Portable training sink and vanity for children

• US 7,802,327 B1
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Judith Moceri, Michael Moceri
• Original Assignee: Judith Moceri, Michael Moceri
• Inventors: Moceri, Judith, Moceri, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson; Gregory L
• Assistant Examiner(s): YOUNKINS, KAREN L
• Application Number:
  US11/497,007
• Time in Patent Office: 1,519 Days
• Field of Search: 461/9, 462/5, 465/8, 463/5, 463/1
• US Class Current: 4/625
• 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: A63H 33/3038 Baths; Showers

Abstract

A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink is provided with a main housing having a basin, a drain hole disposed in the basin, and a back splash panel substantially adjacent to, behind, and projecting above the basin. Support legs support the main housing, including at least one front support leg and at least one rear support leg. The front and rear support legs are spaced apart to accommodate and placed over or outside of a household bathtub or shower stall. A reservoir is preferably removably disposed in the back splash panel, and a spigot is in fluid communication with the reservoir and extends over and empties into the basin. When the rear support leg is placed inside a bathtub or shower and the front support leg is placed outside the shower, fluid entering the basin by gravity from the reservoir and through the openable spigot exits via the drain hole and empties into the bathtub or shower or a waste water receptacle.

Claims

1. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink, comprising:

a main housing having a basin, a drain hole disposed in said basin, and a back splash panel substantially adjacent to and projecting above said basin, said basin being sloped towards said drain hole;

support legs supporting said main housing, including at least one front support leg and at least one rear support leg, said front and rear support legs being spaced just enough apart to accommodate the width of a wall of a household bathtub or shower stall;

a fluid reservoir selectively disposable in and removable from said back splash panel which is waterproof and due to its lightweight nature can be easily moved when empty; and

a spigot in fluid communication with said reservoir and extending over and emptying into said basin,

and wherein when said rear support leg is placed inside a bathtub or shower and said front support leg is placed outside a bathtub or shower, fluid entering said basin exits via said drain hole and into the bathtub or shower.

2. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, said spigot being selectively openable and closable to allow fluid in said reservoir to flow out of said spigot and into said basin.

3. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 2, further comprising a selectively removable waste water receptacle in fluid communication with said drain hole, wherein fluid exiting said basin via said drain hole is collected in said waste water receptacle.

4. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, wherein said reservoir is removable from said back splash panel.

5. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, wherein the height of said front and rear support legs is adjustable.

6. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, said main housing further comprising a vanity.

7. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 6, said vanity having at least one of the following:

a mirror;

toothbrush holder;

soap receptacle;

tissue holder;

or towel holder.

8. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 6, said vanity further comprising a counter top sloped downwardly and inwardly toward said basin.

9. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, further comprising a flexible tube in fluid communication with said drain hole,

wherein fluid entering said drain hole is conducted away from said basin via said tube.

10. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism selectively retaining said reservoir in said back splash panel.

11. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 10, said locking mechanism further comprising a retaining pin passing through a first bore in said back splash panel and an aligned second bore in said reservoir.

12. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 10, said locking mechanism further comprising a retaining pin having an enlarged distal end section slidingly fittable into a recess formed on the exterior of said reservoir.

13. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 12, said proximal end of said retaining pin terminating in a toothbrush holder.

14. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 10, said locking mechanism further comprising a retaining frame hingedly attached to said back splash panel, said retaining frame including latches to secure said retaining frame around said reservoir and to said back splash panel.

15. A portable and compact children'"'"'s training sink according to claim 1, wherein a width of said main housing is dimensioned to less than the width of a conventional sliding shower door.