Patent ID: 8037999
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A soap dish handling system comprising: a soap dish with a plurality of apertures for the passage of water; an imperforate tray fabricated of a moisture impervious material for the retaining of water in the tray; a primary region supporting the tray and a secondary region supporting the dish laterally spaced from the primary region; and a coupling assembly including an attachment mechanism having an internal end and an external end, the internal end being operatively coupled with respect to the primary region, the external end operatively coupled with respect to the soap dish, the coupling assembly adapted to allow the movement of the soap dish with respect to the tray between an inoperative orientation and an operative orientation and through an intermediate orientation wherein the attachment mechanism includes a ring, the ring having the internal end which is pivotally attached to the tray through a first vertical axis and wherein the ring has the external end which is pivotally attached to the soap dish through a second vertical axis, the first and second vertical axes being at diametrically opposite locations of the ring and wherein the soap dish and the tray and the coupling assembly including the ring have a smooth and continuous exterior surface when in the inoperative orientation.