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US 2004/0103473 A1Published application
Lavatory with a removable washing platform
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsJames M. Piatt, William F. Gordon
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Abstract
A spout directs a stream of water onto an adjacent washing apparatus. The washing apparatus has a body with a first work surface and a drain opening that is connected by a coupling to the waste water system of a building. A second platform is removably positionable on the first work surface and has a second work surface raised from the first work surface.
Claims24
A washing apparatus comprising:
- a body having a first work surface surrounded by an upstanding wall structure which confines fluid from flowing off the first work surface, and having a drain opening in the first work surface;
- a coupling suitable to link the drain opening to a building waste disposal system;
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- a platform removably positioned on the first work surface and having a second work surface that is raised upward from the first work surface, wherein fluid flowing off the second work surface flows onto the first work surface.
1 more element
A plumbing fixture for washing objects comprising:
- a body having a first work surface surrounded by a structure that prevents a fluid from flowing outward from the first work surface and off the plumbing fixture;
- and having a drain opening to receive the fluid flowing from the first work surface;
- a coupling suitable to link the drain opening to a building waste disposal system;
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- a platform removably positioned on the first work surface and having a second work surface that is raised upward from the first work surface, wherein fluid flowing from the second work surface flows into the drain opening of the body.
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A washing apparatus comprising:
- a body having an work surface surrounded by a trough to collect fluid flowing from the work surface, the first work surface being convex so as to direct water toward the trough, and the trough having a drain opening therein;
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- a coupling connected to the drain opening and suitable to link to a building waste water disposal system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.