Combination hand sink and trash receptacle

• US 5,732,422 A
• Filed: 10/29/1996
• Issued: 03/31/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Powell, Brian C., Normington, Rodney R., McAllister, Larry N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eloshway, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US08/741,336
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 4/629, 4/630, 4/638, 4/628, 312/228, 312/229
• US Class Current: 4/629
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 77/18 by special arrangements for accommodating removable containers
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/04 Basins connected to waste pipe E03C1/12; Jugs; Holding devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/08 Accessories for toilet tables, e.g. glass plates, supports therefor towel holders A47K10/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1426 Housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles B65F1/006, B65F1/1452 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/14 Wash-basins connected to the waste-pipe

Abstract

A combination hand sink and trash receptacle comprises a hand sink having a horizontal support surface and a wash basin downwardly extending from the support surface. A fixed trash skirt is positioned around the wash basin, and the skirt is secured to the underside of the horizontal support surface. The trash skirt has a front face with a trash opening therein, and a movable trash receptacle is mounted directly under the trash skirt. A horizontal sliding connection between the fixed trash skirt and the movable trash receptacle includes horizontal side flanges on the trash receptacle and horizontal side channels on the trash skirt constructed and arranged to slidingly receive the side flanges on the trash receptacle.

Claims

1. A combination hand sink and trash receptacle comprising a hand sink including a horizontal support surface spaced above a floor and a wash basin downwardly extending from the support surface, a fixed trash skirt surrounding the wash basin and secured to an underside of the support surface, the trash skirt extending downwardly from the underside of the support surface and terminating at a predetermined height above the floor, the trash skirt having a front face with a trash opening therein, a movable trash receptacle mounted directly under the trash skirt, and a horizontal sliding connection between the trash skirt and the trash receptacle including horizontal side flanges on the trash receptacle and horizontal side channels on opposed terminal edges of the trash skirt constructed and arranged to slidingly receive the side flanges on the trash receptacle such that the trash receptacle is suspended above the floor.

2. A combination hand sink and trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein the trash receptacle has a given side-to-side dimension and the trash skirt comprises opposite side faces spaced apart by the side-to-side dimension of the trash receptacle, and wherein the opposite side faces of the trash skirt are interconnected by the front face with the trash opening.

3. A combination hand sink and trash receptacle as in claim 2 wherein the side faces of the trash skirt include the horizontal side channels of the sliding connection, one side channel along the terminal edge of each side face.

4. A combination hand sink and trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein the trash receptacle includes a front face and a handle connected to the front face.

5. A combination hand sink and trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein the hand sink includes a backsplash connected to the horizontal support surface, and a towel and soap dispenser assembly positioned above the wash basin secured to the backsplash of the hand sink.