EP3920762B1 - Seife, halterung für seife und seifen-halterungseinheit für seife - Google Patents

Seife, halterung für seife und seifen-halterungseinheit für seife Download PDF

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EP3920762B1
EP3920762B1 EP20703237.6A EP20703237A EP3920762B1 EP 3920762 B1 EP3920762 B1 EP 3920762B1 EP 20703237 A EP20703237 A EP 20703237A EP 3920762 B1 EP3920762 B1 EP 3920762B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste or the like
    • A47K5/04—Other soap-cake holders
    • A47K5/05—Other soap-cake holders having fixing devices for cakes of soap, e.g. clamps, pins, magnets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/0081—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks for shaving soap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/08—Dispensers for soap for solid soap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
    • A47K7/02—Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements
    • A47K7/028—Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements having a rigid handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
    • A47K7/02—Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements
    • A47K7/03—Bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements containing soap or other cleaning ingredients, e.g. impregnated
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
    • A47K7/04—Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated
    • A47K7/043—Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated hand operated
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
    • C11D17/006—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets containing mainly surfactants, but no builders, e.g. syndet bar
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
    • C11D17/04—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties combined with or containing other objects
    • C11D17/041—Compositions releasably affixed on a substrate or incorporated into a dispensing means
    • C11D17/046—Insoluble free body dispenser

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  • the invention relates to a holder for a soap, more particularly a holder that can be held in one hand.
  • the invention also relates to a soap allowing a user to wash himself, this soap being intended to be held on such a holder.
  • the invention further relates to a soap-soap holder assembly. This holder is removable in the sense that it is not necessarily fixed to a wall for example.
  • the American patent published under the number US 1,617,466 , describes a handle intended to allow an object that is relatively heavy to float on water. More specifically, the handle is used to float a soap on water.
  • the handle is made from a resilient material and has a hollow area that is inserted into the soap. The contact surface between the soap and the handle is relatively small.
  • the US patent published under the number US 3,192,894 discloses a holder for an article made of a wearable material such as a bar of soap.
  • the holder includes a handle that has a male portion that is inserted into a female portion of the bar of soap.
  • the handle has protrusions that serve to hold the bar of soap in place.
  • the handle is not designed to be held in the hand, but rather to hang the bar of soap from a fixed, solid object such as a hook for hanging the bar of soap, with its usable side either up or down.
  • the patent US 4,335,007 describes a support comprising hollow elements such as dovetail grooves or spherical cavities.
  • a soap is cast into a mold during the manufacture of this soap, this mold containing the support.
  • the soap being liquid or pasty during its manufacture, it flows into the hollow elements of the support so as to fill them.
  • the soap dries, it hardens and the parts of the soap contained in the hollow elements of the support allow the soap to be held on the support.
  • Such a soap-soap holder assembly has a significant drawback.
  • the soap must be secured to the holder at the time of soap manufacture.
  • the holder cannot be reused when the soap attached to it has been used up. It is therefore a single-use holder.
  • the holder has areas with sharp corners or acute angles, these areas being in particular the areas in which the hollow elements of the holder open into the surface of this holder.
  • the soap which is in the hollow areas of the holder is not usable and is lost.
  • these sharp corners can be unpleasant for the user and cause injury or inconvenience when the soap is almost used up and some sharp corners are no longer covered by soap.
  • the state of the art includes many support systems in which a connecting element is introduced into the soap and into a holder or handle, so as to connect these two components. This implies that the connecting element must be introduced into the soap, if possible at the time of soap manufacture.
  • the present invention proposes to provide a soap holder, a soap and a soap-soap holder assembly which allows a user to wash or use a solid soap, without the risk of it slipping out of his hands.
  • the holder is reusable with a new soap when an old soap has been consumed, which implies that it is not necessary for the soap to be poured onto the holder during its manufacture, but that it can be put in place at any time.
  • a support according to claim 1 for soap intended to retain at least one soap having at least one cleaning surface, a holding face and at least one lug protruding from this holding face, said soap support comprising at least one contact face intended to be in contact with the holding face of the soap, and a handling surface arranged to be held by a user, this soap support comprising at least one housing opening into said contact face, said at least one housing being configured to receive said corresponding lug of the soap, said housing being arranged to allow said lug of the soap to be removably introduced into the housing and said soap support not comprising a protuberance intended to retain the soap on the support.
  • a soap according to claim 8 comprising at least one cleaning surface arranged to be in contact with a body to be cleaned when using the soap, a holding face arranged to be in contact with a soap holder and at least one lug emerging from the holding face, this soap being characterized in that said at least one lug is configured to be able to be removably inserted into a corresponding housing of said soap holder, in that the cleaning surface of the soap comprises at least one recess, the number of recesses, their shape and their dimensions being identical to the number of lugs, their shape and their dimensions, and in that said recesses and said lugs are configured so that said lugs of one soap can be inserted into said recesses of another identical soap.
  • a soap-holder assembly for soap formed of a holder and at least one soap, said at least one soap having at least one cleaning surface and a holding face comprising at least one lug opening out of the holding face, said holder comprising at least one contact face intended to be in contact with the soap holding face, a handling surface arranged to be held by a user and at least one housing opening out into said contact face, said at least one lug being configured to be able to be removably inserted into a corresponding housing of said soap holder and said soap holder not comprising a protuberance intended to retain the soap on the holder.
  • the soap holder serves as a handle that can be held in one hand and serves to hold the soap without it slipping.
  • This holder greatly facilitates holding the soap in the hand, especially when it is wet and worn. Holding the soap on the soap holder is carried out simply and effectively without tools and without complex handling.
  • the soap holder assembly includes a soap having a shape that allows the soap to be placed in a position that leaves at least one surface of the soap exposed so as to be able to contact the skin of a user and a holder that has a portion that contacts the soap and a portion that can be held without slipping in a hand of the user.
  • the holder holds the soap in a most surprising and unexpected manner.
  • the invention allows a user to continue using the soap even when the soap is flush with the holder without risking injury or disturbance from sharp angles formed by hollow elements such as grooves or recesses or by protruding elements such as spikes, claws or protrusions that would serve to retain the soap in the holder.
  • the soap and holder are configured so that a portion of the soap fits into a hole or recess in the holder. In one embodiment, when the soap is used up and only the portion of the soap that is held in the recess remains, this last piece of the soap can be used as a bar of soap.
  • the last piece of the soap can be removed from the recess and added to a portion of a new bar of soap, this new soap comprising a "female" housing of the same shape as the last piece of used soap. All embodiments allow the user to use the soap without it slipping in the hand, even when it is used and wet, and this until it is completely or almost completely worn out.
  • the invention allows a very simple installation and replacement of the soap on its support, without any special tool or other system or added fixing part and this, in a way totally independent of the time of the manufacture of the soap.
  • the soap does not contain any foreign part that should be connected to the support and the soap does not need to be fixed to the support during the manufacture of this soap.
  • Positioning a soap on the holder is extremely simple and holding the soap on the holder is surprisingly effective, regardless of wear and tear on the soap.
  • references formed by a number followed by a letter relate to a specific embodiment of an element of the invention. Similar elements of different embodiments of the invention have the same reference number, this reference number being followed by a different letter for different embodiments.
  • the text relates to the element described, regardless of the specific embodiment.
  • the text relates to the element described according to the specific embodiment.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a first embodiment of a soap holder 10a according to the present invention.
  • This soap holder 10a has a shape of a portion of a cylinder having two circular faces, connected by a handling surface 11a.
  • One of the faces of the soap holder forms a contact face 12a whose function is explained below.
  • the holder has a face 13a, opposite the contact face 12a.
  • the soap holder 10a further comprises a female housing 14a made in the form of a hole passing through this holder 10a and opening on the one hand into the contact face 12a and on the other hand into the face 13a opposite this contact face 12a.
  • FIG 2 is a plan view of the soap holder 10a illustrated by the figure 1 .
  • the female housing 14a is visible, this housing 14a passing through the support 10a from the contact face 12a to the opposite face 13a.
  • the housing 14a is delimited by a wall 114 forming an intersection with the contact face 12a.
  • the wall 114 of the housing 14a and the contact face 12a define an angle ⁇ at their intersection, this angle ⁇ being on the side of the support in which there is material and not on the side of the void of the housing, as illustrated by the figure 1 in particular.
  • This angle ⁇ is not acute, i.e. obtuse or right. In the illustrated embodiments, this angle is equal to 90°. As mentioned above, it could however also be obtuse.
  • the housing 12a does not have any “overhanging” element, i.e. elements of the housing whose projection on the contact face 12a would extend further than the opening of the housing 14a in the contact face 12a in the direction of the handling surface 11a or the periphery of the support, or would be larger than this opening of the housing.
  • an acute angle and overhang offers two advantages.
  • an acute angle can be unpleasant for the user and cause discomfort or even injuries at the time when this angle becomes accessible to the user, that is to say when the soap has reached a certain degree of wear.
  • the absence of an overhang makes it possible to place a new soap on the support when an old soap has been consumed. This therefore makes it possible to reuse the support.
  • the presence of an overhang implies that the soap must be fixed to the support while the soap is still pasty, that is to say during its manufacture. A new soap being in principle solid, it will not be able to be introduced into a support, the latter therefore not being reusable.
  • the soap holder 10a and more precisely the handling surface 11a, is intended to be held by a user when he wishes to use a soap held on the holder 10a.
  • the diameter and the height of the holder 10a are such that this holder can be held and handled easily.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 represent a second embodiment of a support 10b according to the invention.
  • This embodiment is similar to the embodiment of the Figures 1 and 2 , except as regards the accommodation.
  • Accommodation 14b of the embodiment of the Figures 3 and 4 has a blind hole, which opens into the face contact 12b of the support 10b for soap.
  • This housing 14b further comprises a groove 15b communicating with the blind hole and provided to receive a tool for extracting a remainder of soap.
  • the wall of the housing forms a non-acute angle ⁇ with the contact face of the support so that this housing does not form a sharp angle nor does it have an overhanging element.
  • FIGS 5 to 11 illustrate different embodiments of soaps 20 compatible with a soap holder 10 according to the Figures 1 to 4 .
  • These soaps 20 all comprise a cleaning surface 21 designed to be in contact with a body to be cleaned.
  • These soaps further comprise a holding face 22 arranged to be in contact with the contact face 12 of the soap support 10 and to hold this soap 20 on the soap support 10.
  • Each soap also includes a male lug 23 which has a shape complementary to and/or adapted to the female housing 14 of the soap holder 10.
  • the lug 23 has a cylindrical shape.
  • the base of this cylinder forming this lug can be circular, but it can also be partially circular, rectangular or any.
  • the generator of the cylinder is in principle perpendicular to the holding face 22 of the soap.
  • the soap 20a has a cleaning surface 21a, that is to say a surface in contact with the user, curved so as not to present angles which could be unpleasant for the user.
  • soap 20b has a cylindrical shape, with a rectangular cross-section. This makes it possible to have a soap with a greater quantity of material than the soap of the figure 5 , but the 20b soap has a sharp edge that can be unpleasant for the user, at least at the beginning of using a new soap.
  • the 20c soap of the figure 7 combines the advantages of soaps from figures 5 And 6 . It has a large amount of material without having sharp angles that are unpleasant for the user.
  • the 20d soap illustrated by the figure 8 comprises, in its cleaning surface 21d, a recess 24d having a shape and dimension substantially identical to the shape and dimensions of the lug 23d. This recess 24d is also visible on the figure 9 which is a top view of the 20d soap from the figure 8 .
  • FIG 10 is also a top view of a soap 20e according to the invention, comprising a recess 24e intended to receive the remainder of a used soap.
  • the recess 24e has a groove shape.
  • the soap 20 wears away until it reaches the surface of the holder 10. At this point, only the part of the soap placed in the housing, namely the lug 23, remains.
  • the housing 14a has a through hole, as illustrated for example by the Figures 1 and 2
  • the remaining soap is pressed outside this housing 14a by the face 13a opposite the contact face 12a.
  • the housing 14b has a blind hole, as illustrated by the Figures 3 and 4
  • a leftover soap corresponding to the lug 23 is extracted from the support 10 by inserting an extraction tool such as a stick or a screwdriver into the groove 15b.
  • This remaining soap can be used as a bar of soap for example.
  • the soap has a recess 24 adapted to the shape of the lug 23, as illustrated by the Figures 8 to 11 , the remaining soap corresponding to a lug 23f' of an old soap can be introduced into the recess 24 of a new soap, which avoids any waste.
  • FIG 11 illustrates a soap according to the method of making the figures 8, 9 or 10 , in which a lug 23f' of an old soap has been inserted into a recess 24f of a new soap. Due to the properties of moistened soap, in particular the fact that a soap can be slightly deformed and stuck together by simple moistening, it is simple to position the lug of an old soap in the recess of a new soap and to hold the two soaps together, thus avoiding any waste.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 represent two supports 10 for soaps having different shapes.
  • the soap holder 10c has a flat contact face 12c, as in the embodiments of Figures 1 to 4 .
  • the handling surface 11c has a shape of a portion of a sphere or a shape similar to a portion of a sphere, such that this support can be held in the hand of a user in a manner comfortable for this user.
  • FIG 13 illustrates a 10d soap holder similar to that of the Figures 1 and 2 , to which a 30d handle or handle has been added.
  • This 30d handle is intended to be able to easily hold the 10d support in the hand and acts as an 11d handling surface.
  • the handling surface 11 could have a shape chosen from a handle, a grip, a disc, a portion of a disc, a cylinder, a cylindrical strip, a portion of a sphere or any other suitable shape.
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 illustrate respectively a 10e soap holder and a 20e soap compatible with this holder.
  • the 10e soap holder has a slightly domed 12e contact face, which is also the case for the opposite 13e face. In other words, this 10e holder has a slightly barrel-shaped cross-section.
  • the angle between the handling surface 11e and the tangent to the contact face 12e is an obtuse angle referenced by the letter ⁇ on the figure 14 .
  • Such an obtuse angle implies that there is no risk of injury or discomfort when the 10e soap holder comes into contact with the user's skin when the 20e soap is practically completely consumed.
  • the 20th soap of the figure 15 is compatible for use with the 10e bracket of the figure 14 .
  • it has a holding face 22e which is also curved, of a shape complementary to the contact face 12e of the support 10e, so that the contact face 12e of the support presses against the holding face 22e of the soap and the contact surface between the contact face 12e and the holding face 22e is relatively large.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 illustrate supports 10 having a resting area intended to allow the supports to be resting in such a way that the soap does not rest on a wet or humid area and in such a way that these supports 10 do not roll.
  • the 10f support of the figure 16 has a flat area 40 on which this support 10f can be placed vertically. In this position, the soap remains exposed to the air and dries without disintegrating as is the case when the soap is simply placed in a conventional soap holder.
  • the diameter of the soap can be smaller than the diameter of the support, or the soap can also have a flat, so that the soap does not protrude from the support.
  • the 10g support of the figure 17 has a hole 50 provided to receive a rod of a holding element or foot (not shown). In this case also, the soap remains exposed to the air and does not disintegrate. Such a support can add an aesthetic effect to the whole.
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 represent two opposite faces of the same 10h support for soap, this support being illustrated in profile by the figure 20 .
  • a contact face 12h of the support 10h for soap comprises a female housing 14h intended to receive a male lug of the soap.
  • This housing 14h has a cylindrical shape with a substantially rectangular base.
  • the 10h support has an opposite face 13h to the contact face 12h, this opposite face also having a housing 14h'.
  • This housing 14h' has a cylindrical shape with a circular base.
  • the soap holder also has a through hole 60 connecting the two housings.
  • a first soap can be placed opposite the contact face 12 o'clock of the soap holder, while a second soap can be placed on the opposite face 13 o'clock.
  • the shape of the housings 14 o'clock, 14 o'clock' acts as a "foil" in the sense that a soap whose lug 23 is provided to fit into one of the housings of the holder can only be placed in this housing and not in the housing made in the opposite face.
  • the two soaps may be of identical composition and have an identical application. This may for example be the case of a soap used for washing hands, where it is quite logical that the two soaps are identical. It is also possible to have different soaps, intended for different applications, such as a soap for a user's body and a soap for washing hair. It is also possible to provide two soaps having, in particular, different compositions, perfumes or colors. The soaps may also be intended for two different people.
  • the through hole 60 connecting the two housings allows the lug to be easily removed from the soaps when they have been consumed.
  • none of the housings has an overhanging area relative to the opening of the corresponding housing.
  • FIG 21 illustrates an embodiment of a soap-soap holder assembly 70a in which a holder 10a as illustrated by the figure 1 receives two 20c soaps as illustrated by the figure 7 .
  • the holding face 22c of each of the soaps is in contact with the contact face 12a of the holder or with the opposite face 13a to the contact face.
  • the lug 23c of each soap is placed in the housing 14a of the holder.
  • the large contact surface between the holding and contact faces ensures good holding of the soaps on the holder.
  • the surface of 11a handling of the support is easily accessible to the user and allows him to hold the soap - soap support assembly firmly and conveniently, without the risk of the assembly slipping out of his hands.
  • the soap cleaning surface 21c is also easily accessible to the user, allowing the user to easily use the soap.
  • the only surface not containing soap is the handling surface 11a.
  • this handling surface is held by the user, which means that it is unlikely to come into contact with the parts of the body that the user is cleaning.
  • this handling surface rubs the user's body, it is soft and is unlikely to injure the user.
  • FIG 22 is a sectional view of a 70b soap - soap holder assembly similar to the 70a assembly of the figure 21 .
  • This set 70b is formed of a support 10e as represented by the figure 14 and two 20th century soaps similar to the soap of the figure 15 .
  • FIG 23 represents a support 10i for soap, and more precisely its contact face 12i.
  • the central housing of the previous embodiments is replaced by several housings 14i, for example three housings arranged in different places on the support. These housings 14i can be through, as is visible on the profile view of the support 10i, this profile view corresponding to the figure 25 .
  • FIG 24 is a view of the holding face 22i of the soap 20i adapted to be used in the holder 10i of the figure 23 .
  • This 20i soap has three 23i lugs positioned and sized so that they can be placed in the 14i housings of the support.
  • FIG 26 is a side view of the 20i soap illustrated by the figure 24 .
  • housings and supports other than one or three could be used, provided that a soap can be placed on a support.
  • the support could have more housings than the soap has lugs.
  • the soap could have two lugs while the support has three housings. As indicated above, it is sufficient that a soap can be held in place on a support and therefore that the contact surface between the soap and the support is sufficiently large.
  • the housing 14j of the support 10j does not have a cylindrical shape with a circular base, but has a base having a shape which can be chosen for example by the manufacturer of the support. This shape can correspond to a distinctive sign of the soap manufacturer or producer. It is clear that the soap has a lug having a corresponding shape, not necessarily identical, but such that the soap can be held on the support.
  • This embodiment allows a company to affix a distinctive sign such as a trademark or any other suitable shape of its choice, on the one hand so that its soap and the corresponding support are recognizable to the consumer and on the other hand, in order to link the support to a particular brand of soap.
  • the company can thus for example offer a support to its customers and ensure that they will only use its soap on the support in question. It is also possible to associate a shape of the base with a particular event such as for example a religious festival, a media event or other.
  • the housing of the support can be entirely through, as long as the symbol allows it or it can be partially through. In the latter case, it is advantageous to provide an extraction means to be able to remove the lug from the support when the soap is consumed.
  • the lug 23j of the soap 20j has a thread 80.
  • the housing 14j of the support 10k has a threaded area 81 complementary to the thread 80 of the soap so that the soap 20j can be “screwed” into the support 10k.
  • This threaded area, as well as the thread can be very short and can even be limited for example to a quarter turn. On the contrary, they can also extend over several turns.
  • the axis of the thread 80 of the lug is in principle perpendicular to the holding face 22j of the soap.
  • the 20j soap can be mounted on the support independently of the time of soap making, which means that the support is reusable.
  • no protruding or protruding elements protrude from the support so that the user cannot injure himself or suffer any inconvenience.
  • the remaining part of the lug 23j of the soap 20j when the soap is used up, can be extracted from the support by rotating this lug for example by means of a screwdriver or a coin. This remaining part can also be placed in a recess provided for this purpose in a new soap.
  • FIGS 31 to 36 illustrate an embodiment in which two 20k soaps are linked together by a 23k lug having a particular shape, cooperating with a 10l support also having a particular shape. More precisely, as can be seen in particular in the figure 34 , the 10l support has a 14l housing which is extended by a 90 groove opening into the 11l handling surface.
  • the lug 23k has a cylindrical shape having a portion 91 of its base in the shape of a portion of a circle with a diameter allowing the lug 23k to be placed in the housing 14l of the support, and two flats 92 parallel and spaced such that the width of the lug 23k is less wide than the width of the groove 90.
  • the lug 23k is presented opposite the groove 90 so that this lug can be moved along the groove towards the housing 14l.
  • the position of the soap relative to the support is called the introduction position.
  • a new soap can easily be placed on a holder when the soap is hard, i.e. regardless of when it was made, making the holder reusable.
  • the soap holder may be made entirely or partially of wood, synthetic or biodegradable materials, or virtually any water-resistant material.
  • the soap dish - soap holder set allows the soap(s) to be held easily and firmly, without the risk of the soap(s) slipping and falling out of the user's hands.
  • This holder prevents any waste of soap and does not present any risk of injury or inconvenience to the user.
  • the holder can be easily reused to receive a new soap.
  • This holder allows the user to easily place the soap dish - soap holder set in a position such that the set does not rest on the soap. This would have the effect of leaving the soap in the humidity, the soap then disintegrating, sticking to the holder, in an unhygienic manner.
  • the shape of the housing can be any as long as it allows a new soap to be put in place when an old soap has been consumed. This putting in place must be able to be done when the soap manufacturing is finished, when a user has acquired the soap and not during the manufacturing of this soap.
  • the support has a circular shape, seen from above. It is clear that other shapes are also conceivable. Among these shapes, there are in particular oval, ovoid, square, rectangular shapes, with rounded corners for example, but also all kinds of geometric shapes or even distinctive shapes, for example specific to a company.

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  1. Seifenhalter, der dazu bestimmt ist, mindestens eine Seife (20) mit mindestens einer Reinigungsfläche (21), einer Haltefläche (22) und mindestens einem von dieser Haltefläche abstehenden Vorsprung (23) zu halten, wobei der besagte Seifenhalter (10) mindestens eine Kontaktfläche (12), die zum Kontakt mit der Haltefläche (22) der Seife vorgesehen ist, und eine Handhabungsfläche (11) umfasst, die zum Halten durch einen Benutzer angeordnet ist, wobei dieser Seifenhalter (10) mindestens eine Aufnahme (14) umfasst, die in die besagte Kontaktfläche (12) herausragt, wobei die besagte mindestens eine Aufnahme (14) so konfiguriert ist, dass sie den besagten entsprechenden Vorsprung (23) der Seife aufnimmt (20), die besagte Vorsprung (23) der Seife abnehmbar in die Aufnahme (14) eingeführt werden kann und dass der besagte Seifenhalter keinen Vorsprung aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, die Seife auf dem Halter zu halten.
  2. Seifenhalter nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Aufnahme (14) durch eine Wand (114) begrenzt ist und dass die Wand (114) der Aufnahme (14) und die Kontaktfläche (12) zwischen sich einen nicht spitzen Winkel (α) bilden.
  3. Seifenhalter nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Aufnahme (14) durch eine Wand (114) begrenzt ist und dass die Projektion der Wand (114) der Aufnahme (14) auf der Kontaktfläche (12) die Öffnung der Aufnahme (14) in Richtung der Handhabungsfläche (11) nicht überschreitet.
  4. Seifenhalter nach Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Aufnahme (14) einen Gewindebereich (81) umfasst und dass der Vorsprung (23) ein Gewinde (80) umfasst, das komplementär zu dem Gewindebereich (81) der Aufnahme (14) ist.
  5. Seifenhalter nach Anspruch 1, wobei die besagte mindestens eine Aufnahme (14a, 14h, 14h', 14i, 14j) ein Durchgangsloch ist.
  6. Seifenhalter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei dieser Halter (10i) mehrere Aufnahmen (14i) umfasst.
  7. Seifenhalter nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei dieser Halter zwei Kontaktflächen (12) umfasst.
  8. Seife, die mindestens eine Reinigungsfläche (21), die so angeordnet ist, dass sie bei der Benutzung der Seife mit einem zu reinigenden Körper in Kontakt steht, eine Haltefläche (22), die so angeordnet ist, dass sie mit einem Seifenhalter in Kontakt steht, und mindestens einen Vorsprung (23) umfasst, der aus der Haltefläche (22) herausragt, wobei diese Seife dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass der besagte mindestens eine Vorsprung (23) so konfiguriert ist, dass er abnehmbar in eine entsprechende Aufnahme (14) des besagten Seifenhalters (10) eingeführt werden kann, dass die Reinigungsfläche (21) der Seife mindestens eine Vertiefung (24) umfasst, wobei die Anzahl der Vertiefungen, ihre Form und ihre Abmessungen mit der Anzahl der Vorsprünge (23), ihrer Form und ihren Abmessungen identisch sind, und dass die besagten Vertiefungen (24) und die besagten Vorsprünge (23) so konfiguriert sind, dass die besagten Vorsprünge (23) einer Seife in die besagten Vertiefungen (24) einer anderen identischen Seife eingeführt werden können.
  9. Seife nach Anspruch 8, wobei der besagte Vorsprung (23) eine zylindrische Form mit einer Mantellinie senkrecht zu der Haltefläche (22) aufweist.
  10. Seife nach Anspruch 8, wobei der besagte Vorsprung (23) ein Gewinde (80) mit einer Gewindeachse senkrecht zu der Haltefläche (22) umfasst.
  11. Seifen - Seifenhaltereinheit, die aus einem Halter und mindestens einer Seife besteht, wobei die besagte mindestens eine Seife mindestens eine Reinigungsfläche (21) und eine Haltefläche (22) aufweist, die mindestens einen Vorsprung (23) umfasst, der aus der Haltefläche (22) herausragt, wobei der besagte Halter (10) mindestens eine Kontaktfläche (12), die dazu bestimmt ist, mit der Haltefläche (22) der Seife in Kontakt zu stehen, eine Handhabungsfläche (11), die so angeordnet ist, dass sie von einem Benutzer gehalten werden kann, und mindestens eine Aufnahme (14) umfasst, die in die besagte Kontaktfläche (12) herausragt, der besagte mindestens eine Vorsprung (23) so konfiguriert ist, dass er abnehmbar in eine entsprechende Aufnahme (14) des besagten Seifenhalters eingeführt werden kann und dass der besagte Seifenhalter keinen Vorsprung umfasst, der dazu bestimmt ist, die Seife auf dem Halter zu halten.
  12. Seifen - Seifenhaltereinheit nach Anspruch 11, wobei diese Einheit (70) einen Seifenhalter (10) und zwei Seifen (20) umfasst.
  13. Seifen - Seifenhaltereinheit nach Anspruch 12, wobei die Aufnahme (14) des besagten Seifenhalters (10) ein Durchgangsloch umfasst und wobei die Vorsprünge (23) der beiden Seifen in dem besagten Durchgangsloch angeordnet sind.
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