U.S. patent application number 13/526448 was filed with the patent office on 2013-12-19 for shower ball structure.
The applicant listed for this patent is Ming-Hsin Chen. Invention is credited to Ming-Hsin Chen.
Application Number | 20130333136 13/526448 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49754568 |
Filed Date | 2013-12-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130333136 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen; Ming-Hsin |
December 19, 2013 |
SHOWER BALL STRUCTURE
Abstract
A shower ball structure includes a body, a bonder and an outer
net. The body has a plurality of polyester fibers. The polyester
fibers are made of recycled PET bottles. The polyester fibers are
intertwined, stacked or woven with each other so that the body is
formed as band-shaped. The polyester fibers define a plurality of
grid members therebetween. The grid members are uniformly located
on the body. The outer net covers the body. The outer net and the
body are folded together again and again until the body with the
outer net is formed as ball-shaped. The bonder tightly binds the
middle part of the body with the outer net. Two sides of the body
with the outer net are both fluffy because the polyester fibers are
flexible. Thus a user pours the shower gel onto the shower ball
structure to clean the dusts on the skin.
Inventors: |
Chen; Ming-Hsin; (Changhua
County, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Chen; Ming-Hsin |
Changhua County |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
49754568 |
Appl. No.: |
13/526448 |
Filed: |
June 18, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
15/210.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K 7/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
15/210.1 |
International
Class: |
A47K 7/02 20060101
A47K007/02 |
Claims
1. A shower ball structure comprising: a body, a bonder and an
outer net; the body having a plurality of polyester fibers, the
polyester fibers made of recycled PET bottles, the polyester fibers
being intertwined, stacked or woven with each other so that the
body is formed as band-shaped, the polyester fibers defining a
plurality of grid members therebetween, the grid members uniformly
located on the body; the outer net covering the body, the outer net
and the body folded together again and again until the body with
the outer net is formed as ball-shaped; and the bonder tightly
binding the middle part of the body with the outer net, because the
polyester fibers are flexible, two sides of the body with the outer
net being both fluffy so that the shower ball structure is formed
as bow-shaped.
2. The shower ball structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
outer net is nylon, recycled fiber or polyester.
3. The shower ball structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein at
least one band hanger is defined on the bonder; one end of the band
hanger passes through a gap between the bonder and the outer net
and is connected to another end of the band hanger; therefore, the
body with the outer net is hanged on the outside well via the band
hanger to be exposed to sunlight.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a structure, and more
particularly to a shower ball structure.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] It is not enough to clean off the dusts and bacteria only by
using shower gel or soap. In fact, some dusts are hidden in cracks,
for instance, inside of the nail, and some dusts have higher
viscosity so that the dusts cannot be cleaned easily. In order to
clean off all the dusts, cleaning products with rough surface must
be applied, such as scrub sponge, shower ball and bath towel. In
addition, the shower ball is the most popular product among
families.
[0005] A conventional shower ball might be used to clean off the
dead skin of a user, or be used to easily clean off the dusts on
the skin of the user. The conventional shower ball comprises a band
net and a string. The band net is folded again and again until the
band net is formed as ball-shaped. Then, the string binds the
middle part of the band net for preventing the band net unfolding..
Under this arrangement, the user pours the shower gel onto the
conventional shower ball; then, the shower gel flows into the
conventional shower ball through a net frame structure of the band
net; thereafter, the user rubs the conventional shower ball against
the skin thereof; finally, a plurality of bubbles is produced from
the shower gel in the conventional shower ball via the said
rubbing. Therefore, the user can smear the bubbles onto the skin
thereof so as to clean the dusts on the skin thereof with the
conventional shower ball.
[0006] However, the conventional shower ball still has two
shortcomings as following:
[0007] Firstly, a surface of the band net of the conventional
shower ball is rather rough so that the surface of the band net
would fray the skin of the user when the user cleans the dusts on
the skin thereof with the conventional shower ball.
[0008] Secondly, the conventional shower ball is usually made of
nylon. As the experience, the sunlight would make the conventional
shower ball deteriorate because the conventional shower ball is
made of nylon. After the conventional shower ball deteriorates, the
conventional shower ball would be wasted so that the wasted
conventional shower ball would further become a pollutant to the
environment.
[0009] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the disadvantages of the conventional shower ball.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The main objective of the present invention is to provide a
shower ball.
[0011] To achieve the objective, a shower ball structure comprises
a body, a bonder and an outer net, the body having a plurality of
polyester fibers, the polyester fibers made of recycled PET
bottles, the polyester fibers being intertwined, stacked or woven
with each other so that the body is formed as band-shaped, the
polyester fibers defining a plurality of grid members therebetween,
the grid members uniformly located on the body, the outer net
covering the body, the outer net and the body folded together again
and again until the body with the outer net is formed as
ball-shaped, the bonder tightly binding the middle part of the body
with the outer net, because the polyester fibers are flexible, two
sides of the body with the outer net being both fluffy so that the
shower ball structure is formed as bow-shaped; wherein the outer
net is nylon, recycled fiber or polyester; at least one band hanger
is defined on the bonder; one end of the band hanger passes through
a gap between the bonder and the outer net and is connected to
another end of the band hanger; therefore, the body with the outer
net is hanged on the outside well via the band hanger to be exposed
to sunlight.
[0012] Further benefits and advantages of the present invention
will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed
description with appropriate reference to the accompanying
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the shower ball structure of
the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the shower ball structure;
and
[0015] FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of a body of the shower
ball structure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0016] Referring to the drawings and initially to FIGS. 1-3, a
shower ball structure in accordance with the present invention
comprises a body 1, a bonder 2 and an outer net 3.
[0017] The body 1 comprises a plurality of polyester fibers 11. The
polyester fibers 11 are made of recycled PET bottles. The polyester
fibers 11 are intertwined, stacked or woven with each other so that
the body 1 is formed as band-shaped. The polyester fibers 11 define
a plurality of grid members 12 therebetween. The grid members 12
are uniformly located on the body 1.
[0018] The outer net 3 covers the body 1. The outer net 3 and the
body 1 are folded together again and again until the body 1 with
the outer net 3 is formed as ball-shaped; thereafter, the bonder 2
tightly binds the middle part of the body 1 with the outer net 3;
finally, two sides of the body 1 with the outer net 3 are both
fluffy because the polyester fibers 11 are flexible. Therefore, the
shower ball structure is formed as bow-shaped (The shape of the
shower ball structure is not limited by the present invention).
[0019] Under this arrangement, a user pours the shower gel onto the
body 1 of shower ball structure; then, the shower gel flows into
the shower ball structure via the grid members 12 of the body 1;
thereafter, the user rubs the shower ball structure against the
skin thereof; finally, a plurality of bubbles is produced from the
shower gel in the shower ball structure via the said rubbing.
Therefore, the user can smear the bubbles onto the skin thereof so
as to clean the dusts on the skin thereof with the shower ball
structure of the present invention.
[0020] Referring to FIG. 3, the recycled PET bottles are used as
the material to produce the polyester fibers 11 of the shower ball
structure of the present invention. Firstly, the caps and the tags
of the PET bottles are removed from the PET bottles, and the PET
bottles are rinsed; secondly, the PET bottles are cut into pieces
and are melted to be a melted material by heating; thirdly, the
melted material is reshaped as the polyester fibers 11; finally,
the polyester fibers 11 are further weaved with each other to form
the body 1 and the body 1 is band-shaped. The polyester fibers 11
further have the following characteristics.
[0021] Firstly, the polyester fibers 11 of the present invention
are made from the recycled PET bottles so that the present
invention is conducive to reduce the waste.
[0022] Secondly, the polyester fibers 11 produced by the recycled
PET bottles are nontoxic, safe and hard to wrinkle and tear. In
addition, the costs of the polyester fibers 11 are rather
cheaper.
[0023] Thirdly, the polyester fibers 11 have passed a certification
of Oeko-Tex Standard 100.
[0024] Furthermore, a material of the outer net 3 is selectable and
the function of the shower ball structure is based on the material
of the outer net 3. For instance, if the outer net 3 is made of
nylon, the shower ball structure of the present invention would
have a better cleansing performance; on the other hand, if the
outer net 3 is made of recycled fiber or polyester, the surface of
the shower ball is more smooth so that the user would feel
comfortable when the user rubs the shower ball structure against
the skin thereof (The outer net 3 is made of nylon, recycled fiber
or polyester in the present invention, but the material for
producing the outer net 3 is not limited by the present invention.
For example, cotton, wool or other materials can also be used to
produce the outer net 3.).
[0025] Referring to FIG. 1, the body 1 and the outer net 3 would
retain water therein after shower so that mildews would grow after
long term exposure with air because of the said retained water. In
order to prevent the mildews from growing in the body 1 and the
outer net 3, at least one band hanger 4 is defined on the bonder 2
so as to expose the body 1 and the outer net 3 to the sunlight
after shower. One end of the band hanger 4 passes through a gap
between the bonder 2 and the outer net 3 and is connected to
another end of the band hanger 4. Under this arrangement, the body
1 and the outer net 3 can be hanged on the outside well to be
exposed to sunlight (The method for connecting the band hanger 4 to
the shower ball structure is not limited by the present invention.
For example, fastening or gluing might be performed as the said
method.).
[0026] Although the invention has been explained in relation to its
preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other
possible modifications and variations can be made without departing
from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter
claimed.
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