Sink installation method
AssigneeSimply Sinks Franchising LLC
InventorGregory Mixon
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Abstract
A sink installation method comprising the steps of configuring the countertop sink opening to conform to the new sink, placing the sink in the cabinet under the sink opening, placing a lift plate under the sink with a hook extending through the sink drain, placing a winch across the countertop opening, lowering a wire with a hook attached to the free end thereof by means of operation of the winch, interconnecting the lift plate hook and the winch cable hook, lifting the sink into position under the countertop, and adhering the new sink to the underside of the countertop.
Claims12
A method of installing a sink at an opening on an underside of a countertop comprising the steps of:
- placing a winch apparatus having an extendable cable across the countertop opening,
- placing the sink having an upper edge below the countertop opening in a sink cabinet disposed below the countertop opening,
- lowering said cable through the countertop opening,
- positioning a lift plate under the sink,
- interconnecting said cable and said lift plate,
- applying adhesive to the upper edge of the sink, and
- activating said winch apparatus to raise said sink into contact with a lower surface of said countertop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.