge wash scrub 20 has a cavity 38 functioning like the holding mechanism to tightly hold the container 30 therein. The sponge wash scrub may have a Velcro or zipper to close the opening of the cavity 38.

[0025] The container 30 is made of elastomeric substance such that the container is like a rubber squeezable ball. The rubber squeezable ball 30 has at least one resealable openings so that when the rubber ball 30 is squeezed, a portion of liquid soap is released from the container through the at least one resealable openings into the wash scrub. In one embodiment, the container has at least one extracting/release valve restricting the amount liquid soap comes out. In one embodiment as depicted in FIG. 11, the container 30 has a spring forced pressure valve 50 inserted in the bottom of the container. When the container is squeezed, releases soap from the bottom of valve through the openings into the wash scrub. In an alternate embodiment, the container 30 has a dispense mechanism coupled to the container and structured to be activated to cause a portion of the soap in the interior hollow space to pass out of the interior hollow space through the at least one resealable opening.

[0026] In an alternate embodiment, the handle has a cavity for tightly holding soap container and a base having a hole in the center for allowing the liquid soap to flow into the wash scrub. The soap container is located inside the cavity of the elastomeric cartoon character.

[0027] In an alternate embodiment, the handle has a cavity for accommodating the liquid soap and a base having a reseable opening in the center for allowing the liquid soap flow from the hollow space through out to the wash scrub.

[0028] In an alternate embodiment as depicted in FIG. 12, the device has no handle. The soap container 30 is located at the center of the wash scrub 30 made of sponge, or nylon loofah netting.

[0029] While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention and not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obvious modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiments discussed were chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principles of the invention and its practical application to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are entitled.