Soap Dish Receptacle For Liquid Containment and With Overflow Relief

Abstract

A soap dish receptacle has a top cover detachably removable from the bottom, which serves as a receptacle for soap residue drained from the top cover. The soap residue can be removed by detaching the top cover or by a self-draining outlet in the bottom.

1 . A soap receptacle with projecting ribs for holding a bar of soap above, and spaced from, a top planar surface and including a pattern of drain holes communicating from the top planar surface through a top part of the receptacle into a self draining interior reservoir, comprising, 
 a receptacle comprising a top part, a bottom part, and side parts, joined with said bottom part and said top part;    said receptacle comprising an interior reservoir enclosed by said side parts and said bottom part and at least partially enclosed by said top part;    said top part having a top planar surface and an opposed bottom surface and an exposed edge between said top planar surface and said opposed bottom surface;    an opening to said interior reservoir enclosed by said top part exposed edge and said side parts;    a plurality of projecting ribs mounted on said top planar surface;    said projecting ribs having contact areas displaced from said top planar surface and extending in an orthogonal direction outside said receptacle;    said projecting ribs defining a space between said contact areas and said top planar surface, for supporting soap, displaced from said top planar surface by said defined space;    said top part comprising a plurality of drain holes communicating between said top planar surface and said interior reservoir, to drain soap residue from said top planar surface into said interior reservoir;    at least one of said side parts, having an indentation extending from said top part opposed bottom surface to a lower level within said interior reservoir, for draining said interior reservoir to said lower level.    
   
   
       2 . The soap receptacle of  claim 1 , wherein said top planar surface is arranged in a downward gradient to said opening of said reservoir, and adapted for the flow of soap residue from said top surface to said opening to said interior reservoir and into said interior reservoir.  
   
   
       3 . The soap receptacle of  claim 2  including a joint in said side parts adapted for separating said top part and exposing said interior reservoir.  
   
   
       4 . The soap receptacle of  claim 3 , wherein said joint is an interlocking joint.  
   
   
       5 . (canceled)  
   
   
       6 . (canceled)  
   
   
       7 . The soap receptacle of  claim 1 , wherein said projecting ribs and said drain holes are arranged in a pattern with rows of drain holes arranged orthogonally or parallel, to said ribs.  
   
   
       8 . The soap receptacle of  claim 2  wherein said projecting ribs are arranged in an orthogonal pattern.  
   
   
       9 - 13 . (canceled)  
   
   
       14 . A soap receptacle with projecting ribs for holding a bar of soap above, and spaced from, a top planar surface and including a pattern of drain holes communicating from the top planar surface through a top part of the receptacle into a self draining interior reservoir, comprising, 
 a receptacle comprising a top part, a bottom part, and side parts, joined with said bottom part and said top part;    said receptacle comprising an interior reservoir enclosed by said side parts and said bottom part and at least partially enclosed by said top part;    said top part having a top planar surface and an opposed bottom surface and an exposed edge between said top planar surface and said opposed bottom surface;    at least one of said side parts comprising an indentation spaced from the level of said exposed edge, to an indentation level within said reservoir;    an opening to said interior reservoir defined by said top part exposed edge; said side parts and by said indentation; and    whereby soap residue within said interior reservoir can flow out of said the interior reservoir at said indenture level.    
   
   
       15 . The soap receptacle of  claim 14 , comprising a plurality of projecting ribs mounted on said top planar surface; 
 said projecting ribs having contact areas displaced from said top planar surface and extending in an orthogonal direction outside said receptacle;    said projecting ribs defining a space between said contact area and said top planar surface, for supporting soap, displaced from said top planar surface by said space;    said top part comprising a plurality of drain holes communicating between said top planar surface and said interior reservoir, to drain soap residue from said top planar surface into said interior reservoir.    
   
   
       16 . The soap receptacle of  claim 14 , wherein said top planar surface is arranged in a downward gradient to said opening of said reservoir, and adapted for the flow of soap residue from said top part to said opening to said interior reservoir.  
   
   
       17 . A soap receptacle with projecting ribs for holding a bar of soap above, and spaced from, a top planar surface and including at least one drain hole communicating from the top planar surface through a top part of the receptacle into a self draining interior reservoir, comprising, 
 first means for a receptacle;    said first means comprising second means for supporting a bar of soap at a first level on top of said first means;    said first means comprising third means within said first means, for an enclosed reservoir for containing within said receptacle, soap residue from said second means;    said second means comprising fourth means for draining said soap residue from said second means into said third means;    said first means comprising a fifth means for a first opening into said third means extending from said first level to a second level within said third means.    
   
   
       18 . The soap receptacle of  claim 17 , wherein said first means comprises sixth means for defining a second opening in said third means at said first level with at least a part of said second opening coextensive with said first opening, for draining said soup residue from said third means from said second level.  
   
   
       19 . The soap receptacle of  claim 18 , comprising seventh means for a plurality of projecting ribs mounted on said second means; said seventh means having means for contact areas displaced from said second means and extending in an orthogonal direction from said first means; said seventh means comprising means for defining a space between said contact area and second means, for supporting soap, displaced from said second means by said defined space.  
   
   
       20 . The soap receptacle of  claim 17 , wherein said fourth means comprises a gradient in said second means, for draining soap residue from said second means to said third means.