Bathroom Tissue Spray Caddy

Abstract

A bathroom tissue spray caddy that hangs or otherwise affixes to a bathroom tissue dispenser. The caddy provides easy access to a bottle dispensing a cleansing fluid to bathroom tissue, for enhanced cleanliness and comfort. The caddy includes a retaining receptacle with an open top and closed bottom to hold a bottle. The receptacle contains an inner dimension suitable for accepting and retaining a bottle therein without the bottle falling out yet with sufficient space to permit ease of tilting and lifting the bottle out of the receptacle by the user. The receptacle is provided with a releaseable hanging or fastening element or elements such as a hook to enable the retaining receptacle to be affixed to a fixed position element of a bathroom tissue dispenser, such as a side bar, in such as way that the bathroom tissue spray bottle contained in the receptacle is in an upright position.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application No. 62 / 139,279 filed Mar. 27, 2015, and is co-pending with U.S. design application Ser. No. 29 / 527,812 filed May 21, 2015.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]This invention generally relates to caddies that are useful for holding a spray bottle containing a cleansing fluid that can be applied to bathroom tissue before use. More specifically, the present invention relates to a spray caddy that can be hung from or otherwise affixed to a bathroom tissue dispenser, such as to a side bar of a bathroom tissue dispenser, for convenient reach.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Personal hygiene wipes have grown in popularity but pose the problem of clogging sewer pipes and plumbing networks when flushed down the toilet, leading to costly repairs. Even though many wipes claim to be flushable, the wipes are thicker and more durable than bathroom tissue and thus do not disintegrate readily in the sew...

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Benefits of technology

[0019]A bathroom tissue spray caddy that enables convenient access to a bathroom tissue spray bottle containing a cleansing fluid that can be applied to bathroom tissue before use, for enhanced cleanliness and comfort is provided. While the preferred method of administering the cleansing fluid to the bathroom tissue is via a spray bottle, it is to be understood that the bathroom tissue spray caddy can accommodate other types of bottles as well, such as bottles that dispense fluid via a pump, dropper, or pouring mechanism.

Problems solved by technology

However the personal hygiene storage unit disclosed under the Steck et al. patent does not contain a receptacle shaped, sized, or angled to retain a spray bottle in an upright position such that it will not easily fall out, nor does it include the possibility of hanging the unit with just one hanging hook or some other means besides a pair of opposing elongated hanging hooks.

However the dual arm caddy disclosed under the Haddad et al. patent is a dual arm caddy and does not include the possibility of a single arm or hook, and it does not contain a receptacle shaped, sized, or angled to retain a spray bottle in an upright position such that it will not easily fall out.

However the fixture disclosed under the Boone patent is mounted directly on the wall and does not hang from a pre-existing dry bathroom tissue dispenser.

Further, the device is designed to hang from the spindle of the bathroom tissue dispenser and does not include the possibility of hanging from the side bar.

However the device disclosed under the Boone patent is designed to provide sheet material, not a spray bottle.

However the means disclosed under the Sieven patent provides a means for supporting a second roll of bathroom tissue and not for holding a spray bottle.

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