Replacement soap dish

Abstract

A molded replacement soap dish that will bond to an existing wall or to a laminate sheet overlying an existing wall of a bathroom having an embedded existing soap dish with a soap tray projecting from the wall and through an opening in a laminate sheet if such laminate sheet is provided and that will fit over and rest on the projecting tray of the existing soap dish during and after bonding of the replacement soap dish to the existing wall or to a laminate sheet overlying the existing wall.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A replacement soap dish that will bond to a wall surface from which a soap tray of an existing soap dish projects comprising 
 a one-piece molded body large enough to fit over an existing soap dish;    a soap shelf projecting from a front face of said body, said soap shelf having a top and a bottom spaced from said top, said top and bottom being interconnected by a front edge and having a space open at a back of said soap shelf, whereby a soap tray of an existing soap dish will fit into said space.    
     
     
         2 . A replacement soap dish that will bond to a wall surface from which a soap tray of an existing soap dish projects comprising 
 a one piece molded body large enough to fit over an existing soap dish    having a front face, a central recessed backing area, forwardly projecting vertical sides spaced at opposite sides of said central recessed backing area, a forwardly projecting top interconnecting upper ends of said sides, and a shelf holder projecting from said central recessed backing area outwardly beyond the projection of said sides and said top, said shelf having a top surface and a bottom surface spaced from said top surface, said top surface, said bottom and said sides being connected by a front edge, each of said sides, said top and said bottom extending rearwardly to a common edge and a space formed by said top surface of said shelf, said bottom of said shelf and said sides,    whereby said top surface of said shelf will rest on a shelf tray of an existing soap dish extending into said space.