Rope Bathing Tool with Integrated Soap Dispenser and Bristle Strands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bathing tools fail to effectively deliver soap and provide scrubbing action for hard-to-reach body areas, such as the back, during showering, as they require manual loading and lack integrated soap delivery and scrubbing functionality.
Innovation Solution
An elongate flexible rope with integrated soap delivery and scrubbing elements, featuring a slitted tube, braided absorbent and bristle strands, and a removable liquid soap container, allowing for controlled soap dispensing and easy handling for thorough cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate bar of soap and separate scrubbing tool are used, then the scrubbing function is provided, but the soap delivery is inconvenient and requires manual loading
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a soap dispenser mechanism with a scrubbing tool by integrating the soap container, dispensing nozzle, and scrubbing elements (such as sponge or bristles) into a single unified device. This allows the user to carry both soap and scrubbing functionality in one tool, eliminating the need for separate items and manual loading procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The scrubbing tool is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a scrubbing instrument and a soap delivery system. The device can dispense liquid soap while simultaneously providing mechanical scrubbing action through its integrated sponge or bristle elements, making it a multi-functional bathing tool.
2Area of stationary object
If an elongated scrubbing tool is used to reach hard-to-reach areas, then the cleaning coverage is improved, but the tool becomes harder to handle and control
Solution Approach 1:
The elongated scrubbing tool is divided into distinct functional segments: a handle portion for gripping and control, a flexible intermediate section for reaching around body contours, and a working end with scrubbing elements and soap dispenser. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tool incorporates flexible materials in its construction, particularly in the intermediate sections and scrubbing head, allowing the elongated device to bend and conform to body shapes for reaching hard-to-access areas while remaining flexible enough to be maneuvered and controlled by the user's hand movements.
3Ease of operation
If a loop rope is used to carry soap, then the soap handling is improved, but the scrubbing function is not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the soap-carrying function (similar to a soap on a rope design) with scrubbing functionality by integrating scrubbing elements directly onto the rope or handle structure. The device maintains the convenient hanging and carrying capabilities of a rope while incorporating sponges, bristles, or other scrubbing surfaces that perform the cleaning function.
Solution Approach 2:
The rope-based device is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as a soap carrier that can be hung or worn, a soap dispenser that delivers liquid soap, and a scrubbing tool with integrated cleaning elements. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate soap holder and scrubbing tool.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a convenient and effective method for delivering soap and scrubbing hard-to-reach areas, ensuring thorough cleaning with minimal effort, as the integrated soap reservoir and bristle strands facilitate soap distribution and scrubbing action.
Implementation Method 1
a slitted (or holed or fenestrated) tube extending between ends... The tube preferably has a length similar to an overall length of the elongate flexible structure
Implementation Method 2
braided (or otherwise woven or non-woven) water absorbent elongate strands extending longitudinally over a majority of the length of the elongate flexible structure
Implementation Method 3
bristle strands are also interwoven with the absorbent strands, which bristles extend generally radially from a central axis of the bristle strands
Data Source
AI summary
A rope is formed of multiple separate strands including at least one soap supply strand, at least one bristle strand and multiple absorbent strands. These strands extend between a proximal end of a distal end of the rope. The bristle strands include bristle bundles extending radially therefrom, preferably concentrated at a central portion of the bristle strands. The soap supply strand has a hollow interior and slits which allow soap to ooze out and be accumulated on the absorbent strands. A liquid soap reservoir is attached to one end of the soap supply strand which can be squeezed to cause soap to ooze out of the slits and be collected upon the absorbent strands. A handle and the liquid soap reservoir at opposing end of the rope allow the bathing tool of elongate flexible form to be maneuvered for scrubbing and washing of skin of a bather.