Patent Application
20170224178
The disclosure relates to scrubbing devices and more particularly pertains to a new scrubbing device for scrubbing a user's back in a shower.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that may be removably coupled to a wall in a shower. A sponge is removably positioned in the housing. Thus, the sponge is retained on the shower thereby facilitating the sponge to scrub a user's body. A plurality of couplers is provided and each of the couplers is coupled to the sponge. Each of the couplers engages the housing such that the sponge is removably retained in the housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The peripheral wall 20 is continuous such that the housing 12 has a substantially hemispherical shape. The peripheral wall 20 has a distal edge 24 with respect to the back wall 18. The distal edge 24 defines an opening 26 extending into an interior of the housing 12. The distal edge 24 has a first lateral side 28 and a second lateral side 30. The peripheral wall 20 has an outer surface 32. The housing 12 may be comprised of a fluid impermeable material.
A plurality of fasteners 34 is provided. Each of the fasteners 34 is coupled to the back wall 18. The fasteners 34 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed on the back wall 18. Each of the fasteners 34 engages the wall 14 in the shower 16 such that the housing 12 is removably retained on the shower 16. Each of the fasteners 34 may comprise a suction cup or the like.
A plurality of balls 36 is provided and each of the balls 36 is coupled to the housing 12. Each of the balls 36 is positioned on the outer surface 32 of the housing 12. The plurality of balls 36 includes a set of first balls 38. The first balls 38 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the first lateral side 28 of the distal edge 24. The plurality of balls 36 includes a set of second balls 40. The second balls 40 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the second lateral side 30 of the distal edge 24.
A sponge 42 is removably positioned in the housing 12. Thus, the sponge 42 may be retained on the shower 16 thereby facilitating the sponge 42 to scrub a user's body 44. The sponge 42 has an exterior surface 46. The exterior surface 46 is continuous such the sponge 42 is substantially spherical. The sponge 42 is extended into through the opening 26 such that the sponge 42 is retained in the interior of the housing 12. The sponge 42 extends outwardly from the opening 26. Thus, the exterior surface 46 may frictionally engage the user's body 44.
A plurality of couplers 48 is provided and each of the couplers 48 is coupled to the sponge 42. Each of the couplers 48 may be manipulated to engage the housing 12 such that the sponge 42 is removably retained in the housing 12. Each of the couplers 48 is positioned on the exterior surface 46. Each of the couplers 48 has a distal end 50 with respect to the exterior surface 46. The distal end 50 corresponding to each of the couplers 48 forms a closed ring 51. Each of the plurality of couplers 48 may be comprised of a resiliently stretchable material.
The plurality of couplers 48 comprises a set of first couplers 52. The first couplers 52 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the exterior surface 46. Each of the first couplers 52 is aligned with an associated one of the first balls 38 when the sponge 42 is positioned in the housing 12. The distal end 50 corresponding to the first couplers 52 engages the associated first ball 38. Thus, the sponge 42 is removably retained in the housing 12.
The plurality of couplers 48 further comprises a set of second couplers 54. The second couplers 54 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the exterior surface 46. Each of the second couplers 54 is aligned with an associated one of the second balls 40 when the sponge 42 is positioned in the housing 12. The distal end 50 corresponding to the second couplers 54 engage the associated second ball 40. Thus, the sponge 42 is removably retained in the housing 12. The sponge 42 may comprise a synthetic sponge or the like.
In use, the housing 12 is coupled to the wall 14 in the shower 16. The sponge 42 is positioned in the housing 12. Each of the first couplers 52 is attached to the associated first ball 38. Each of the second couplers 54 is attached to the associated second ball 56. The user body 44 leans against the sponge 42 while the user bathes. Thus, the sponge 42 scrubs and cleans the user's back 56.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
