Patent Application
20240000272
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The disclosure relates to scrubbing devices and more particularly pertains to a new scrubbing device for facilitating a user to wash their back while showering. The device includes a suction cup that suctionally engages a wall of a shower and a fastener that is attached to the section cup. The device includes a base that engages the fastener and a plurality of bristles disposed on the base. The bristles facilitate a user to scrub their back on the bristles while the user is showering.
The prior art relates to back scrubber devices including an automatic back scrubber that includes a soap reservoir for scrubbing the dorsal portion of a user in a shower. The prior art discloses a back scrubber that includes a single scrubbing brush and a single suction cup for scrubbing a user's back in a shower. The prior art also discloses an automatic back scrubber than has a polygonal shape. Additionally, the prior art discloses an automatic back scrubber that includes a plurality of scrubbing brushes being arranged in a plurality of columns and rows.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a dome that is comprised of a deformable material thereby facilitating the dome to be compressed against a wall of a shower such that the dome suctionally engages the wall. A fastener is integrated into the dome. A base is provided and a fastening element is integrated into the base. The fastening element releasably engages the fastener for attaching the base to the dome. A plurality of bristles is each coupled to and extends away from the base to facilitate a user to scrub their back against the bristles when the user is taking a shower.
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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A base 32 is provided, a fastening element 34 is integrated into the base 32 and the fastening element 34 releasably engages the fastener 22 for attaching the base 32 to the dome 12. The base 32 has a convex portion 36 and a planar portion 38, the convex portion 36 has an outside surface 40 and the planar portion 38 has a rear side 42 and a front side 44. The outside surface 40 is convexly arcuate with respect to the rear side 42 and the outside surface 40 has a well 46 extending toward the rear side 42 of the planar portion 38 such that the well 46 defines the fastening element 34. The well 46 is aligned with an apex 48 of the convex portion 36, the well 46 has a bounding surface 50 and the bounding surface 50 is threaded. Furthermore, the well 46 insertably receives the shaft 26 of the fastener 22 having the outer surface 28 of the shaft 26 threadably engaging the bounding surface 50 of the well 46. The base 32 is comprised of a fluid impermeable material, such as plastic or the like, such that the base 32 does not absorb water from the shower 16. The planar portion 38 may have a diameter that is greater than a maximum diameter of the convex portion 36.
A plurality of bristles 52 is provided and each of the bristles 52 is coupled to and extends away from the base 32. In this way the bristles 52 facilitate a user 54 to scrub their back 56 against the bristles 52 when the user 54 is taking a shower 16. Each of the bristles 52 is positioned on the front side 44 of the planar portion 38 of the base 32 and the bristles 52 are distributed over a majority of the front side 44. Additionally, each of the bristles 52 is comprised of a resiliently bendable material thereby enhancing comfort for the user 54.
In use, the dome 12 is compressed against the wall 14 of the shower 16 at a height that is sufficient to align the dome 12 with a desired location on the user's back 56. The base 32 is threaded onto the fastener 22 thereby facilitating the base 32 to be mounted to the wall 14 of the shower 16. In this way the bristles 52 are oriented to facilitate the user 54 to scrub their back 56 against the bristles 52 when the user 54 is taking a shower 16. Thus, the user 54 can wash their back 56 without assistance with the user 54 is taking a shower 16. The base 32 can be removed from the fastener 22 to facilitate the bristles 52 to be rinsed or otherwise serviced without removing the dome 12 from the wall 14.
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.
