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US 9,538,863 B1Granted
System for mounting a sink
OwnerMichael Peayinventor
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Abstract
A system for mounting a sink under a countertop comprising at least one anchor including at least one mounting hole for mounting to a structure and at least one attachment point and at least one flexible support attachable to the at least one attachment point of the at least one anchor.
Claims20
A system of mounting a sink under a countertop comprising:
- two or more anchors, each anchor formed of a unitary piece of metal and including a wall contact portion and an attachment portion, the wall contact portion having at least one mounting hole for mounting to a structure, the attachment portion angled relative to the wall contact portion and having multiple support attachment holes linearly arranged from about one edge of the anchor to the other edge of the anchor;
- at least one flexible support attached to at least one of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of the attachment portion of one of the anchors and also attached to at least one of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of the attachment portion of a different anchor for supporting a sink, the flexible support flexing to the exterior contours of the sink and curving about the sides of the sink between the anchors;
- attachments connecting the flexible support to at least one of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of the attachment portion of one of the anchors and connecting the flexible support to at least one of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of the attachment portion of the different anchor;
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- the flexible support attached to the anchors above the bottom of the sink.
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A sink mounting kit comprising:
- two or more anchors, each anchor formed of a unitary piece of metal and including a wall contact portion and an attachment portion, the wall contact portion having at least one mounting hole for mounting to a structure, the attachment portion angled relative to the wall contact portion and having multiple support attachment holes linearly arranged from about one edge of the anchor to about the opposite edge of the anchor;
- at least one flexible support with flexible support holes along at least a length of the flexible support at a first end and a second end of the at least one flexible support, with the first end of at least one flexible support attached to less than all of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of one of the anchors, with the second end of the at least one flexible support attached to at least one of the linearly arranged support attachment holes of the attachment portion of a different anchor for supporting a sink, the flexible support flexing to the exterior contours of the sink and curving about the sides of the sink between the anchors with the flexible support attached to the anchors above the bottom of the sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.