Senior Laboratory Project
For my Senior Laboratory Project I worked with All by 4D, a Brooklyn based company, to develop Sopax. Furthermore information cannot be published about this project due to NDA requirements.
Company
All by 4D
Year
2023
Product
Sopax
All by 4D, Inc. is focused on creating innovative and convenient household products that have a positive impact on both people and the planet.
Sopax is an eco-friendly cleaning capsule that can be placed inside the toilet bowl rim or tank where it eliminates odors and toxins, offering a hassle-free and fresh bathroom experience.
About Sopax.
Restrooms that are widely shared in public spaces–educational, office, transportation, etc.– face ongoing concerns with odor and cleanliness. Ensuring a more hygienic ambiance provides users with more pleasant experiences. Current competitor products such as Poo-Pourri only provide short-term benefits and require users to carry the product and manually apply it to the toilet water. Although an odor barrier forms, this is not very effective for shared restrooms. Other products such as tank pucks and bowl blocks/gel stamps do not freshen the room and require frequent replacement. There is also potential hardware damage associated with the chemical ingredients in these products. The market lacks an innovative yet environmentally- sustainable system that can be attached to a toilet and render long-lasting impacts in disinfecting and fragrance.
All by 4D, Inc.'s Sopax product aims to provide a cleaning solution to these ongoing issues. By incorporating a time-released microencapsulation, Sopax aims to trap odor beneath the surface of the water for hours between flushes while simultaneously disinfecting the toilet bowl with eco-friendly ingredients. The benefits are experienced by users with each flush, thus demonstrating its ease of use and effectiveness, while also eradicating the need for air fresheners. The proposed product is in the form of a capsule placed on the rim of the toilet bowl with a provided holder.