Patent ID: 7789654
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A soap holding device adapted for imprinting, scoring and drying a wet soap bar, comprising: a base member having a surface with a first grid pattern; said first grid pattern of said base member including a plurality of apertures; opposed first and second side walls and opposed first and second end walls extending vertically and upwardly from said surface of said base member, collectively forming a reservoir for holding the wet soap bar; said opposed first and second side walls having U-shaped cutouts; said opposed first and second end walls having trapezoidally-shaped cutouts; said base member including first through fourth legs; a cover member having the capability of being lowered telescopically downwardly into said base member as the soap bar becomes smaller with use; said cover member having opposed finger grips, a top surface, a bottom surface, a downwardly-extending peripheral skirt and a second grid pattern; said downwardly-extending peripheral skirt being formed of a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall; said opposed finger grips laterally extending from said top surface of said cover member at a substantially central location that is equidistant from said first and second end walls along said first and second side walls; said second grid pattern of said cover member including a plurality of apertures formed in rows and columns that extend through said top surface of said cover member and an imprinting portion located substantially in the center of said cover member for impressing designs onto said wet soap bar after every use when said cover member exerts pressure thereon.