Pliable wire soap holder

The invention is a wire frame which is bent in an "S" like formation to form a soap holder for two bars of soap. The top of the "S" frame being slightly concave to allow a bar of soap to set on the top. Two suction cups are attached to the frame to allow the soap holder to be attached to a wall or sink. The frame is make out of a pliable wire so that the end user can modify the frame to fit his sink. The soap dish holder is prepared by a method of wrapping a pliable wire around post on the jig and spot welding the wire at the point at which the wire comes in contact with itself and than dipping the wire in a plastic coating and shaping the wires so it can hold the two bars of soap. Lastly suction cups are added to the wore frame so that it can be attached to a wall or sink.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to a mountable soap dish holder and more 
particularly to a mountable soap dish holder made out of wire. 
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
One of the biggest problems with most soap dish holders is that they allow 
water to collect and stand within them. When the soap bar is then placed 
within the holder the water soften and dissolve the bar of soap and thus 
the bar does not last long. To eliminate this problem, soap dishes as 
found in E. L. Dennis U.S. Pat. No. 1,608,928 and I. Morse U.S. Pat. No. 
2,560,699 were made out of wire. Both of these patents however show a very 
complicated wire form soap dish. These forms would be expensive to 
manufacture. Also neither of these holder are design to carry two bar. 
Another problem with soap dish holders constructed out of wire or other 
metal or plastics are that the individual using the holder can not modify 
the holder to fit on several different sink design. The two above mention 
patents with the wire soap dish holders clearly can not be modify to fit 
the many different types and shapes of sink. 
Another problem that plague soap dish holder is that it is very difficult 
to build a holder that can be held in place on the vertical surface of a 
sink. One of the ways inventors have attempted to do this is to use a 
suction cup to fit on to the vertical surface of the sink. The problem 
with this method is that by placing the soap dish horizontal to the wall, 
the holder put torque upon the suction cup and the suction cup does not 
stay in place well. Attempts to solve this problem can be shown in P. P. 
Pierce U.S. Pat. No. 1,146,275 and W. S. Weiant, Jr. U.S. Pat. No. 
2,044,520. In both of these patents to counteract the torque placed on the 
suction cups by the soap dish being horizontal to plane of the wall, a 
support rod is attached to the holder and holds the holder away from the 
wall. These support rods make the invention more expensive to manufacture. 
It is an object of this invention to devise a soap dish which will not 
allow water to stand within it causing the soap to dissolve and become 
mush and thus wasting soap. It is the further object of the invention to 
invent a light weight holder that can hold two bars of soap. Another 
objective of this invention to produce a soap dish holder that can easily 
be modify by the user to make it fit the user's sink design. It is also 
the objective of this invention to build a soap dish holder that is 
inexpensive to manufacture and attractive. The feature that make this 
invention possible are light weight pliable wire that can be dip in a 
plastic coating. An additional feature of this invention is the method of 
manufacture of the soap dish holder which allows the holder to be 
manufactured easily and inexpensively. 
The advantages of the invention are that water will not be able to collect 
within the soap dish holder thus there will be no water to dissolve the 
soap when the soap is in the holder. Also the inventor soap dish is design 
to hold two bars of soap effectively against the vertical side of a sink. 
A further advantage of this invention is that the soap dish holder can be 
modify by the user so that they can make it fit the type of sink the user 
has. Another advantage of this invention is that the inventor has devise a 
way to easily and inexpensively manufacture his invention. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The invention is basically a wire frame which is bent in an "S" like 
formation to form a soap holder for two bars of soap. The top of the "S" 
frame being slightly concave to allow a bar of soap to set on the top. Two 
suction cups are attached to the frame to allow the soap holder to be 
attached to a wall or sink. The frame is make out of a pliable wire so 
that the end user can modify the frame to fit his sink. The soap dish 
holder is prepared by a method of wrapping a pliable wire around post on 
the jig and spot welding the wire at the point at which the wire comes in 
contact with itself and than dipping the wire in a plastic coating and 
shaping the wires so it can hold the two bars of soap. Lastly suction cups 
are added to the wire frame so that it can be attached to a wall or sink.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
The invention is basically a wire frame 10 which is bent in a "S" like 
formation to form a soap holder for two bars of soap. FIG. 1 shows the 
invention adapted to fit on a vertical wall. In this configuration two 
suction cups 12 and 14 are placed on the end of the wire frame so that it 
can be easily attached to a wall as shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 shows the 
invention adapted for a sink. In this embodiment the suction cups are move 
down the sides of the wire frame so that it can be attached to a 
horizontal surface for a sink as shown in FIG. 4. 
FIG. 5 shows how simply the invention can be made. The invention is made on 
a jig 20 that has five posts 22, 24, 26, 28, and 30. One starts by 
wrapping the wire around one of the bottom post 22 or 30. Then the wire is 
wrap around the middle top post 26 and then one brings the wire downward 
and wrap it around the other bottom post. The wire then is carried upward 
and is wrap around all three of the top posts 26, 28 and 30 and then 
continue downward and wrap all the way around to post 30 or 22 again. The 
wire is then spot welded at the beginning and the end of the wire at posts 
22 and 30 and at the top middle post 26. The wire is then dip in plastic 
to make it rust proof and then bent into the proper shape for the soap 
dish holders. Two suction cups 12 and 14 are then added to the invention. 
FIGS. 2 and 4 show the shape of the invention the wire frame is basically 
the same shape for the soap dish holder on a vertical wall as it is for a 
soap dish holder attached to a horizon surface or a sink. The wire is 
formed in to an "S" like shape with the top part of "S" being slightly 
concave. This enable a bar of soap to fit at the top portion of the S. A 
bar of soap fits in the bottom curve of the S for both the sink holder and 
the vertical wall holder. One of the great advantage of this soap dish 
holder is due to the fact that it is made out of pliable wire and can be 
form by the end user into the form which best suit the end user's sink. 
Also because it is made out of wire, the soap on the dish easily dries and 
no water is held in the soap holder to dissolve the soap.