Sink mounting assembly, sink lighting assembly, and methods of installation
OwnerMehmet Hocaogluinventor
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Abstract
A lighted sink includes a sink with a sink lighting assembly coupled to an upper end of the sink. The lighting assembly projects light downward and into the sink, which at the same time, protects the light emitting element from moisture and contaminants through a combination of protective walls that physically house the light emitting element and leave at least one side open to a transparent window that allows light to broadcast to and illuminate an interior of the sink.
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A sink assembly that allows mounting of a sink in each of a top mount, flush mount, and an under-mount configuration at a sink opening of a countertop, comprising:
- a sink having at least one wall having a top, an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an upper lip portion formed at the top of the at least one wall which extends outward from the sink;
- a plurality of bracket/bolt junction members;
- a plurality of brackets coupled to the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink, each bracket of the plurality of brackets configured to receive and hold a respective one of the plurality of bracket/bolt junction members from moving toward the top of the sink and hold the respective bracket/bolt junction member from moving away from the top of the sink, wherein each bracket of the plurality of brackets extends outward from the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink;
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- wherein the upper lip portion of the sink extends outward farther than each of the brackets of the plurality of brackets, and wherein each of the bracket/bolt junction members have a bracket wall which, when the bracket/bolt junction member is engaged and held by its respective bracket, extends outward in a direction away from the sink and includes at least one hole through the bracket wall to receive a bolt that interacts with an underside of the countertop.
A sink assembly including a sink that allows mounting of the sink at a sink opening of a countertop in each of a top mount, flush mount, and an under-mount, the sink assembly comprising:
- the sink having at least one wall having a top, an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an upper lip portion formed at the top of the at least one wall which extends outward from the sink;
- a plurality of brackets coupled to the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink, each bracket of the plurality of brackets configured to slidably receive and hold a respective bracket/bolt junction member, wherein each bracket of the plurality of brackets extends outward from the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink;
- wherein the upper lip portion of the sink extends outward farther than each of the brackets of the plurality of brackets;
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- a top frame having:
- a first wall coupled to the interior surface of the at least one wall of the sink at the top of the at least one wall;
- a second wall coupled to an upper surface of the upper lip portion;
- a third wall that extends from a top of the top frame downward and having a lower portion that is spaced away from the first wall such that there is a space between the first wall and the lower portion of the third wall;
- a fourth wall that that extends upward from an outermost portion of the second to the top of the top frame;
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- a lighting element disposed in the space between the lower portion of the third wall and the first wall.
A sink assembly that allows mounting of a sink in each of a top mount, flush mount, and an under-mount configuration at a sink opening of a countertop, comprising:
- a sink having at least one wall having a top, an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an upper lip portion formed at the top of the at least one wall which extends outward from the sink;
- a plurality of brackets coupled to the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink, each bracket of the plurality of brackets configured to slidably receive, in a horizontal direction relative to the sink such that the sink is universally mountable in any of the top mount, flush mount, and under-mount configurations, and hold a respective one of a plurality of bracket/bolt junction members from moving toward the top of the sink and to hold the respective bracket bolt junction member from moving away from the top of the sink, wherein each bracket of the plurality of brackets extends outward from the exterior surface of the at least one wall of the sink;
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- wherein the upper lip portion of the sink extends outward farther than each of the brackets of the plurality of brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.