# US 9,516,976 B2 · Sanitary facility comprising a washstand and a support cabinet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,516,976 B2 - Document ID: US9516976B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/584,133 - Filed: 2014-12-29 - Published: 2015-07-23 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-21 - Assignees: Duravit Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Duravit Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Thomas Stammel; Erich Fuhrer; Ulrich Weber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9516976B2 ## CPC - A47K 1/02: Portable toilet tables; Wash cabinets or stands - A47B 77/06: for incorporating sinks, with or without draining boards, splash-backs, or the like (constructional features of draining boards A47L19/02; sinks E03C1/18) - B32B 37/12: characterised by using adhesives - B32B 37/18: involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only - B32B 38/0004: {Cutting, tearing or severing, e.g. bursting; Cutter details (cutting in general B26D; laminating combined with punching or perforating B32B38/04; removing all or part of the layers B32B38/10; cutting in combination with laying up and registration B32B38/185 takes precedence)} - A47B 2220/03: Combined cabinets and wash basins - B32B 2037/1253: {curable adhesive} - B32B 2363/00: Epoxy resins - B32B 2375/00: Polyureas; Polyurethanes - B32B 2479/00: Furniture - E03C 1/32: Holders or supports for basins - Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor - Y10T 156/108: Flash, trim or excess removal - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A sanitary facility including a washstand of ceramic or porcelain and a piece of support furniture, which carries the washstand and has two side walls and a front wall, on the upper end surfaces of which the edges of the washstand rests. The front and side end surfaces of the washstand are processed in such a way that they are flush with the outside surfaces of the side walls and of the front wall. Veneer, covering the outside surfaces, is applied to the end surfaces of the washstand by an adhesive bond and extends up to the right-angled upper corner of the washstand. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sanitary facility comprising a washstand of ceramic or porcelain and a piece of support furniture, which carries the washstand and comprises two side walls and a front wall, on the upper end surfaces of which the edges of the washstand rest, wherein the front and side end surfaces of the washstand are machined in such a way that they are flush with the outside surfaces of the side walls and of the front wall, and in that a veneer covering the outside surfaces is applied to the end surfaces of the washstand by means of an adhesive joint and extends to a rectangular upper corner of the washstand. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the edge surfaces of the washstand and the end surfaces (13) of the front and side walls, namely, the surfaces which face, and rest on, each other, rest against each other with a positive fit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sanitary facility according to claim 2, wherein the flat edge areas of the underside of the washstand rest flat on the associated end surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The sanitary facility according to claim 2, wherein a groove, in which the associated wall fits, is formed in the underside of the washstand. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sanitary facility according to claim 4, wherein the web of the groove leading to the end surface or the end surface adjoining the miter of the washstand comprises a height of ≦10 mm, especially of ≦5 mm, and preferably of approximately 2 mm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The sanitary facility according to claim 2, wherein the edge surfaces of the washstand and end surfaces of the associated walls are mitered together. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive forming the adhesive joint is an epoxy resin adhesive or a polyurethane adhesive. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the veneer is a genuine wood veneer, a decorative veneer, or a laminated veneer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method for producing a sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein a section of veneer extending beyond the associated end surface is provided on the side walls and the front wall; after which the end surfaces of the washstand are machined as a function of the distances d1, d2 of the veneer sections from each other and from the rear of the cabinet; after which an adhesive layer is applied to the inside surface of the veneer sections and/or to the end surfaces of the washstand; after which the washstand is seated in the support furniture, so that the veneer sections lie opposite the end surfaces of the washstand and are bonded thereto by the adhesive layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, to form the veneer sections, the associated wall of the support furniture is processed by removal of material, especially by milling, at the associated end surface, so that the veneer section is exposed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, after the washstand has been seated and the veneer sections have been adhered, the projection of the veneer sections beyond the upper corner of the washstand is cut off. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein a groove is formed in the underside of the washstand near the edge, into which the associated wall is fitted. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the underside of the washstand is milled flat. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein, on the washstand and on the associated wall, mitered surfaces are formed, by which the two surfaces rest against each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein an epoxy resin adhesive or a polyurethane adhesive is used as the adhesive forming the adhesive bond.