Holder for sink accessory
AssigneeSe-Kure Controls, Inc.
InventorGustavo Bergmann
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Abstract
The combination of: a sink with a basin compartment and having an exposed surface with a metal portion; an accessory usable in conjunction with the sink; and a holder for releasably supporting the accessory in a staged position. The holder has a body and at least one component on the body that is magnetically attracted to the exposed metal surface portion to releasably maintain the holder in an operative position. The component is connected to the body so as to be movable relative to the body between: i) a stored position; and ii) a ready position. The holder has at least one outside dimension that is reduced with the at least one component changed from the ready position into the stored position.
Claims22
In combination:
- a) a sink comprising a basin compartment into which articles can be directed as for cleaning,
- the sink having an exposed surface with at least a portion of the exposed surface comprising metal;
- b) an accessory usable in conjunction with the sink;
- and
- c) a holder for releasably supporting the accessory in a staged position,
- the holder comprising a body and at least one component on the body that is magnetically attracted to the exposed metal surface portion to thereby releasably maintain the holder in an operative position with respect to the sink,
- the at least one component connected to the body so as to be movable relative to the body between:
- i) a stored position;
- and ii) a ready position,
- wherein the at least one component pivots relative to the body in moving between the stored and ready positions.
In combination:
- a) a sink comprising a basin compartment into which articles can be directed as for cleaning,
- the sink having an exposed surface with at least a portion of the exposed surface comprising metal;
- b) an accessory usable in conjunction with the sink;
- and
- c) a holder for releasably supporting the accessory in a staged position,
- the holder comprising a body and at least one component on the body that is magnetically attracted to the exposed metal surface portion to thereby releasably maintain the holder in an operative position with respect to the sink,
- the at least one component connected to the body so as to be movable relative to the body between:
- i) a stored position;
- and ii) a ready position,
- wherein the at least one component and body are configured so that the at least one component is movable guidingly relative to the body between the stored and ready position.
In combination:
- a) a sink comprising a basin compartment into which articles can be directed as for cleaning,
- the sink having an exposed surface with at least a portion of the exposed surface comprising metal;
- b) an accessory usable in conjunction with the sink;
- and
- c) a holder for releasably supporting the accessory in a staged position,
- the holder comprising a body and at least one component on the body that is magnetically attracted to the exposed metal surface portion to thereby releasably maintain the holder in an operative position with respect to the sink,
- the at least one component connected to the body so as to be movable relative to the body between:
- i) a stored position;
- and ii) a ready position,
- wherein the at least one component comprises first and second components on the body that are magnetically attracted to the exposed metal surface portion to cooperatively maintain the holder in the operative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.