Patent ID: 8157124

Claim:
A soap dish handling system comprising: a soap dish in a rectilinear configuration with a plurality of apertures for the passage of water; an imperforate tray in a rectilinear configuration fabricated of a moisture impervious material for the retaining of water in the tray; a primary region supporting the tray; 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, the coupling assembly including a horizontally disposed pivot pin with upstanding fingers constituting the attachment mechanism, the fingers having lower internal ends secured adjacent to the tray, the fingers having upper external ends receiving the pivot pin, the pivot pin being pivotally attached to the soap dish for pivotal movement of the soap dish, the soap dish having side walls with a top and a bottom and a lower edge, an imperforate sheet between the side walls adjacent to the bottom and with rods coupling the side walls, the coupling assembly adapted to allow the movement of the soap dish with respect to the tray between an inoperative orientation with the soap dish tipped rearwardly less than 90 degrees from the vertical to allow excess moisture to fall to the tray and an operative orientation with the soap dish tipped forwardly greater than 90 degrees from the vertical to allow the bar of soap to slide in to the external end at an operative orientation from the inoperative orientation and to allow excess moisture from the bar of soap and the moisture contained in the tray to fall to a drain and an intermediate orientation with the soap dish extending upwardly to preclude excess moisture from falling from the soap dish.