US1872816A - Device for holding and dispensing soap bars - Google Patents

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Aug. 23 1932. F-. e. RINGLAND 1,372,816

I DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING SOAP BARS Filed March 2.1931

Patented Au 23, 1932 FRANK G. EHTQ Application filed Eierch Q.

Le provide a device that not only holds soap bars but shields the soap so held from sight, thereby eliminating the detracting silent or used soap to surrounding appointments.

A still further object of my invention is to bprovide a soap dispensing and holdin container that may be easily and quic y in= stalled at the desired place of use. a

A still further object of my invention s for fastidious people that will hold and d1si pense their individual bars of soap.

A still further object of m invention is to provide a soap dispensing evice that unfailingly delivers the soap desired directly into the hand of the user.

, A still further object of this invention is to provide a device that holds soap in a dry condition, thereby making for soap economy.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a soap holder and dispenser for bathroom and kitchen use that is cheap in manufacture and durable in use.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangementand combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the ob ects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which: i

Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention mounted on a vertical supporting surface with dotted lines to more fully illustrate its construction and operation;

Fig.2 is a back View of the invention detached from a supporting surface.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the invention and shows a modified form of construction for supporting the same.

Fig. 4 is a side view of my invention showing a hook construction for securing the se ne to a bath tub or like.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view or my invention.

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been on the market for many years, but these soap holders do not hide the unsightly used bar of soap from sight. Furthermore, it is very dillicult to lift the soap out of these open-receptacles when one desires to use the soap. l have overcome such objections by providing a soap holder that not only hides the bar of soapfroin' observation, but dispenses the soap easily, and quickly into the hand of the user when desired.

1 have used the numeral 10 to designate the main portion ofmy soap holder. This portion 10 may be made of any suitable material and is open both at its to and bottom, as shown in the drawing. shown this portion of my invention of rec= tangular construction it may be made of any suitable design. The bottom side marginal edges of the soap container are slightly rounded and extend from the back side or the holder downwardly and outwardly to the front side of the holder, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 5. The numeral 11 designates'the bottom of the soap holder and is hingedly secured at its rear marginal edge to the lower marginal edge of the back portion oi the member 10 by the employment of the common shaft 12. The numeral 13 designates a coil spring around the shaft 12 having one. of its ends engaging the back portion of the member 10 and its other end engaging the bottom portion 11, as shown in Fig. 2. As this coil spring. is under tension it will yieldingly hold the bottom of the soapholder in a closed position, thereby under normal conditions, providing a soap holder of tank construction enclosed at all points except its top, as shown in Fig. 5. The numeral 14 designates a curved projection integrally formed near the center and on the forwhrd marginal edgeof the bottom 11, as shown inFig. 1. This projection 14 forms a handle member for manually moving the bottom 11 to a lowered position away from the bottom of the portion 10. When this bottom 11 is moved to a lowered position, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, naturally, if any soap exists in the ltho'ugh I have portion 10 it will fall downwardl and out of the holder and into the hand t at moves the projection 14.- downwardly and rearwardobtain the soap. To aid and guide the movement of a bar of soap into the hand depressing the member 14, I have'provided upwardly extending side members 15 integrally formed onthe two marginalside edges of the bottom 11. As soon as the hand with the soap is removed from the member 14 the coil spring 13 immediately returns the bottom- 11 to a closed position. After the soap has been used it is dropped into the top of the portion 10 where it is out of sight, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and designated by the numeral 16. When the soap is thus held it will be held in a position away from water.

will soon dry, and will thereby be maintained in a dry condition until used again. My holder and dispenser may be secured to a support in many different ways. In Fig. 1 and Fig.2 I show a rubber vacuum cup 17 which is secured to the back of the portion 10. When this construction is used the de vice may be readily and'quickly secured to a vertical supporting surface 18 by merely pressing the device onto the supporting surface. By the use of these well known sucalents which may reasonably included within their scope.

I claim 1. In a bar soapdispenser, a hollow member designed to receive a bar of soap open at its bottom and top, a means for securing said hollow member to a support, a curved trap door capable of inclosing the bottom of said hollow member, and a meansfor yieldingly holding said trap door in a closed position.

2. In a bar soap dispenser, a hollow member designed to hold soap open at its bottom and top, a trap door hingedly, secured to said hollow member for inclosing the bottom oi said hollow member; said door extending downwardly and outwardly when in a closed position, and a means-for yielding'ly holding said door in a closed position.

3.' In a bar soap dispenser, a hollow member open at its top and bottom, a trap door hingedly secured to said hollow member capable of inclosing the bottom of said hollow member, upwardly extending guide members at each side marginal edge of said door, a means for yieldingly holding said door in a closed position, and a projection on said door to facilitate its manual opening.

' FRANK G. RINGLAND.

tion cups my device may be mounted at any a desired position without in any way damaging the supporting surface to which it is secured. It may also be as quickly removed. I

, If itis desired. an ear 19 having a hole therein may be integrally formed on the upper marginal edge of the back portion 10, as shown in Fig. 1 and secured to any available hook, nail, or screw.

In Fig. 4 I show the usual rubber covered hook members 20 secured to the back of the portion 10. These hook members may be easily hooked over objects such as the rim of a bath tub.

In the drawing I show a single compartment for holding a-bar of soap, but if it is desired. devices. may be constructed havin a plurality of compartments. each capable of holding an individual bar ofsoap. From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided a device that will not only Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved device for holding and dispensing soap bars without'departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equiv

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