Abstract:
A bathing glove for more efficiently and comfortably washing a body. The bathing glove includes a body member designed for receiving a hand of a user with a pocket portion. The pocket portion has an aperture designed for holding a bar of soap. The pocket portion is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent the palm of the hand.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to bath gloves and more particularly pertains to a new bathing glove for more efficiently and comfortably washing a body. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of bath gloves is known in the prior art. More specifically, bath gloves heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
     Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,825,499; U.S. Pat. No. 5,673,435; U.S. Pat. No. 3,885,249; U.S. Pat. No. 3,711,889; U.S. Pat. No. 4,183,100; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 349,373. 
     While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new bathing glove. The inventive device includes a body member designed for receiving a hand of a user. The body member includes a pocket portion. The pocket portion has an aperture designed for holding a bar of soap. The pocket portion is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent the palm of the hand. 
     In these respects, the bathing glove according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of more efficiently and comfortably washing a body. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bath gloves now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new bathing glove construction wherein the same can be utilized for more efficiently and comfortably washing a body. 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new bathing glove apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bath gloves mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new bathing glove which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bath gloves, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a body member designed for receiving a hand of a user with a pocket portion. The pocket portion has an aperture designed for holding a bar of soap. The pocket portion is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent the palm of the hand, a body member designed for receiving a hand of a user with a pocket portion. The pocket portion has an aperture designed for holding a bar of soap. The pocket portion is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent the palm of the hand. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention 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 invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 
     Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new bathing glove apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bath gloves mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new bathing glove which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bath gloves, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a new bathing glove which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed. 
     It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new bathing glove which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
     An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such bathing glove economically available to the buying public. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove for more efficiently and comfortably washing a body. 
     Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove which includes a body member designed for receiving a hand of a user with a pocket portion. The pocket portion has an aperture designed for holding a bar of soap. The pocket portion is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent the palm of the hand. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove that allows the user to soap his body without worrying about dropping the soap bar. 
     Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new bathing glove that more thoroughly cleans the body by means of the textured surface of the glove. 
     These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The invention 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: 
     FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a new bathing glove according to the present invention. 
     FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the present invention. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 3 thereof, a new bathing glove embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3, the bathing glove  10  generally comprises a body member  12  that includes a perimeter wall  14  defining an interior space  16 . The body member  12  is designed for receiving a hand of the user into the interior space  16  through an open end  18  of the body member  12 . 
     A pocket portion  20  is coupled to an aperture  22  in the perimeter wall  14  of the body member  12 . The pocket portion  20  is designed for holding a bar of soap when the user is bathing. The pocket portion  20  is proximate a palm portion  26  of the body member  12  such that the pocket portion  20  is designed for positioning the bar of soap adjacent a palm of the hand for the user to apply pressure on the bar of soap when the hand of the user is positioned in the body member  12  while bathing. 
     The pocket portion  20  includes a bottom wall  28  and a peripheral wall  30 , both defining a cavity  32 . The cavity  32  is designed for holding the bar of soap such that the soap is insertable into the cavity  32  of the pocket portion  20  through the interior space  16  of the body member  12 . 
     In an embodiment, the pocket portion  20  comprises a porous material for permitting water to flow over the bar of soap when the bar of soap is positioned in the pocket portion  20 . The porous material of the pocket portion  20  is designed for facilitating scrubbing and exfoliating of the skin of the user. 
     The body member  12  includes a plurality of digit sleeves  34 . The digit sleeves  34  are positioned opposite the open end  18  of the body member  12 . Each of the digit sleeves  34  is designed for receiving one of the digits  36  of the hand of the user when the hand of the user is positioned in the interior space  16  of the body member  12 . 
     Each of the digit sleeves  34  includes a free end  38  positioned opposite the open end  18 . The free end  38  of each of the digit sleeves  34  includes an orifice  40  for permitting a portion of a respective one of the digits  36  to extend from the body member  12 . 
     A strap  42  is coupled to the body member  12  adjacent the open end  18  of the body member  12 . The strap  42  is designed for extending around a wrist of the user for securing the body member  12  to the wrist of the user when the hand of the user is positioned in the interior space  16  of the body member  12 . 
     The strap  42  includes a first end  46  and second end  48 . The first end  46  includes a first fastener portion  50  coupled to an exterior surface  52  of the strap  42 . 
     The second end  48  includes a second fastener portion  54  coupled to an interior surface  56  of the strap  42 . 
     The first fastener portion  50  is for releasably coupling to the second fastener portion  54  such that the second end  48  of the strap  42  extends over the first end  46  of the strap  42  for adjustably setting a radius of the strap  42  when the first end  46  is coupled to the second end  48 . The fastener portions are designed for adjustably accommodating a variety of wrist sizes. 
     The first fastener portion  50  comprises a first portion  58  of hook and loop fastener  59 . The second fastener portion  54  comprises a second portion  60  of hook and loop fastener  59 . The first portion  58  of hook and loop fastener  59  is complimentary to the second portion  60  of hook and loop fastener  59  such that the first portion  58  of hook and loop fastener  59  is releasably couplable to the second portion  60  of hook and loop fastener  59 . 
     The first and second ends  46 ,  48  of the strap  42  are positioned adjacent a back portion  62  of the body member  12  such that the first end  46  and the second end  48  of the strap  42  are designed for being positioned adjacent a back of the wrist. This allows adjusting of the radius of the strap  42  when the hand of the user is positioned in the interior space  16  of the body member  12 . 
     As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, 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 the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention 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 invention.