Basin vent

• US 9,877,620 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2014
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stone And Steel Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Stone And Steel Systems, LLC
• Inventors: Gallob, Randall
• Primary Examiner(s): SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J
• Application Number:
  US14/550,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: 4675, 4680, 4651
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/48 Drying by means of hot air hair-drying devices A45D20/00; curative hot-air baths A61H33/06; electric heating elements H05B
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2210/00 Combinations of water taps, soap dispensers and hand dryers
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0404 Constructional or functional features of the spout
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/186 Separate partition walls, lids, protecting borders, or the like, for sinks

Abstract

A sink system including a vent for receiving forced air into the sink from a dryer. A vent ring may be located between a sink basin and a sink deck forming the vents. The dryer may be included in a fixture housing with a faucet as a combination. The sink deck may include a vent lip that directs forced air into the vent. The vent lip extends into a basin region beyond the vent. The vent ring may be affixed to the sink deck or to the sink basin.

Claims

1. A drying system

a sink basin defining a sink basin region and separated from a sink deck by a vent ring, the sink deck having a lip extending at least ½

inch into the sink basin region;

the vent ring having a vent with an associated opening, the lip positioned above the vent, the opening exposed to the sink basin region and to an area underneath the sink deck and outside of the sink basin;

a dryer configured to direct forced air through a dryer exhaust port into the sink basin;

the dryer is positioned relative to the basin region and the vent such that substantially all of the forced air from the dryer is directed through the dryer exhaust port into the sink basin region and then into the vent.

2. The drying system of claim 1, wherein the vent ring is a linear vent ridge and the vent opening is positioned substantially opposite the dryer.

3. The drying system of claim 1, further comprising a faucet.

4. The drying system of claim 1, wherein the faucet and dryer are disposed within a spout.

5. The drying system of claim 1 further comprising a blower positioned in communication with the dryer exhaust port.

6. The drying system of claim 5, wherein the blower is positioned below the sink deck and in communication with the dryer exhaust port via a duct.