Soap container for drying a soap inside a closed container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional soap containers fail to allow complete drying of a bar of soap, leading to soap softening and loss due to residual moisture contact with the container walls, and they often require drying before being closed, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A transportable soap container design featuring a first and second housing element with a spacer element and a coupling element that magnetically holds the soap away from the container walls, allowing for complete drying and easy detachment for use, with a suction cup for flexible attachment and easy cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the soap is placed directly on the bottom of the container, then the container structure is simple, but the soap cannot dry completely and becomes soft due to contact with moisture
Solution Approach 1:
A magnetic holder is introduced as an intermediary component between the soap and the container bottom. This holder elevates the soap off the container surface, allowing air circulation and moisture evaporation from all sides of the soap, thereby enabling complete drying while maintaining a relatively simple container structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical support structure is replaced by a magnetic field-based holding system. Instead of using physical supports or elevators, a magnet in the holder attracts a magnetic element in the soap, providing a contactless holding mechanism that facilitates drying while adding minimal structural complexity.
2Reliability
If the soap is held by a magnet attached to a soap holder, then the soap can dry better, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic holding function is extracted from a separate holder device and integrated directly into the container bottom. The magnet is embedded in the container, and the soap holder serves only as a support structure, simplifying the overall device by combining multiple functions into fewer components.
Solution Approach 2:
The container bottom and the magnetic holding mechanism are merged into a single integrated component. The magnet is incorporated into the container structure itself, eliminating the need for separate holding devices and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining effective soap drying capability.
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
Ensures the soap remains dry and usable by preventing contact with moisture, allowing for safe storage and easy access, with the option to detach the holder for use in wet areas while keeping the container dry.
Implementation Method 1
the first magnetic property and the second magnetic property are adapted to magnetically attract the retaining element and the coupling element
Implementation Method 2
the spacer element may have a suction cup on its side facing the inside of the first housing element
Data Source
AI summary
A soap container includes: a first housing member having an inner side and an outer side; and a second housing member having an inner side and an outer side; wherein the first housing member and the second housing member are releasably couplable to each other to form a housing of the soap container, and wherein the soap container is adapted to have a soap held between the inside of the first housing member and the inside of the second housing member; wherein the first housing member comprises a spacer member extending from the inside of the first housing member toward the inside of the soap container in the closed state of the soap container; and wherein the spacer member comprises a retaining member having a first magnetic property. Additionally, a coupling member has a second magnetic property, the coupling member being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the soap. The first magnetic property and the second magnetic property are adapted to magnetically attract the retaining member and the coupling member such that the coupling member is retained distant from the inside of the first housing member and the inside of the second housing member.