Shower water-saving device

Abstract

A shower water-saving device with dual functionalities: collecting water from a showerhead and watering household or landscape plants. The device can be used to conveniently catch the leading cold or lukewarm water from the shower head, which would otherwise be wasted, while the person taking the shower is waiting for the water with proper temperature to come and, after collecting the shower water, it can then be easily transformed, by attaching a lid (preferably having a spout) to the top opening of the bucket, into a hand-held watering bucket and be used to water household plants or plants in the garden or on the lawns.

1 . A water-saving device, comprising a bucket with a top opening and a sidewall, a spout, and a lid; said top opening having a rim; said lid being attachable to and detachable from said rim of said top opening of said bucket; and said spout is either disposed on said lid or disposed on said sidewall of said bucket. 
   
   
       2 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , wherein said spout is disposed on said lid. 
   
   
       3 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , further comprising a funnel have an upper rim and a lower rim, which is attachable to and detachable from said rim of said top opening of said bucket. 
   
   
       4 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , further comprising a handle disposed on said sidewall. 
   
   
       5 . The water saving device of  claim 4 , wherein said handle is of a recessed type. 
   
   
       6 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , wherein said bucket has a diameter between 30 cm and 50 cm and a height between 30 cm and 60 cm. 
   
   
       7 . The water saving device of  claim 6 , wherein said bucket has a diameter of 40 cm and a height of 50 cm. 
   
   
       8 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , wherein there is an orifice on said lid to allow passage of the air. 
   
   
       9 . The water saving device of  claim 1 , further comprising a flip top handle disposed at an upper portion of said bucket. 
   
   
       10 . A method of conserving shower water, comprising steps of
 (a) connecting a funnel with an upper rim and a lower rim to a container with an upper opening having a rim so that said lower rim of said funnel is in contact with said rim of said opening of said container;   (b) before taking a shower, collecting leading water from a shower head by placing said container below said shower head to allow an amount of leading water from said shower head to fall through said upper rim of said funnel into said container; and   (c) replacing said funnel with a lid by removing said funnel from said container and connecting said lid to said rim of said opening of said container so that said container functions like a hand-held watering bucket.   
   
   
       11 . The method of conserving shower water of  claim 10 , comprising a further step of
 (d) taking said container with said lid out of a shower room to a place for watering a plant.   
   
   
       12 . The method of conserving shower water of  claim 10 , wherein said container has a diameter between 30 cm and 50 cm and a height between 30 cm and 60 cm. 
   
   
       13 . The method of conserving shower water of  claim 10 , wherein said container has a diameter of 40 cm and a height of 50 cm.