Lace works for bathroom sinks and similar articles

#The instant invention relates generally to lace products and more specifically it relates to lace works for a bathroom sink and similar articles.

#Numerous lace products have been provided in prior art that are adapted to contain definite motif patterns used in the manufacture for many different types of articles. For example, U.S. patents numbered U.S. Pat. No. 2,845,834 to Bloch; U.S. Pat. No. 3,797,427 to Metzler; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 250,779 to Smith II et al. and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 311,646 to Thomass all are illustrative of such prior art. While these units may be suitable for the particular purpose to which they address, they would not be as suitable for the purposes of the present invention as heretofore described.

#A primary object of the present invention is to provide a lace works for a bathroom sink and similar articles that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior art devices.

#The Figures on the drawings are briefly described as follows:

#FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view illustrating a sink with a hook or loop pile fastener material strip attached thereto between a sink rim clamp and a counter top;

#FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on line 2--2 of FIG. 1;

#Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 through 6 illustrate lace works 10 for a bathroom sink 12 on a counter top 14 of a vanity 16 and similar articles comprising an elongated ribbon of lace fabric 18. A structure 20 is for detachably securing the elongated ribbon of lace fabric as a decorative border about the rim of the bathroom sink 12 on the counter top 14 of the vanity 16.

#The detachable securing structure 20 includes a pair of hook and loop pile fastener material strips 24, 26. The first strip 24 is attached adjacent the perimeter of the rim 22 of the bathroom sink 12, on either side of a flange 28 of a sink rim clamp 30 as may be desired by the user. The second strip 26 is permanently attached to the underside of the elongated ribbon of lace fabric 18.

#The first fastener material strip 24, as best seen in FIGS. 2, 2A and 3, is attached adjacent a perimeter of the rim 22 of the bathroom sink 12, sandwiched between the flange 28 of the sink rim clamp 30 and an opposing surface of the counter top 14, or in the alternative the rim of the sink 22. An edge portion 32 of the first fastener material strip 24 will be exposed underneath the flange 28 of the sink rim clamp 30, to engage with the second fastener material strip 26 on the elongated ribbon of lace fabric 18.