FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to shower soap cases used to hold soap between uses. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a collapsible shower wall soap holding device that can be installed in a bath or shower wall and holds in a standing position handmade soap as well as other soaps sold by commercial retailers.

BACKGROUND

An increased number of consumers have switched from using bar soap to liquid soap. Many are turned off by the gooky waste that is collected from soap holding apparatuses when soap is place in them between uses. This is particularly a problem for consumers who use all-natural handmade soap. With the increase among consumers for natural products, handmade soap makers are experiencing an increase in demand for their products. Handmade soap is larger and shaped differently than traditional soaps sold on the market. A traditional bar of soap may be 1″×2″×3.75″ or often smaller. Handmade soap may be 1″×3″×4″. Seeing that handmade soaps are not sold in grocery store chains or department stores, options are limited for storing the soap between uses.

Handmade soap makers have either resorted to making their own packaging or just wrapping it in regular paper. In addition to that, the soap doesn't fit very well into the traditional soap cases/dishes sold in stores. They are either stored in loofah soap pouches or wrapped up in paper or plastic. This decreases the amount of uses a customer will get out of that soap because the soap needs air to dry and keep it from dissolving or melting away. Soap cases/dishes on the market are made to have the soap lay on the dish. In between washes, the water drains from the soap and the soap is laying in the bacteria from the water causing it to quickly dissolve from laying in the excess water. None of the soap holders provide a way for the soap to be able to stand instead of laying on the dish and none of them are designed in a way that allows the excess water to drain out while the soap is in the holder.

A need exists in the field for a soap hosting apparatus that will accept a range of different sized soaps including handmade soap. The soap will be positioned on the collapsible holster standing upright instead of laying. The collapsible soap holster has a hole on each arm that clamps into the recessed soap case. There is also a drip tray below to catch the water that drains from the soap. A further need exists for this apparatus to collapse and fold into the recessed soap case to keep the soap from falling when wet and slippery. Finally, there is also a need for the configuration of additional apparatuses to accommodate the dimensions of other soap molds and sizes.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention comprises a recessed soap case with pins that the collapsible soap holster clamps into that rest on a drip tray which is in place to catch the excess water that drips from the soap when it has been used. The hosting device is configured in different sizes to accommodate different shapes and molds of soap.

The recessed soap case can be mounted in a wall. The collapsible soap holster is attached to the recessed soap tray and can hold a bar of soap in a standing position. The collapsible soap holster may transition between an open and a closed holster configuration by application of push-to-open force that engage and disengage a push-to-open latch. The drip tray can sit underneath the soap holster and may transition between a closed drip tray configuration and an open drip tray configuration by application of a push-to-open force that engages and disengages a push-to-open latch.

