Heater for shaving cream containers

• US 5,811,766 A
• Filed: 11/05/1996
• Issued: 09/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
• Original Assignee: Marvin Fabrikant, Patricia Fabrikant
• Inventors: Fabrikant, Marvin, Fabrikant, Patricia
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeffery, John A.
• Application Number:
  US08/743,819
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 219/200-201, 219/214, 219/520, 219/521, 219/535, 219/438, 219/441, 219/446, 219/432, 219/433, 219/242, 219/385-387, 141/82, 392/473-474, 392/476-477, 222/146.3, 222/146.5, 222/192, 248/311.2, 248/311.3, 248/346.03, 248/346.11
• US Class Current: 219/521
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 27/00 Shaving accessories containers for handling shaving soap A45D40/00; shaving mirrors A45D42/08
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0252 Domestic applications
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/00 Ohmic-resistance heating
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/58 Heating hoses; Heating collars

Abstract

A heater for conventional shaving cream containers comprises a dome- or ring-shaped heating element. The ring-shaped heating element can be either a donut-shaped heater that fits around the outer surface at the upper region of the shaving cream container, or it can be a dome or inverted dome-shaped heating element permitting the weight of the container to rest on the heating element. Also, the ring-shaped heater may include an inner ring which allows the heater to hang from an upper edge of the shaving cream container.

Claims

1. A device for heating shaving cream comprising a base having a top surface, a substantially dome-shaped heating element disposed on the top surface of said base, a continuous circular housing disposed perpendicular to the top surface of the base which encircles the substantially dome-shaped heating element, and a shaving cream container containing shaving cream positioned on top of the substantially dome-shaped heating element and supported in place by the continuous circular housing, said substantially dome-shaped heating element contacting substantially all of a concave bottom surface of the shaving cream container to directly pass heat across substantially all of said concave bottom surface.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a power supply cord having an end adapted to fit into a 120 V wall socket.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base is composed of heat-resistant plastic.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the heating element is coiled electrical resistance wire.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising at least one battery disposed within said base.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising at least one battery disposed outside said base.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising at least one sensor to turn off the heating element when a shaving cream container is not in contact with the heating element and which turns on the heating element when a shaving cream container is in contact with the heating element.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the heating element is regulated by a thermostat.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 wherein the thermostat maintains the heating element at a temperature of about 120°

F.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the continuous circular housing includes a flange around a top inner edge of the housing.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the continuous circular housing has a height less than half the height of the shaving cream container.

12. A device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the base is substantially wider than a diameter of the shaving cream container.

13. A device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the base and the circular housing are composed of at least one plastic.

14. A device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the substantially dome-shaped heating element is fully dome-shaped.

15. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the top surface of the base includes at least one magnet between the continuous circular housing and the dome-shaped heating element.

16. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaving cream container is metal.

17. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the continuous circular housing contains an additional heating element.

18. A device for heating shaving cream consisting essentially of a base having a top surface, a substantially dome-shaped heating element disposed on the top surface of said base, a continuous circular housing disposed perpendicular to the top surface of the base which encircles the dome-shaped heating element, and a shaving cream container containing shaving cream positioned on top of the dome-shaped heating element and supported in place by the continuous circular housing, said substantially dome-shaped heating element contacting substantially all of a concave bottom surface of the shaving cream container to directly pass heat across substantially all of said concave bottom surface.

19. A method of heating shaving cream in a shaving cream container comprising the steps of:

providing a base having a top surface, a substantially dome-shaped heating element disposed on the top surface of said base, and a continuous circular housing disposed perpendicular to the top surface of the base which encircles the substantially dome-shaped heating element; and

disposing said shaving cream container over the substantially dome-shaped heating element and within the continuous circular housing, said substantially dome-shaped heating element contacting substantially all of a concave bottom surface of the shaving cream container to directly pass heat across substantially all of said concave bottom surface to heat the shaving cream therein.