11.04.13
US 8,536,104 B1; Hector Roman-Barcelo of Miami, FL has patented a tethered soap bar. It consists of a bar of soap; an anchor member encapsulated in the bar of soap; an elongate, inelastic flexible cord having one end attached to the anchor member and extending from the bar of soap and an opposite free end; and an elastic continuous loop member attached to the free end of the cord exterior to the bar of soap.