Shower caddy for holding towel and other items
View Patent ↗A towel shower caddy for an improved combination apparatus designed to safely, securely, and efficiently store and transport items, which may be used in the course of personal showering or bathing. The device is essentially comprised of at least one storage container that may contain a towel or other items, may attach above or below a shower head pipe, has a door which may contain a speaker and other electronic devices, a moveable exterior shelf, two detachable hanger members, four detachable suction cups, a support base, a detachable interior shelf and dividing wall, and a collapsible and detachable carrying handle. Different embodiments of the towel shower caddy may include a frame 10 , a door 20 , a fixed handle assembly 30 , a support base system 40 , a fixed hanger system 50 , two hanger covers 60 , and a detachable exterior shelf system 70.
1. A portable, collapsible apparatus for storing, transporting, and providing immediate and convenient access to (a) toiletries commonly used during bathing or showering, (b) hand-held electronic communication electronic devices, and (c) other personal articles, comprising:
a three-dimensional frame comprising a plurality of exterior surfaces, including a topmost surface and a bottommost surface, and having corresponding inner surfaces and further, having an opening on one exterior surface;
a door, having perimetral dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of said opening and pivotally attached to the exterior of said frame such that upon closing of the door, the entirety of said opening is covered by said door:
a handle assembly and a means for attaching said handle assembly to the topmost exterior surface of said frame;
a hanger system, having a left member and a right member wherein both members may be joined to each other and attached to said frame;
a means for attaching said hanger system to at least one exterior surface of said frame;
a support base system attached to the bottommost exterior surface of said frame;
a horizontally-oriented shelf storage system, being removably attached to said frame and spaced apart from the bottommost exterior surface of said frame; and
a means for attaching said shelf system to said frame.
2. An apparatus as in claim 1 , further comprising a speaker and speaker wiring leads attached to, or integral to, said door.
3. An apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein said means for attaching said handle assembly to the topmost exterior surface of said frame comprises a unitary handle assembly-frame apparatus formed by injection molding process.
4. An apparatus as in claim 1 , further comprising any one of several electronic devices selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to, or attached to said door.
5. An apparatus as in claim 1 , further comprising any one of several electronic devices selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to, or attached to at least one surface of said three dimensional frame.
6. An apparatus as in claim 1 , further having a plurality of elastomeric support pads attached to the bottom wall exterior surface and a plurality of elastomeric, suction-creating units attached to the back wall exterior surface.
7. A portable, collapsible apparatus for storing, transporting, and providing immediate and convenient access to (a) toiletries commonly used during bathing or showering, (b) hand-held electronic communication devices, and (c) personal articles, comprising:
a rectangular, cuboid frame comprising a top wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall, all said walls having an exterior and an interior surface, and said frame further having an opening in the front wall;
a planar door having perimetral dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of said opening, said door pivotally attached proximate the opening such that upon closing, said door covers the entirety of the opening;
a handle assembly, haying a body, a left end, and a right end, said ends both being encased in the top surface of said frame and the body of said handle assembly being coliapsibly storable in a housing cavity within said top wall;
a left and a right frame hole, respectively, fabricated through the top surface of said frame;
a plurality of symmetrical indentations placed onto each of the left-side and right-side side walls;
a hanger system, having a left member and a right member wherein both members may be removably attached to each other;
a means for attaching said hanger system to the exterior surface of said top wall;
a left and a right hanger cover affixed to the top wall exterior surface, said covers providing coverage over said left and right frame holes on the top wall;
a plurality of elastomeric support pads attached to the bottom wall exterior surface;
a plurality of suction-generating elastomeric fittings attached to the back wall exterior surface;
a horizontally-oriented exterior shelf system, detachably fixed, by means of vertically-oriented attachment wire members, to any two of said plurality of indentations on each of the exterior surfaces of the left-side and right-side walls; and
at least one interior shelf and at least one vertical divider interiorly attached to the inner surfaces of the back wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall, wherein
said exterior shelf system may be attached either abutting or spaced-apart from the exterior surface of said bottom wall; said left member and right member hanger system comprises a left tubular assembly and a right tubular assembly respectively, each tubular assembly having one end comprising a stopper end insertable into either of said left and right frame holes, and further, said left handle assembly having a receiving end and said right handle assembly having an engaging end whereby said receiving end and said engaging end may be connected to one another, forming a unitary hanger.
8. An apparatus as in claim 7 where said horizontally-oriented exterior shelf system comprises a wire grid having, on each side, vertically extending attachment wires for insertion into any combination of the plurality of indentations of said left-side and right-side walls.
9. An apparatus as in claim 7 , further comprising a speaker and speaker wiring leads attached to, or integral to, said door.
10. An apparatus as in claim 7 , where said hand-held electronic communication devices may be any device selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to or attached to said door.
11. An apparatus as in claim 7 , where said hand-held electronic communication devices may be any device selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to, or attached to said frame.
12. An apparatus as in claim 7 , wherein said shelf system further comprises a wire grid consisting of orthogonally-oriented wires, said wires further coated with a water-proof material.
13. A portable, collapsible apparatus for storing, transporting, and providing immediate and convenient access to (a) toiletries commonly used during bathing or showering, (b) hand-held electronic communication devices, and (c) personal articles, comprising:
a rectangular, cuboid frame comprising a top wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a left-side wall, and a right-side wall, all said walls having an exterior and an interior surface, said frame further having an opening in the front wall;
a door having perimetral dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of said opening, said door pivotally attached proximate the opening such that upon closing, said door covers the entirety of the opening;
a tensioned, dual-pronged retainer clip permanently affixed to an interior surface of said frame, said retainer clip comprising inner dimensions compatible with the exterior dimensions of a typical cellular telephone;
a handle assembly, having a body, a left end, and a right end, said ends both being insertably attached by means of slots in the top surface of said frame and the handle assembly assembly being collabsibly storable in a housing cavity within said top wall;
left and right frame holes through the top surface of said frame;
a hanger system, having a left member and a right member wherein both members may be removably attached to each other;
a means for attaching said hanger system to at least one exterior surface of said frame;
a left and a right hanger cover affixed to the top wall exterior surface, said covers providing coverage over left and right holes on the left and right extremities of said top wall;
a plurality of elastomeric support pads attached to the bottom wall exterior surface;
a plurality of suction-generating elastomeric fittings attached to the back wall exterior surface;
a detachable shelf system, removably affixed to the exterior surfaces of the right-side and left-side walls; and
at least one interior shelf and at least one vertical divider interiorly attached to the inner surfaces of the back wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall, wherein
said left-side and right-side walls comprise a plurality of symmetrical exterior indentations such that said detachable shelf system may be attached in a spaced-apart manner from said bottom surface; said two-section hanger comprises a left tubular assembly and a right tubular assembly, each tubular assembly having one end comprising a stopper end insertable into the top wall, and further, said left handle assembly having a receiving end and said right handle assembly having an engaging end whereby said receiving end and said engaging end may be connected to one another, forming a unitary hanger; and said detachable shelf system comprises a wire grid having, on each side, vertically extending attachment wires for insertion into the indentations of said left-side and right-side walls.
14. An apparatus as in claim 13 where said detachable shelf system, removably affixed to the exterior surfaces of the right-side and left-side walls comprises a wire grid having, on each side, vertically extending attachment wires for insertion into the indentations of said left-side and right-side walls.
15. An apparatus as in claim 13 , further comprising a speaker and speaker wiring leads attached to, or integral to, said door.
16. An apparatus as in claim 13 , further comprising any one of several electronic devices selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to, or attached to said door.
17. An apparatus as in claim 13 , further comprising any one of several electronic devices selected from a group consisting of a cellular phone, a computer, an electronic video tablet, an LED television, a plasma television, a CD player, and an MP-3 player, said device being integral to, or attached to said frame.
18. An apparatus as in either claim 1 or 13 , further comprising a speaker embedded in, or attached to, said door, a de volt battery, electrical wiring, connectors, and jacks utilized for operation of any electronic communications device installed in said apparatus.
19. An apparatus as in either claim 7 or 13 , further comprising a half-cylindrical form constructed into the bottom wall and the back wall, said form having inner arcuate dimensions enabling the fit of the form over standard residential shower pipes.
20. An apparatus as in any one of claim 1 , 7 , or 13 , further comprising a wireless speaker attached to, or integral to said door.
21. An apparatus as in any one of claim 7 or 13 , further comprising at least one interior shelf and at least one vertical divider, each of which is removably attached to the inner surfaces of the back wall, the left-side wall, and the right-side wall.