Patent Application
20250009123
The present general inventive concept relates generally to a shelf, and particularly, to a bathroom stall shelf.
Most public bathroom stalls have a wall with a toilet paper roll attached on the wall. Unfortunately, the bathroom stalls lack any type of storage shelving specifically designed for a cell phone.
Thus, users of the public bathroom stall will have to hold the phone in their hands and/or attempt to keep the phone in their pocket. However, the positioning within the bathroom stall will more than likely cause the phone to fall out of the users' pocket while the pants are down. Moreover, placing the phone on the toilet paper roll, on the floor, and/or on a door of the bathroom stall can cause at least one pathogen to collect on the phone, which can be harmful to a user.
Therefore, there is a need for a bathroom stall shelf that stores the phone during use of the bathroom stall.
The present general inventive concept provides a bathroom stall shelf.
Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.
The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a bathroom stall shelf removably connected to a wall in a bathroom stall, the bathroom stall shelf including a main surface to receive a mobile device thereon, such that a size of the main surface is greater than a size of the mobile device, a protective wall circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the main surface to prevent lateral movement of the mobile device while the mobile device is disposed on the main surface, and a plurality of fasteners to removably connect the main surface and the protective wall to the wall in the bathroom stall.
The protective wall may be angularly disposed away from the main surface with respect to a direction.
The bathroom stall shelf may further include a plurality of connection brackets disposed on at least a portion of the protective wall, each of the plurality of connection brackets to receive at least one of the plurality of fasteners therein.
Each of the plurality of connection brackets may be disposed at a distance greater than a height of the protective wall from the main surface.
The bathroom stall shelf may further include an anti-pathogen coating comprising polyurethane and a plurality of oils, the anti-pathogen coating disposed on at least a portion of the main surface to prevent growth of at least one pathogen on the main surface.
These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.
Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.
It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.
The bathroom stall shelf 100 may be constructed from at least one of metal, plastic, wood, glass, and rubber, etc., but is not limited thereto.
The bathroom stall shelf 100 may include a main surface 110, a protective wall 120, a plurality of connection brackets 130, a plurality of fasteners 140, and an anti-pathogen coating 150, but is not limited thereto.
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The main surface 110 may have a predetermined size (i.e., a length, a width) based on a size (i.e., a length, a width) of a mobile device 10 (e.g., a cell phone). For example, the predetermined size of the main surface 110 may correspond to the size of the largest mobile device 10 available. However, the predetermined size of the main surface 110 may be greater than the size of the mobile device 10. The main surface 110 may receive and/or store the mobile device 10 thereon.
The protective wall 120 may be circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the main surface 110 and/or angularly (i.e., perpendicularly) disposed away from the main surface 110 with respect to a direction. In other words, the protective wall 120 may extend away from the main surface 120 and/or surround an entirety of the perimeter of the main surface 110. The protective wall 120 may prevent lateral movement of the mobile device 10 while the mobile device 10 is disposed on the main surface 110. As such, the protective wall 120 may prevent the mobile device 10 from falling off and/or moving away from the main surface 110.
Each of the plurality of connection brackets 130 may be disposed on at least a portion (e.g., one side, a first side) of the protective wall 120. Additionally, each of the plurality of connection brackets 130 may be disposed at a distance greater than a height of the protective wall 120 from the main surface 110.
Each of the plurality of fasteners 140 may include a screw, a nail, a bolt, a nut, a washer, a clip, a clamp, a clasp, a cord, an adhesive (e.g., tape, glue), a magnet, and/or any combination thereof, but is not limited thereto.
Each of the plurality of fasteners 140 may be removably connected (i.e., inserted) into an aperture of at least one of the plurality of connection brackets 130. In other words, each of the plurality of connection brackets 130 may receive at least one of the plurality of fasteners 140 therein. Moreover, the plurality of fasteners 140 may connect the main surface 110, the protective wall 120, and/or the plurality of connection brackets 130 to an external surface 20 (e.g., a bathroom stall, a wall). As such, the plurality of fasteners 140 may fasten the main surface 110, the protective wall 120, and/or the plurality of connection brackets 130 to the external surface 20.
The anti-pathogen coating 150 may include a substrate of polyurethane and a plurality of oils (e.g., cinnamon oil, tea tree oil), but is not limited thereto.
The anti-pathogen coating 150 may be disposed on at least a portion of the main surface 110. The anti-pathogen coating 150 may prevent growth of at least one pathogen (e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi) on the main surface 110.
Therefore, the bathroom stall shelf 100 may safely store the mobile device 10 during use of a bathroom. Also, the bathroom stall shelf 100 may eliminate risk of dropping the mobile device 10 into a toilet and/or the mobile device 10 collecting the at least one pathogen in a bathroom stall.
The present general inventive concept may include a bathroom stall shelf 100 removably connected to a wall 20 in a bathroom stall, the bathroom stall shelf 100 including a main surface 110 to receive a mobile device 10 thereon, such that a size of the main surface 110 is greater than a size of the mobile device 10, a protective wall 120 circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of a perimeter of the main surface 110 to prevent lateral movement of the mobile device 10 while the mobile device 10 is disposed on the main surface 110, and a plurality of fasteners 140 to removably connect the main surface 110 and the protective wall 120 to the wall 20 in the bathroom stall.
The protective wall 120 may be angularly disposed away from the main surface 110 with respect to a direction.
The bathroom stall shelf 100 may further include a plurality of connection brackets 130 disposed on at least a portion of the protective wall 120, each of the plurality of connection brackets 130 to receive at least one of the plurality of fasteners 140 therein.
Each of the plurality of connection brackets 130 may be disposed at a distance greater than a height of the protective wall 120 from the main surface 110.
The bathroom stall shelf 100 may further include an anti-pathogen coating 150 comprising polyurethane and a plurality of oils, the anti-pathogen coating 150 disposed on at least a portion of the main surface 110 to prevent growth of at least one pathogen on the main surface 110.
Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
