Patent Application
20220061597
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The disclosure and prior art relates to scrubber devices and more particularly pertains to a new scrubber device for scrubbing a person's foot when the person is showering.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a block that is positionable on a floor of a shower. A pair of stops is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the block to define a foot space between the stops. A plurality of foot bristles is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the block to scrub a sole of the person's foot. A plurality of side bristles is each coupled to and extends away from a respective one of the stops to scrub the sides of the person's foot. A container is positioned in the block to contain a liquid soap. The container is comprised of a resiliently deformable material to be compressed by the person's foot. In this way the liquid soap can be urged outwardly from the container. The container is in fluid communication with the foot bristles to release the liquid soap into the foot bristles.
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
As best illustrated in
Each of the stops 30 has a first surface 34 and each of the stops 30 is positioned on a respective one of the first lateral side 24 and the second lateral side 26 of the block 12. Each of the stops 30 extends upwardly beyond the top side 16 of the block 12 having the first surface 34 of each of the stops 30 facing each other. Each of the stops 30 has an opening 36 extending through thereby facilitating the stops 30 to be gripped.
A plurality of foot bristles 38 is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the block 12 to scrub a sole of the person's foot 33. Each of the foot bristles 38 is positioned on the top side 16 of the block 12 and the foot bristles 38 is distributed over an entirety of the top side 16. The plurality of foot bristles 38 includes a set of toe bristles 40 being positioned between the well 28 and the front side 20 of the block 12. The plurality of foot bristles 38 includes a set of heel bristles 42 being positioned between the well 28 and the back side 22 of the block 12. The heel bristles 42 have greater stiffness than the toe bristles 40.
A plurality of side bristles 44 is each coupled to and extends away from a respective one of the stops 30 to scrub the sides of the person's foot 33. Each of the side bristles 44 is positioned on the first surface 34 of the respective stop 30. Additionally, each of the side bristles 44 extends into the foot space 32. A conduit 46 is integrated into the block 12 and the conduit 46 extends between the well 28 and the top side 16 of the block 12.
A container 48 is positioned in the block 12 to contain a liquid soap 50 and the container 48 is comprised of a resiliently deformable material. Thus, the container 48 can be compressed by the person's foot 33 thereby facilitating the liquid soap 50 to be urged outwardly from the container 48. The container 48 is positioned in the well 28 in the block 12 and the container 48 extends upwardly beyond the top side 16 of the block 12. The container 48 has a neck 52 thereon and the neck 52 has an input 54 and an output 56. The conduit 46 is fluidly coupled to the output 56 to route the liquid soap 50 onto the person's foot 33 when the person's foot 33 steps on the container 48 for washing the person's foot 33.
A plurality of mating members 58 is each coupled to the block 12. Each of the mating members 58 releasably engages the floor 14 of the shower thereby inhibiting the block 12 from sliding on the floor 14 of the shower. Each of the mating members 58 is positioned on the bottom side 18 of the block 12. Each of the mating members 58 may comprise a suction cup, hook and loop fasteners, water proof adhesive strips or any other type of water resistant mating member.
A fill pipe 60 is fluidly coupled to the container 48 to fill the container 48 with the liquid soap 50. The fill pipe 60 is fluidly coupled to the input 54 of the neck 52 on the container 48 and the fill pipe 60 extends outwardly through a respective one of the stops 30. The fill pipe 60 has a distal end 62 that is exposed with respect to the respective stop 30. A cap 64 is removably coupled to the fill pipe 60 for closing the fill pipe 60 and the cap 64 is positioned on the distal end 62 of the fill pipe 60.
In an alternative embodiment 66 as shown in
In use, the container 48 is filled with the liquid soap 50 and the block 12 is positioned on the floor 14 of the shower. The person steps on the container 48 to compress the container 48 and subsequently urge the liquid soap 50 onto the foot bristles 38. The person rubs their foot 33 back and forth on the foot bristles 38 and the side bristles 44 for scrubbing their foot 33. In this way a person with limited mobility can wash their feet without bending over and without risking falling down in the shower.
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.
