About

LatherLogic™ began with a straightforward question:

Why does every product in the shower need its own disposable dispensing bottle?

Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and other personal-care products are routinely packaged, purchased, stored, and replaced separately. LatherLogic reimagines the shower itself as the reusable platform.

The concept combines durable multi-product dispensing hardware with individually replaceable refill packs or cartridges. The goal is to create a cleaner, more organized refill experience while giving personal-care brands, hospitality operators, and consumers a platform that can evolve with new packaging and dispensing technologies.

How It Works

Choose
Select the personal-care products used in the system.

Load
Insert compatible product refills into the individual bays.

Dispense
Select and dispense the desired product from one centralized shower platform.

Replace
When a product runs out, replace its refill rather than the durable dispenser.

Optional electronic and connected functions can be incorporated where they add genuine consumer or commercial value.

Development

LatherLogic has progressed through professional CAD development, enclosure and internal-layout studies, product rendering, branding, refill-packaging exploration, and patent development.

The next stage requires an experienced partner to complete functional prototyping, design-for-manufacture, refill connections and seals, fluid-path development, material compatibility, durability and cleaning validation, tooling, sourcing, and commercialization.

Inventor

LatherLogic was created by Christopher W. Thurley, Ph.D., an English professor in North Carolina.

His objective is not to establish a standalone manufacturing company, but to place the concept with an established organization capable of developing and commercializing it.

Patent Status

U.S. Utility Patent Pending
Application No. 19/809,947
Filed September 16, 2026

LatherLogic is currently available for licensing, acquisition, assignment, or joint development.