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US 7,000,266 B2Granted
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.
Claims15
A washing apparatus comprising:
- a body including an first work surface with first perimeter having an elliptical shape and surrounded by an upstanding wall structure which confines fluid from flowing off the first work surface at said perimeter, 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 that during washing use is both movably positioned on the first work surface and unfastened to the body, the platform having a second work surface with an second perimeter having an elliptical shape, said second work surface being raised upward from the first work surface so as to be located above said upstanding wall structure when said platform is positioned on said first work surface, wherein fluid flows unimpeded off the second perimeter of the second work surface onto the first work surface.
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A plumbing fixture for washing objects comprising:
- a body including a first work surface with a first perimeter having a geometric shape and 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 that during washing use is both movably positioned on the first work surface and unfastened to the body, the platform having a second work surface with a second perimeter having a like geometric shape as the first perimeter and raised upward from the first work surface so as to be located above said structure when said platform is positioned on said first work surface, wherein fluid flows unimpeded off the perimeter of the second work surface and into the drain opening of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.