Sink clip assembly
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorMark A. Romo
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a kitchen sink to a counter top provides a sink rim with a substantially horizontally extending bent back wall. A clip assembly for use therewith has a bracket with a grip region defining a horizontal gap sized to fit snugly around an edge of the horizontal wall. The bracket defines a pair of vertical tracks in which vertical extensions of a clamp member can slide. The L-shaped clamp has a generally horizontal hook that can engage the underside of the counter top so as to clamp the sink to the counter top by tightening a threaded fastener.
Claims8
A sink clip assembly, comprising:
- a bracket having an axially extending track and a grip region defined by laterally extending mouth having a pair of spaced apart lips;
- a clamp having an axially extending spine mountable to ride along the track and a laterally extending clamping hook;
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- a fastener that upon rotation of at least a portion thereof can drive the spine along the track;
- wherein the fastener comprises a bolt mounted through both the bracket and clamp, and a nut rotatably threaded on the bolt, whereby rotation of the nut can move the nut axially along the bolt and also drive the clamp axially.
A sink clip assembly, comprising:
- a bracket having an axially extending track and a grip region defined by laterally extending mouth;
- a clamp having an axially extending spine mountable to ride along the track and a laterally extending clamping hook;
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- a fastener that upon rotation of at least a portion thereof can drive the spine along the track;
- wherein the mouth is defined by a pair of upper and lower lips that are spaced apart, at least one of which is made of a flexible material and wherein the lower lip is of a lesser thickness than the upper lip.
A sink assembly, comprising:
- a sink having a basin with an integral rim having an upper rim part around the basin and a lower rim part positioned below at least a portion of the upper rim part and extending essentially horizontally adjacent its terminal portion;
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- a clip assembly having:
- a bracket having an axially extending track and a grip region defined by laterally extending mouth having a pair of spaced apart lips defining a gap receiving at least part of the terminal portion of the lower rim part;
- a clamp having an axially extending spine mountable to ride along the track and a laterally extending clamping hook;
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- a fastener that upon rotation of at least a portion thereof can drive the spine along the track;
- wherein rotation of said portion can drive the hook towards the sink rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.