Combination game cleaning station, portable sink and ice chest
OwnerGregory Stuart Cawthoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a portable sink or container with a lid that is preferably capable of closing and sealing the sink or container. In certain embodiments, the sink is preferably adapted to be connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink or container preferably has features that make it easy to use in an outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. In one aspect, the sink preferably has handles that support utility panels that can be folded up or down on top of the sink or container.
Claims18
A method of forming a portable sink that can double as an ice chest, comprising:
- forming a sink body portion having two side walls, two end walls and a lower floor with a drain, wherein said two side walls and said two end walls have an upper edge that extends along an upper portion of said body portion;
- pivotally connecting a lid along an upper edge of one of said two side walls, wherein said lid pivots from a closed position, in which said lid substantially covers a space inside said sink body portion, to an open position, and vice verse;
- pivotally connecting two panels along an upper edge of each of said two end walls, wherein said panels pivot from a closed position, to an open position, and vice verse;
- wherein with said panels in said closed position said panels are positioned above said space, and with said lid in said closed position said lid is positioned over said panels;
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- fixing a handle to each of said two end walls, wherein an uppermost surface of each of said handles is located a predetermined height from said upper edge of said end walls wherein with said panels in said open position, said panels are supported by said handles and extended substantially horizontally outward from said sink body portion.
A portable sink that can double as an ice chest, comprising:
- a sink body portion having an interior space surrounded by two side walls, two end walls and a lower floor with a drain, wherein said body portion has an upper edge extending along an upper portion of said two side walls and said two end walls;
- a lid pivotally connected to an upper portion of one of said two side walls, wherein said lid pivots from a closed position, in which said lid substantially covers said space, to an open position, and vice verse;
- two panels pivotally connected to an upper portion of said two end walls, wherein said panels pivot from a closed position, to an open position, and vice verse, wherein with said panels in said closed position said panels are positioned over said space, and with said lid in said closed position, said lid is positioned over said panels;
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- a fixed handle extending from each of said two end walls, wherein an upper surface of each of said handles is located at a predetermined height relative to said upper edge wherein with said panels extended in said open position, said panels are supported by said handles and extended substantially horizontally outward from said sink body portion.
A method of using a portable sink that can double as an ice chest, comprising:
- opening and closing a lid pivotally connected along an upper edge of a sink body portion having walls and a lower floor with a drain, wherein said lid pivots from a closed position, in which said lid substantially covers a space inside said sink body portion, to an open position, and vice verse;
- swinging two panels pivotally connected along said upper edge from a closed position, to an open position, and vice verse, wherein with said panels in said closed position, said panels are positioned over said space, and with said lid in said closed position, said lid is positioned over said panels;
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- supporting said panels in said open position with handles extending from said sink body portion, wherein said handles are fixed at a predetermined height relative to the height of said upper edge, wherein with said panels in said open position, said panels are extended substantially horizontally outward from said sink body portion.
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