Information
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Patent Grant
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6589107
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Patent Number
6,589,107
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Date Filed
Wednesday, April 18, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, July 8, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Hail, III; Joseph J.
- McDonald; Shantese
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 451 526
- 451 527
- 451 532
- 015 2091
- 015 22911
- 015 22912
- 015 22913
- 015 22914
- 015 2099
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International Classifications
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Abstract
Bath ball structure including a bathing body and a string tying the bathing body. The bathing body is composed of multiple brushing layers overlapping one another and thermally fused with one another at the center thereof. One face of each brushing layer is formed with a number of through holes. The other face of the brushing layer is formed with a number of corresponding abrasive projections with good frictional force. The bathing body is repeatedly folded back and forth to form a semiproduct of the bath ball having multiple crimps. The string is tied at the thermal fusion seam of the center of the semiproduct to form a bath ball product. When used or sold, the respective brushing layers of the bath ball product are pulled outward to form the bath ball.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a bath ball structure which is very soft so that when a user brushes his/her body with the bath ball, the user will not feel painful and the skin of the user is not subject to scrape. Prior to being outward pulled, the bath ball has small volume so that it can be easily transferred and stored. When outward pulled, the bath ball has a beautiful appearance for expediting purchase desire of consumers.
FIG. 1
shows a conventional bath ball
10
composed of several layers of meshes
11
wrapping each other. The bath ball
10
is tied by a string
20
to facilitate taking the bath ball
10
when used and hanging the bath ball
10
when not used.
The above bath ball has some shortcomings as follows:
1. The meshes
11
are quite rough so that when a user brushes his/her body with the bath ball
10
made of the meshes
11
, the user often feels uncomfortable or painful and the skin of the user is subject to scrape.
2. The bath ball
10
has considerably large volume so that it will occupy much room when transferred or stored.
3. The bath ball
10
has monotonous pattern so that it is not attractive to consumers and the purchase desire of the consumers can be hardly expedited.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a bath ball structure in which the brushing layers are made of plastic membrane which are very soft so that when a user brushes his/her body with the bath ball, the user will not feel uncomfortable or painful and the skin of the user is not subject to scrape.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above bath ball structure in which a number of abrasive projections are formed over the bath ball so that the bath ball is soft, while providing sufficient frictional force against the skin of the user so that the body of the user can be truly cleaned.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide the above bath ball structure in which prior to being outward pulled, the bath ball product has small volume so that when transferred or stored, it will not occupy much room so that the transferring and storage are facilitated.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide the above bath ball structure in which the brushing layers of the bath ball can be outward pulled to has a beautiful appearance so that the purchase desire of consumers can be expedited.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional bath ball;
FIG. 2
is a perspective view of the bath ball structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3
is an enlarged view of a part of the brushing layer of the bath ball structure of the present invention;
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the semiproduct of the bath ball structure of the present invention;
FIG. 5
is a perspective view of the product of the bath ball structure of the present invention; and
FIG. 6
is a perspective view of the product of the bath ball structure of the present invention in which the brushing layers are pulled outward to form the bath ball.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Please refer to FIG.
2
. The bath ball structure of the present invention includes a bathing body
30
with a certain dimension and width and a string
50
(also referring to FIG.
4
). The bathing body
30
is composed of multiple brushing layers
31
made of plastic membranes and thermally fused with each other. One face of each brushing layer
31
is formed with a number of through holes at equal intervals. The other face of the brushing layer
31
are correspondingly formed with a number of abrasive projections
32
with good frictional force (with reference to FIG.
3
). The center of the brushing layers
31
is formed with a thermal fusion seam
33
.
When assembled, as shown in
FIGS. 4 and 5
, the bathing body
30
is repeatedly folded back and forth to form a semiproduct
40
of the bath ball having multiple crimps. At this time, the string
50
is tied at the thermal fusion seam
33
of the center of the semiproduct
40
to facilitate taking the semiproduct
40
when used and hanging the semiproduct
40
when not used. The string
50
is tied at the thermal fusion seam
33
of the center of the semiproduct
40
so that after tied, due to the softness and resilience of the folded semiproduct
40
itself, the semiproduct
40
will naturally resiliently stretch outward to form a circular waved bath ball product
60
.
After assembled, the bath ball product
60
is directly sold to reduce volume and transferring space. When a user desires to use the bath ball product
60
, the respective brushing layers
31
of the bath ball product
60
are pulled outward to form a substantially spherical bath ball
70
as shown in FIG.
6
. Alternatively, prior to selling, the respective brushing layers
31
of the bath ball product
60
are pulled outward to form a substantially spherical bath ball
70
having solid and beautiful appearance. This can expedite the purchase desire of consumers.
The bath ball of the present invention has the following advantages:
1. The brushing layers
31
are made of plastic membrane which are very soft so that when a user brushes his/her body with the bath ball
70
, the user will not feel uncomfortable or painful and the skin of the user is not subject to scrape.
2. A number of abrasive projections
32
are formed over the bath ball
70
so that the bath ball
70
is soft, while providing sufficient frictional force against the skin of the user so that the body of the user can be truly cleaned.
3. Prior to being outward pulled, the bath ball product
60
has small volume so that when transferred or stored, it will not occupy much room so that the transferring and storage are facilitated.
4. The bath ball
70
has a beautiful appearance so that the purchase desire of consumers can be expedited.
The above embodiment is only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiment can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Claims
- 1. A bath ball structure comprising a bathing body and a tying string, the bathing body including multiple brushing layers made of plastic membranes and overlapping one another, the brushing layers being thermally fused with one another at a thermal fusion seam along centers thereof, each brushing layer being formed with a plurality of through holes, such that one face of the brushing layers has a plurality of abrasive projections, the bathing body being formed by repeatedly folding the multiple brushing layers back and forth to form the bathing body having multiple crimps, wherein the tying string is tied at the thermal fusion seam of the bathing body, the multiple brushing layers being pulled outwardly to form the bath ball structure.
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