Soap Holder Grid Imprinting for Drying and Exfoliation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soap holding devices inadequately dry the underside of soap bars, leading to stickiness and loss of imprint designs, and fail to effectively score or texture the soap for better skin exfoliation and deep cleansing.

Innovation Solution

A soap holding device with a base member and a telescopically pressing cover member featuring grid-like patterns and apertures, which imprint designs and texture the soap after every use, enhancing drying and exfoliation capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If drainage holes and protuberances are added to the bottom of the holder, then the drying capability of the holder is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedrying capabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The base member is divided into multiple sections with numerous small apertures distributed across the bottom surface, rather than using a single drainage hole. This segmentation increases the total drying surface area while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention transitions from point-based drainage (single holes) to surface-based drainage (multiple apertures distributed across the bottom surface), effectively adding dimensional coverage to the drying function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If the imprint-side of the soap is placed facing the bottom of the holder, then the soap is easier to place, but the imprint dissolves even quicker due to inadequate drying

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of placementVSAvoidimprint durability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The holder provides excessive drying action through multiple apertures distributed across the bottom surface, ensuring that even when the imprint-side faces downward, the enhanced drying capacity compensates for the reduced protection, maintaining imprint durability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Reliability

If the underside of the soap is not thoroughly dried in the holder, then the soap becomes sticky and adheres to the holder, but adding drainage holes only slightly enhances drying capability

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedrying effectivenessVSAvoidstickiness and adhesion

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom surface is segmented into numerous small apertures distributed across multiple areas, creating multiple drainage pathways that collectively provide significantly enhanced drying effectiveness compared to single or few holes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the bottom surface are equipped with apertures, creating localized drying zones across the entire bottom surface, ensuring comprehensive drying of the soap underside regardless of its position in the holder.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

4Ease of manufacture

If a simple holder structure is used, then the manufacturing cost is lower, but the ability to dry more surface area of the soap is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing costVSAvoiddrying surface area

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom surface is divided into multiple sections with numerous small apertures distributed across them, significantly increasing the effective drying surface area while maintaining a simple monolithic base member structure that remains cost-effective to manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The bottom surface is designed with a porous-like pattern of multiple apertures, effectively increasing the drying surface area without requiring complex porous material fabrication, thus maintaining manufacturing simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

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 device effectively dries a larger surface area of the soap, maintains imprint designs, and textures both sides for improved skin exfoliation and deep cleansing, while being cost-effective and easy to use.

Implementation Method 1

The cover member includes one grid-like pattern and a design both of which will be imprinted onto the soap after every use when the cover member is telescopically pressed downwardly into the base member

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCompression: Compression

Implementation Method 2

The base member includes another grid-like pattern that will also be imprinted onto the soap after every use... effectively dries more surface area of the underside of the soap

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Data Source

PatentUS7789654B2Soap holding device having design imprinter

Publication Date: 2010.09.07 LENARD MARK B

AI summary

A soap holding device includes a base member having a first grid pattern with a plurality of apertures and a co-mating cover member having the capability of being lowered telescopically downwardly into the base member as a soap bar becomes smaller with use. The cover member also includes a second grid pattern with a plurality of apertures and an imprinting portion for imprinting designs onto the soap bar after every use when the cover member exerts pressure thereon to produce the capability of better skin exfoliation and deep cleansing.