Mounting system for sink
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsShawn J. Booth, Jason R. Miller, James S. Giefer
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Abstract
A mounting system for securing a sink to a countertop supported by a cabinet is provided. The mounting system includes a receiving structure configured to be supported under a rim of the sink, a bracket having a first portion configured to engage a portion of the cabinet and a second portion configured to engage a bottom of a basin of the sink, a linking member extending between the receiving structure and the bracket, a first connector configured to engage a first end of the linking member and retain the linking member relative to the receiving structure, and a second connector configured to engage a second end of the linking member and secure the bracket against the cabinet and the bottom of the basin of the sink.
Claims17
An apron-front sink comprising:
- a basin having one or more side walls and a rim extending outward from an upper end of the basin beyond the one or more side walls;
- an apron forming a front surface of the apron-front sink and extending laterally beyond a front of the basin;
- a channel coupled to an underside of the rim behind the apron, the channel being configured to support one or more fasteners and transfer a downward force from the one or more fasteners to the underside of the rim;
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- one or more linking members, each of the one or more linking members being configured to engage a corresponding fastener of the one or more fasteners within the channel, each of the one or more linking members extending downward from the channel to a location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin,
- wherein the one or more linking members are configured to receive the downward force at the location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin and transfer the downward force to the one or more fasteners.
A sink system comprising:
- a sink comprising a basin and a rim extending outward from an upper end of the basin;
- a support structure comprising a cabinet and a countertop supported by the cabinet, the countertop comprising an opening configured to receive the basin and sized such that the rim extends outward beyond the opening when the basin is received in the opening;
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- a mounting system configured to engage the sink at or below the rim and engage the cabinet at a location substantially coplanar with or below a floor of the basin, the mounting system configured to receive a downward force from the cabinet at the location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin and transfer the downward force to the sink, wherein the cabinet comprises a cleat extending inwardly from the cabinet at the location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin, and wherein the mounting system is configured to engage the cleat and receive the downward force from the cleat.
A sink comprising:
- a basin having one or more side walls and a rim extending outward from an upper end of the basin beyond the one or more side walls;
- a channel coupled to an underside of the rim and configured to support one or more fasteners and transfer a downward force from the one or more fasteners to the underside of the rim;
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- one or more linking members, each linking member of the one or more linking members being configured to engage a corresponding fastener of the one or more fasteners within the channel, each of the one or more linking members extending downward from the channel to a location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin;
- wherein the one or more linking members are configured to receive the downward force at the location substantially coplanar with or below the floor of the basin and transfer the downward force to the one or more fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.