Sink with integrated drain/waste disposal bracket

A sink drain assembly configured to be coupled to at least one of a garbage disposer and a strainer, the sink drain assembly comprising:

• a sink including a peripheral wall connected to a bottom portion thereof, the bottom portion including a sink opening at least partially delineated by a drain sleeve seamlessly and integrally formed with the bottom portion;
• a bracket permanently mounted to the drain sleeve and extending away from an underside of the bottom portion of the sink, the bracket including a sealing flange forming a water-tight seal with an outer periphery of the drain sleeve, the bracket including a circumferential wall that delineates a bracket opening larger than a sleeve opening and the sink opening, the bracket including at least three helical ramps axially outset from the bracket opening and equidistantly spaced from one another;
• and,
• a flexible drain ring seal, a drain fitting, and a drain mounting ring, where the drain fitting includes an upper flange having a through opening that transitions into a sleeved conduit that tapers to form a drain pipe adapter configured to engage a drain pipe.

A method of fabricating a sink, the method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining a sink that includes a peripheral wall connected to a bottom portion thereof, the bottom portion including a sink opening at least partially delineated by a drain sleeve seamlessly and integrally formed with the bottom portion;
• and,
• permanently mounting a bracket to the drain sleeve to form a water-tight seal therebetween, the bracket including a circumferential wall that delineates a bracket opening larger than a sleeve opening, the bracket including at least three helical ramps axially outset from the bracket opening and equidistantly spaced from one another;
• wherein the drain sleeve includes a cylindrical portion;
• and,
• wherein permanently mounting the bracket to the drain sleeve includes permanently mounting a ring of the bracket to an outside of the cylindrical portion of the drain sleeve.

A method of mounting a drain to a sink, the method comprising the steps of:

• repositioning a drain mounting ring to sandwich a seal between a drain fitting and a seamless drain sink, the seamless drain sink including a seamless drain, at least partially delineated by a sleeve, and a bracket permanently mounted to the sleeve;
• and,
• rotating the drain mounting ring with respect to the seamless drain sink so that a plurality of tabs associated with the drain mounting ring ride against a plurality of helical ramps associated with the seamless drain sink to complete a fluid-tight seal between the seamless drain sink and the drain fitting using the seal;
• wherein rotating the drain mounting ring with respect to the seamless drain sink sandwiches the seal and the drain fitting between the seamless drain sink and the drain mounting ring.

A method of mounting a drain to a sink, the method comprising the steps of:

• repositioning a drain mounting ring to sandwich a seal between a drain fitting and a seamless drain sink, the seamless drain sink including a seamless drain, at least partially delineated by a sleeve, and a bracket permanently mounted to the sleeve;
• and,
• rotating the drain mounting ring with respect to the seamless drain sink so that a plurality of tabs associated with the drain mounting ring ride against a plurality of helical ramps associated with the seamless drain sink to complete a fluid-tight seal between the seamless drain sink and the drain fitting using the seal;
• wherein rotating the drain mounting ring with respect to the seamless drain sink is operative to push an inner circumferential wall of the drain mounting ring against an underside of a peripheral flange of the drain fitting.