Sink for seated user
First Claim
1. A sink for a seated user, comprising:
- at least one basin including bottom wall means and perimetrical upstanding sidewall means including a front, a back and two laterally opposite sides;
means providing a drain opening through said bottom wall means;
wall means providing a ledge of substantial height extending between said two laterally opposite sides of said upstanding sidewall means and upper and lower margins;
said bottom wall means being provided in at least two generally horizontal portions including a rear portion disposed at a first, lower level, including said drain opening and joining the lower margin of said ledge, and a front portion disposed at a second, higher level and joining the upper margin of said ledge;
said sink being at least generally correspondingly frontally and downwardly recessed as an external consequence of the provision said bottom wall means front portion at said second, higher level, and said ledge extending down to said first, lower level rearwardly of said front of said perimetrical upstanding sidewall means of said basin.
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Abstract
The sink includes a basin with a drain-equipped rear portion of usual depth, or of depth adequate to perform intended tasks, and a substantially shallower forward portion. The exterior bottom of the sink portion in the front of that basin is correspondingly recessed to accommodate the knees and part of the lap of a seated user. Beside the stepped basin, the sink may have a second basin, for instance wholly of conventional depth. A number of optional sink inserts are disclosed including an imperforate pan and a perforated pan, each adapted to be removably disposed in the forward portion of a basin of the sink on two laterally spaced supports. A chopping block may be removably supported in one of the pans.
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14 Claims
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1. A sink for a seated user, comprising:
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at least one basin including bottom wall means and perimetrical upstanding sidewall means including a front, a back and two laterally opposite sides; means providing a drain opening through said bottom wall means; wall means providing a ledge of substantial height extending between said two laterally opposite sides of said upstanding sidewall means and upper and lower margins; said bottom wall means being provided in at least two generally horizontal portions including a rear portion disposed at a first, lower level, including said drain opening and joining the lower margin of said ledge, and a front portion disposed at a second, higher level and joining the upper margin of said ledge; said sink being at least generally correspondingly frontally and downwardly recessed as an external consequence of the provision said bottom wall means front portion at said second, higher level, and said ledge extending down to said first, lower level rearwardly of said front of said perimetrical upstanding sidewall means of said basin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sink installation, comprising:
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a base cabinet having perimetrical upstanding wall means surmounted by a generally horizontal countertop, said wall means including a front wall; a sink mounted in said countertop adjacent said front wall; a said sink comprising; at least one basin including bottom wall means and perimetrical upstanding sidewall means including a front, a back and two laterally opposite sides; means providing a drain opening through said bottom wall means; wall means providing a ledge of substantial height extending between said two laterally opposite sides of said upstanding sidewall means and upper and lower margins; said bottom wall means being provided in at least two generally horizontal portions including a rear portion disposed at a first, lower level, including said drain opening and joining the lower margin of said ledge, and a front portion disposed at a second, higher level and joining the upper margin of said ledge; said sink being at least generally correspondingly frontally and downwardly recessed as an external consequence of the provision said bottom wall means front portion at said second, higher level, and said ledge extending down to said first, lower level rearwardly of said front of said perimetrical upstanding sidewall means of said basin, and means defining a notch in said front wall of said cabinet frontally of said basin of said sink, said notch extending back substantially to said ledge, and extending laterally substantially at least the full width of said basin, and extending vertically from floor level to substantially above said first, lower level of said rear portion of said bottom wall means of said basin. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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