Portable garden work station

• US 5,502,848 A
• Filed: 11/15/1994
• Issued: 04/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James P. Cowan
• Original Assignee: James P. Cowan
• Inventors: Cowan, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eloshway, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US08/340,275
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 4/619, 4/628, 4/638, 4/643, 4/646, 4/648, 4/650, 4/653, 4/654, 4/661
• US Class Current: 4/619
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/02 Portable toilet tables; Wash cabinets or stands for automobiles B60R; for railway cars B61D; for ships B63B; for aircraft B64D; connected to waste pipe E03C
• CPC Class Codes: E03B 9/20 Pillar fountains or like apparatus for dispensing drinking water

Abstract

A portable wash basin stand for use outdoors that uses a common garden hose as a water connection between the stand and the nearest plumbing. The stand has a circular weighted base and four upright posts that support a sink. Arrayed on the upright posts are a number of bayonet mounts that can be used to support a variety of accessories including a garden umbrella, a paper towel dispenser, a paper cup dispenser, a soap dispenser, a working shelf and other useful accessories.

Claims

1. A water dispensing work station comprising:

(a) a base;

(b) a plurality of upright posts fixably attached to said base;

(c) a water basin fixably attached to and supported by said posts, which basin has a drain hole;

(d) a hose inlet fixture fixably attached to said basin, having a size sufficient to have a garden hose threaded onto said hose inlet fixture;

(e) a water faucet fixably attached to said basin to enable a user to turn a flow of water from said hose inlet fixture on or off as desired;

(f) a drainage hose removably attached to said drain hole in said basin, which drainage hose is of sufficient length to carry waste water away from said station a suitable distance before discharging waste water onto the ground; and

(g) a plurality of fixture means that are fixably attached to said upright posts, said means capable of receiving a complementary counterpart fixture means that is fixably attached to a desired accessory for mounting onto said station; and

(h) an umbrella having fixably attached to an associated umbrella post a complementary counterpart fixture means, whereby said umbrella is releasably received by a fixture means on a post of said station.

2. The station as claimed in claim 1, wherein said accessory is a soap dispenser having fixably attached thereto a complementary counterpart fixture means that enables said soap dispenser to slidably attach to a further means as a post of said station.

3. A water dispensing work station comprising:

(a) a weighted base;

(b) a plurality of upright posts fixably attached to said base;

(c) a water basin fixably attached to and supported by said posts, which basin has a drain hole;

(d) a threaded hose inlet fixture fixably attached to said basin, having a diameter and thread size sufficient to have a garden hose threaded onto said hose inlet fixture;

(e) a water faucet fixably attached to said basin to enable a user to turn a flow of water from said hose inlet fixture on or off as desired;

(f) a drainage hose removably attached to said drain hole in said basin, which drainage hose is of sufficient length to carry waste water away from said station a suitable distance before discharging waste water onto the ground;

(g) a plurality of bayonet mounts that are fixably attached to said upright posts, said mounts capable of receiving a complementary bayonet counterpart fixture mount that is fixably attached to a desired accessory for mounting onto said station; and

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(h) an umbrella having fixably attached to an associated umbrella post a complementary bayonet counterpart fixture mount, whereby said umbrella is releasably received by said bayonet mounts on a post of said station.

4. The station as claimed in claim 3, wherein said complementary bayonet counterpart fixture is a spade fitting.

5. The station as claimed in claim 3 wherein said bayonet mounts are socket brackets.