Filter for a basket, basin, or sink
AssigneeBeard Bin, LLC
InventorsAntranik Krikor KALAYDJIAN, John Richard VOLPE, Arjun Gladville DAVID
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Abstract
Improvements to a liquid permeable barrier or filter for a basket, basin, or sink. An expandable filter for a basket, basin, or sink, the filter including a filter material shaped and formed to having a peripheral region, a plurality of panels, and a central collection region, the peripheral region having an upper surface and a lower surface, and the plurality of panels extending from the central collection region towards the peripheral region; and one or more folds in the filter, each of the one or more folds permitting each of the plurality of panels to overlap an adjacent portion of the filter, wherein the filter can be unfolded from a folded orientation to a partially unfolded orientation.
Claims20
A filter for a basket, basin, or sink, the filter comprising:
- a filter having a peripheral region, a plurality of panels, and a central collection region, the peripheral region having an upper surface and a lower surface, and the plurality of panels extending from the central collection region towards the peripheral region;
- and
- one or more folds in the filter, each of the one or more folds permitting each of the plurality of panels to overlap an adjacent portion of the filter, wherein the filter can be unfolded from a folded orientation to a partially unfolded orientation.
- wherein the filter is removably disposed atop an exterior surface of a basket, basin, or sink.
A method for installing a filter for a basin or sink, the method comprising:
- providing a filter having:
- a peripheral region,
- a plurality of panels,
- a central collection region, the rim having an upper surface and a lower surface, and the plurality of panels extending from the central collection region towards the peripheral region;
- and
- unfolding the filter along one or more folds in the filter, each of the one or more folds permitting each of the plurality of panels to overlap an adjacent portion of the filter, wherein the filter can be unfolded from a folded orientation to a partially unfolded orientation.
- disposing the filter atop an exterior surface of a basket, basin, or sink.
A manufacturing process for a tilter for a basket, basin, or sink, the process comprising:
- providing a filter material;
- providing a die to mold the filter material;
- molding the filter material to manufacture a disposable filter for a basin or sink, the filter comprising:
- a peripheral region;
- a plurality of panels;
- a central collection region, the peripheral region having an upper surface and a lower surface, and the plurality of panels extending from the central collection region towards the peripheral region;
- and
- one or more folds in the filter, each of the one or more folds permitting each of the plurality of panels to overlap an adjacent portion of the filter, wherein the filter can be unfolded from a folded orientation to a partially unfolded orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.