Patent Application
20140124391
The present invention is a home size bath or hand soap bar made of an inert core having the approximate same specific gravity as soap, said core being covered or coated with soap by spraying, molding, pressing, laminating or dipping.
The present invention is a home size bath or hand soap having as its inert core a container of any size, shape or configuration for holding a variety of personal products.
This year there will be over one billion room nights sold by the Hospitality Industry. Many amenity items will be offered and consumed with each room night's sale, nothing more important than the bar of soap. The trend in the Hospitality Industry is to replicate the home environment away from home, with such items as bathrobes, slippers, a basket full of bathroom amenities, cordless phones, bath room scales, fogless mirrors and so on. But still the hospitality bar of soap does not fit an adult human hand. Soap bars in the Industry have increased from one ounce (28.3495 grams) to as many as two and one half ounces (70.87375 grams). When one considers that an average shower consumes only 6.0 grams of soap and the number of uses per guest stays in the range of 1 to 5 (depending upon which segment of the industry considered), it is easy to see the increase in cost and waste as the Industry chases the “home size” bar of soap. There have been great amounts of waste in the use of bars of soap with no good solution for reusing the wasted bars. The reuse of a bar of soap has a repulsive feel to it, for something used in such an intimate manner does not seem to qualify for recycling. Most bars are discarded but some make their way to various charitable institutions. The creation of a “home size” bar of soap, reduction of waste, and the reduction in cost is the goal of this invention. The invention is attempting to solve the issue of supplying and paying for only the amount of soap required to serve the particular bathing situation.
The present invention comprises a solution to the waste of hospitality industry soap by having at the core of the bar of soap an inert, less expensive material that is covered on all sides with soap. The inert material may be of any size, shape or configuration and would preferably lead to a product of comparable weight as a home size soap bar.
The inert material may take the form of a container of any shape, size or configuration with one or more chambers for the purpose of holding a variety of products such as but not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, bubble bath or body gel and adhere to that container on any or all sides (except access end) a soap film, layer or coating by any means possible in the soap production industry such as but not limited to spraying, molding, pressing, laminating or dipping, thus creating an object of a size that can fit into an adult human hand and serve as a “home size” bar of bathing soap and a supply of other soap products in a single entity, producing a completely disposable object with a minimum of soap waste and cost with the added convenience of having all bathing materials in one compact package.
The above-mentioned embodiment may have the thickness of the film, layer or coating adjusted to fit the needs of the individual consumer needs in the various Hospitality Industry divisions, such as but not limited to economy, luxury, spas, resort, cruise or medical. This could allow for fine-tuning users needs and control waste and cost.
The above-mentioned embodiment may have various types soaps such as but not limited to, deodorant, moisturizer applied on the various sides or edges of the product. This could allow for bathing alternatives with the same product.
The above-mentioned embodiment may have various other materials added to the soap such as but not limited to, oatmeal, fragrances, oils to create soap and other material film, layer, coating. This could allow for further flexibility and options available to users.
The above-mentioned embodiment may have a colored or clear core or container to indicate soap wear or internal container products.
In addition to the novel features and advantages mentioned above, other features and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following descriptions of the drawings and exemplary embodiments.
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The exemplary embodiment herein disclosed is not intended to be exhaustive or to unnecessarily limit the scope of the invention. The exemplary embodiment was chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the present invention so that others skilled in the art may practice the invention. Having shown and described the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will realize that many variations and modifications may be made to affect the described invention. Many of those variations and modifications will provide the same result and fall within the spirit of the claimed invention. It is the intention, therefore, to limit the invention only as indicated by the scope of the claims.
This application claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 13/668812 which was filed on Nov. 5, 2012. application Ser. No. 13/668812 is incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 13668812 | Nov 2012 | US |
| Child | 14011092 | US |
