Various types of soap holders are known in the prior art. However, what has been needed is a sloped soap holder including a rectangular base unit and a plurality of foot members disposed on a bottom surface of the rectangular base unit. What has been further needed is a single continuous sloped soap platform disposed on a top surface of the rectangular base unit, and each of a right pair and a left pair of a plurality of a pair of vertically disposed X-shaped side supports having a lower surface disposed on the top surface of the rectangular base unit and an inner surface attached to each of the right edge and the left edge, respectively, of the sloped soap platform. Lastly, what has been needed is for each of a plurality of drain openings and a plurality of linear grooves to be disposed within the sloped soap platform, and for a plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks to also be disposed on the sloped soap platform. Unlike other soap holders, the sloped soap holder is thus structured to better drain and preserve a soap bar through the raised sloped soap platform and the plurality of drain openings disposed within the raised sloped soap platform.
The present invention relates to soap holders, and more particularly, to a sloped soap holder.
The general purpose of the present sloped soap holder, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a sloped soap holder which has many novel features that result in a sloped soap holder which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present sloped soap holder includes a rectangular base unit having a front side, a rear side, a right side, a left side, a top surface, and a bottom surface. A plurality of foot members, optionally four, is disposed on the bottom surface of the rectangular base unit. Each of the plurality of foot members is optionally rubberized for improved traction. A single continuous sloped soap platform is disposed on the top surface of the rectangular base unit. The sloped soap platform has a right edge, a left edge, a U-shaped bottom portion disposed proximal the front side of the rectangular base unit, a flattened square top portion, and a sloped middle portion disposed between the U-shaped bottom portion and the flattened square top portion. The sloped middle portion is downwardly sloped from the flattened square top portion to the U-shaped bottom portion.
The sloped soap holder further includes a plurality of a pair of vertically disposed X-shaped side supports including a right pair and a left pair. Each of the right pair and the left pair has a lower surface, an upper surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The lower surface of each of the right pair and the left pair is disposed on the top surface of the rectangular base unit and the inner surface proximal the upper surface is attached to each of the right edge and the left edge, respectively, of the sloped soap platform between the flattened square top portion and the sloped middle portion.
A plurality of drain openings is continuously and medially disposed within the sloped middle portion of the sloped soap platform from proximal the flattened square top portion to proximal the U-shaped bottom portion. A plurality of linear grooves is disposed within the U-shaped bottom portion of the sloped soap platform. Each of the plurality of linear grooves is disposed from proximal the right edge of the sloped soap platform to proximal the left edge of the sloped soap platform. A plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks is also disposed on a top area of the sloped middle portion of the sloped soap platform. A soap bar is removably disposed atop each of the U-shaped bottom portion and the sloped middle portion of the sloped soap platform.
The sloped soap platform, in combination with the plurality of linear grooves, the plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks, and the plurality of drain openings, is specifically structured to better drain, grasp, and preserve a soap bar within a soap holder. Each of the plurality of drain openings and the plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks is optionally five in order to ensure proper drainage and a sufficient gripping surface for the soap bar.
Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present sloped soap holder so 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.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
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The sloped soap holder 10 further includes a plurality of a pair of vertically disposed X-shaped side supports 48 including a right pair 50 and a left pair 52. Each of the right pair 50 and the left pair 52 has a lower surface 54, an upper surface 56, an inner surface 58, and an outer surface 60. The lower surface 54 of each of the right pair 50 and the left pair 52 is disposed on the top surface 30 of the rectangular base unit 20 and the inner surface 58 proximal the upper surface 56 is attached to each of the right edge 38 and the left edge 40, respectively, of the sloped soap platform 36 between the flattened square top portion 44 and the sloped middle portion 46.
A plurality of drain openings 62 is continuously and medially disposed within the sloped middle portion 46 of the sloped soap platform 36 from proximal the flattened square top portion 44 to proximal the U-shaped bottom portion 42. A plurality of linear grooves 64 is disposed within the U-shaped bottom portion 42 of the sloped soap platform 36. Each of the plurality of linear grooves 64 is disposed from proximal the right edge 38 of the sloped soap platform 36 to proximal the left edge 40 of the sloped soap platform 36. A plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks 66 is also disposed on a top area 68 of the sloped middle portion 46 of the sloped soap platform 36. A soap bar 70 is removably disposed atop each of the U-shaped bottom portion 42 and the sloped middle portion 46 of the sloped soap platform 36. Each of the plurality of drain openings 62 and the plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks 66 is optionally five.
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