Drying Soap Tray
One-of-a-kind soap tray with all essential features
All soap trays existing on the market today do NOT meet at least one or more of the following characteristics that a soap tray must offer:
To hold a soap bar at a fixed location, such that it doesn't move around easily.
To make the soap bar as easy as possible to access and to put back on
To keep the soap bar dry and to drain any dirty water.
To keep the sink surface dry when the soap is taken out or put back in.
An extensive search on various product websites revealed that nothing existed that met all three of those fundamental characteristics. This left me with no other choice but to design my own. In addition to the aforementioned characteristics my design had to meet one additional characteristic if I were to be able to be use it for myself. Namely:
The design must be 3D printable on a standard printer.
The soap tray can be placed on the edge of a sink or on the edge of a bathtub such that any water from it drains directly into the sink / bathtub rather than on the countertop. If there is already a flat wall-mounted soap tray, the stand of this device allows it fit into many preexisting wall-mounted trays.
Skills employed:
CAD in SolidWorks
Rendering in Fusion 360
3D Printing
Iterative design process