Multi-purpose personal hygiene device

Abstract

The present disclosure provides personal-hygiene device and loofah-carrying device. The device includes a plurality of holes thereby allowing moisture to pass directly through the device and allowing the loofah stored within the device to dry. The device includes a cavity in the center, and an opening that is narrower than the center of the cavity, which compresses the loofah, releasing moisture, as the loofah is pulled into the cavity.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A loofah-carrying device, comprising:
 a top end and opposing bottom end, each providing an opening to a cavity configured to accept a bath sponge, wherein the cavity comprises a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross-sectional area of either opening in the top end and bottom end; and   a gap that extends from the top end to the bottom end.   
     
     
         2 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 1 , wherein the top end comprises an outer rim portion, an inner rim, and a beveled surface connecting the outer rim portion and the inner rim. 
     
     
         3 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 2 , wherein a radius of the outer rim portion is larger than a radius of the inner rim. 
     
     
         4 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 3 , wherein an inner radius of the cavity is larger than both the radius of the inner rim and the radius of the outer rim portion. 
     
     
         5 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 3 , wherein the gap enables material of the loofah-carrying device to flex. 
     
     
         6 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first portion; and   a second portion mated to the first portion at a mating surface, wherein the gap separates the first portion from the second portion.   
     
     
         7 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 6 , wherein the first portion and second portion both comprise one or more holes therein that extend from the cavity to outer surfaces of the first and second portions. 
     
     
         8 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 7 , wherein the one or more holes are substantially parallel with one another. 
     
     
         9 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 1 , wherein the gap comprises a gap transition. 
     
     
         10 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 9 , wherein the gap further comprises a modified transition feature that contours at least partially to the gap transition. 
     
     
         11 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 1 , wherein the cavity comprises a modified cylindrical configuration. 
     
     
         12 . A personal-hygiene device, comprising:
 a first half having an arcuate shape comprising a first inner surface and a first outer surface;   a second half having an arcuate shape and detachably mated to the first half at a mating surface, the second half comprising a second inner surface and a second outer surface, wherein the first half and the second half further comprise a plurality of holes extending from the first and second inner surfaces through the first and second outer surfaces respectively;   a gap located between the first half and the second half and substantially opposite the mating surface, wherein the gap separates the first half and the second half; and   a cavity having an elongated spherical shape and the cavity being located within the first inner surface and the second inner surface.   
     
     
         13 . The personal-hygiene device of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of holes at the first outer surface have a first coarseness. 
     
     
         14 . The personal-hygiene device of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of holes at the second outer surface have a second coarseness. 
     
     
         15 . The personal-hygiene device of  claim 14 , wherein the first coarseness and the second coarseness are configured to be used as an exfoliant. 
     
     
         16 . The personal-hygiene device of  claim 15 , further comprising a first opening and a second opening, wherein the cavity comprises a first end at the first opening and a second end at the second opening, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the cavity is smaller at the first end and the second end than at a center of the cavity. 
     
     
         17 . A loofah-carrying device, comprising;
 a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion comprised of a flexible material, wherein the first portion and the second portion are detachably mated at a mating space;   a cavity, comprising
 a first end located at a first opening; 
 a second end located at a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening each provide an opening to the cavity, and wherein the cavity comprises a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the first opening and the second opening; and 
   a gap that extends from the first end to the second end;   wherein the first half and second half both comprise one or more holes therein that extend from the cavity to an outer surface of the first and second halves, and wherein the one or more holes are substantially parallel with one another.   
     
     
         18 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 17 , wherein the gap comprises a gap transition and a modified transition feature that contours at least partially to the gap transition. 
     
     
         19 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 18 , wherein the gap enables material of the loofah-carrying device to flex. 
     
     
         20 . The loofah-carrying device of  claim 19 , wherein a user may position a loofah inside the device and spin the loofah and the device by a loofah string.