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US 10,743,717 B2Granted
Sink and cabinet guards
OwnerGarth Furlerinventor
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, or device to protect a sink or a cabinet. An apparatus may include a substrate, a guard wall, a first fastening wall, and a second fastening wall. The substrate may extend along a plane and include a top surface and a bottom surface. The guard wall may extend along at least part of a perimeter of the substrate. The first fastening wall may extend downwardly from a first edge of the substrate. The second fastening wall may extend downwardly from a second edge of the substrate.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate extending horizontally along a plane, the substrate configured to attach to at least one of a sink or a cabinet, wherein the substrate comprises a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a guard wall extending along at least part of a perimeter of the substrate, the guard wall extending upwardly from the plane, wherein:
- the guard wall is configured to receive a substance from the sink;
- and
- the substrate is configured to:
- retain the substance or channel the substance into the sink;
- and
- disperse the substance across at least a portion of the substrate;
- a front fastening wall connected to a front edge of the substrate, the front fastening wall comprising:
- a first sub-wall extending downwardly from the plane, wherein the first sub-wall extends at least partially along a length of the substrate;
- and
- a second sub-wall extending downwardly from the plane, wherein the second sub-wall extends at least partially along the length of the substrate,
- wherein at least one of the first sub-wall and the second sub-wall are removably attached to the substrate;
- and
- a back fastening wall connected to a back edge of the substrate, the back fastening wall extending downwardly from the plane, wherein the front fastening wall and the back fastening wall are configured to conform around at least a portion of the sink or the cabinet.
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A device, comprising:
- a substrate extending along a plane, wherein the substrate comprises a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a guard wall extending along at least part of a perimeter of the substrate, the guard wall extending upwardly from the plane;
- a front fastening wall connected to a front edge of the substrate, the front fastening wall comprising:
- a first sub-wall extending downwardly from the plane, wherein the first sub-wall extends at least partially along a length of the substrate;
- and
- a second sub-wall extending downwardly from the plane, wherein the second sub-wall extends at least partially along the length of the substrate,
- wherein the first sub-wall and the second sub-wall are removably attached to the substrate;
- and
- a back fastening wall connected to a back edge of the substrate, the back fastening wall extending downwardly from the plane.
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An apparatus, comprising
- a substrate extending along a plane, the substrate comprises:
- a top surface defined by a plurality of outwardly extending protrusions that extend upwardly from the top surface of the substrate, wherein the outwardly extending protrusions are flexible such that a force caused by an object striking the top surface of the substrate is absorbed by the outwardly extending protrusions, and wherein the absorbed force is transferred across the substrate so that the striking object does not damage a covered portion of a sink or a cabinet that is underneath the apparatus;
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- a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is disposed over a top surface of the covered portion of the sink or the cabinet;
- a guard wall extending along at least first part of a perimeter of the substrate, wherein a fluid is retained within the top surface of the substrate by the guard wall, and wherein the fluid flows between the outwardly extending protrusions of the top surface of the substrate so that the fluid flows back into the sink via a second part of the perimeter of the substrate where the guard wall is absent;
- a first fastening wall extending downwardly from a first edge of the substrate;
- a second fastening wall extending downwardly from a second edge of the substrate, wherein the first fastening wall and the second fastening wall are configured to form a friction fit with at least the covered portion of the sink or the cabinet;
- and
- a sub-wall extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the substrate, wherein:
- the sub-wall is removably attached to the substrate;
- and
- the sub-wall comprises a protrusion operable to be inserted into a groove along the bottom surface of the substrate to adjust a height of the apparatus relative to the sink or the cabinet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.