Sink with removable divide
OwnerTodd Alexanderinventor
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Abstract
A sink having a removeable divide is disclosed herein. The sink includes an elongated rib that is positioned in the middle of the sink and extends downward along the front wall, across the sink bottom between the left drain and the right drain, and upward along the back wall. The removable divide is provided as a transverse wall that is designed and dimensioned to extend between the front wall and the back wall of the sink, and divide the sink into a left basin and a right basin. The divide includes a groove that is complementary to the elongated rib of the sink.
Claims20
A sink comprising:
- a basin including a first pair of opposing walls, a second pair of opposing walls, and a floor;
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- a removable divide extending between and coupled to the first pair of opposing walls and the floor in a tongue-and-groove arrangement.
A sink comprising:
- a basin comprising a front wall, a back wall, a left wall, a right wall and a floor with an elongated convex rib extending along the floor between the front wall and the back wall, the rib also extending upward from the floor on both the front wall and the back wall to a position below an upper lip of the basin;
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- a removable divide engaging the rib, the removable divide including a left side, a right side, a top edge, a front edge, a back edge and a bottom edge, the removable divide further comprising a concave groove extending along the front edge, bottom edge and back edge, the groove engaging the rib such that a water-tight seal is formed between the rib and the removable divide.
A method of manipulating a removable divide for a kitchen sink comprising:
- aligning a first bottom corner of the divide with a first crest on a first end of a track of a basin of the kitchen sink and aligning a second bottom corner of the divide with a second crest on a second end of the track on the basin of the kitchen sink;
- moving the divide downward such that it slides along the track until a bottom edge of the divide engages a portion of the track on a floor of the basin in a water-tight seal and divides the basin into a first side and a second side;
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- moving the divide upward such that it slides upward along the track until the divide is released from the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.