Dry soap dispenser

• US 4,527,764 A
• Filed: 10/17/1983
• Issued: 07/09/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vernon C. Krause
• Original Assignee: Vernon C. Krause
• Inventors: Krause, Vernon C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Machado, Reinaldo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C
• Application Number:
  US06/542,593
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 312/351, 312/352, 248/309.1, 248/205.3, 248/306, 248/316, 248/300, 206/77.1
• US Class Current: 248/309.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/08 for solid soap

Abstract

A soap bar dispenser has a support strap mountable atop a horizontal support surface, an inclined ramp 12 supported by the support strap, and a raised stop 18 located adjacent a lower end of the ramp. A slide plate 24 is supported upon the ramp for movement between a soap bar holding position with a lower end of the slide located at a relatively low position with respect to the stop and a soap bar dispensing position with a lower slide end located at a relatively high position with respect to the stop.

Claims

1. A soap bar dispenser comprising a support strap adapted to be mounted atop a generally horizontal support surface;

an inclined ramp supported by said support strap;

said ramp having a raised island;

a raised stop located adjacent a lower end of said ramp; and

a slide having an opening through which said island may project;

said slide being supported upon said ramp for movement between a soap bar holding position with a lower end of said slide located at a relatively low position with respect to said stop and a soap bar dispensing position with said lower slide end located at a relatively high position with respect to said stop.

2. A soap bar dispenser comprising an inclined ramp having at least one raised island upon which a soap bar can be supported;

a stop extending upwardly from a lower end of said ramp;

a pair of side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of said ramp;

a slide detached from but resting upon said ramp between said side walls upon which a soap bar may be supported in abutment with said stop and with said slide defining at least one opening through which said ramp island extends; and

a lift tab extending from said slide by which a lower end of said slide may be manually lifted off said ramp to enable a soap bar supported thereon to pass over said stop and slide off said slide.