US3118147A
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Adjustable sink means
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-07-02
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Granted: 1964-01-21
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Expires: 1982-07-02
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark E Larkin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:50
CPC Classifications
E; E03; E03C; E03C1/00; E03C1/12; E03C1/32; E03C1/322; E03C1/324; E03C1/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
620 words
ADJUSTABLE SINK MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A CENTER PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MOUNTING BOLTS AND TWO SPACED SIDE PORTIONS AT OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES OF SAID CENTER PORTION, EACH OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A RECESS THEREIN, TWO STOP PLATES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND CLOSING THE ENDS OF SAID RECESSES THEREIN, A CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER TRANSVERSELY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID CENTER PORTION OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE WITH THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE UPPER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES AND POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, TWO SHAFTS MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER, TWO COIL SPRINGS CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A CONSTANT TENSION, EACH OF SAID SHAFTS RECEIVING ONE OF SAID SPRINGS AND HAVING ONE END OF SAID SPRINGS SECURED THERETO, A SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED CENTER PORTION WITH CHANNEL SHAPED END PORTIONS DEFINING RECESSES IN FACING RELATION, FOUR ROLLERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER, EACH OF SAID RECESSES IN SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER BETWEEN SAID STOP PLATES RECEIVING TWO OF SAID ROLLERS WITH SAID ROLLERS BEING POSITIONED AT THE END PORTIONS THEREOF AND EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS THEREOF AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID STOP PLATES IN OPERATION TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, THE OTHER END PORTIONS OF SAID SPRINGS BEING SECURED TO SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER WITH SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER POSITIONED WITH SAID ROLLERS THEREON RECEIVED BY SAID RECESSES IN SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND ENGAGING SAID SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF, BRAKE MEANS INCLUDING A ROD PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID STOP PLATES WITH ONE END PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES AND THROUGH SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER, A BRAKE OPERATOR SECURED TO SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID ROD, A TUBE POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID STOP PLATES AND TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVING SAID ROD, SAID TUBE BEING ECCENTRICALLY MOUNTED ON SAID ROD AND HAVING A ROUGHENED OUTER SURFACE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER BY OPERATION OF SAID BRAKE OPERATOR TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, A TORSION COIL SPRING POSITIONED AROUND SAID ROD AND HAVING ONE END PORTION THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ROD AND HAVING THE OTHER END PORTION THEREOF SECURED TO SAID LOWER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES TO URGE SAID ROD AND SAID TUBE ATTACHED THERETO IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE BRAKING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBE AND SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, AN ELONGATED SINK MOUNTING BAR HAVING ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION SECURED TO SAID CENTER PORTION OF SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER WITH SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID BAR DEFINING A SINK RECEIVING SLOT, A SINK HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING WALL AT THE REAR EDGE THEREOF, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID WALL OF SAID SINK BEING RECEIVED BY SAID SINK RECEIVING SLOT DEFINED BY SAID BAR AND SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER, TWO CONDUITS OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EACH CONNECTED AT ONE END PORTION TO THE WATER INLET OF SAID SINK AND CONNECTED IN THE TOP END PORTION TO A SOURCE OF WATER, A DRAIN PIPE CONNECTED IN ONE END PORTION TO THE OUTLET OPENING OF SAID SINK, AND A DRAIN CONDUIT OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL CONNECTED IN ONE END PORTION TO THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID DRAIN PIPE, SAID ADJUSTABLE SINK MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT SAID MOUNTING PLATE CAN BE FIXEDLY SECURED TO A WALL OR THE LIKE WITH SAID SINK HELD BY SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER AND MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE WITH SAID SPRINGS COUNTERBALANCING SAID SINK, SAID BRAKE MEANS HOLDING SAID SINK AT THE DESIRED HEIGHT DURING PERIODS OF USE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
620 words
ADJUSTABLE SINK MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A CENTER PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MOUNTING BOLTS AND TWO SPACED SIDE PORTIONS AT OPPOSITE SIDE EDGES OF SAID CENTER PORTION, EACH OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A RECESS THEREIN, TWO STOP PLATES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND CLOSING THE ENDS OF SAID RECESSES THEREIN, A CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER TRANSVERSELY SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID CENTER PORTION OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE WITH THE SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE UPPER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES AND POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, TWO SHAFTS MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE PORTIONS OF SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER, TWO COIL SPRINGS CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A CONSTANT TENSION, EACH OF SAID SHAFTS RECEIVING ONE OF SAID SPRINGS AND HAVING ONE END OF SAID SPRINGS SECURED THERETO, A SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING AN ELONGATED CENTER PORTION WITH CHANNEL SHAPED END PORTIONS DEFINING RECESSES IN FACING RELATION, FOUR ROLLERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER, EACH OF SAID RECESSES IN SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER BETWEEN SAID STOP PLATES RECEIVING TWO OF SAID ROLLERS WITH SAID ROLLERS BEING POSITIONED AT THE END PORTIONS THEREOF AND EXTENDING FROM THE ENDS THEREOF AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID STOP PLATES IN OPERATION TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, THE OTHER END PORTIONS OF SAID SPRINGS BEING SECURED TO SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER WITH SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER POSITIONED WITH SAID ROLLERS THEREON RECEIVED BY SAID RECESSES IN SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND ENGAGING SAID SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF, BRAKE MEANS INCLUDING A ROD PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID STOP PLATES WITH ONE END PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPPER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES AND THROUGH SAID CHANNEL SHAPED MEMBER, A BRAKE OPERATOR SECURED TO SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID ROD, A TUBE POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID STOP PLATES AND TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVING SAID ROD, SAID TUBE BEING ECCENTRICALLY MOUNTED ON SAID ROD AND HAVING A ROUGHENED OUTER SURFACE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER BY OPERATION OF SAID BRAKE OPERATOR TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, A TORSION COIL SPRING POSITIONED AROUND SAID ROD AND HAVING ONE END PORTION THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ROD AND HAVING THE OTHER END PORTION THEREOF SECURED TO SAID LOWER ONE OF SAID STOP PLATES TO URGE SAID ROD AND SAID TUBE ATTACHED THERETO IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE BRAKING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBE AND SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, AN ELONGATED SINK MOUNTING BAR HAVING ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION SECURED TO SAID CENTER PORTION OF SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER WITH SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER AND THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID BAR DEFINING A SINK RECEIVING SLOT, A SINK HAVING A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING WALL AT THE REAR EDGE THEREOF, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID WALL OF SAID SINK BEING RECEIVED BY SAID SINK RECEIVING SLOT DEFINED BY SAID BAR AND SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER, TWO CONDUITS OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL EACH CONNECTED AT ONE END PORTION TO THE WATER INLET OF SAID SINK AND CONNECTED IN THE TOP END PORTION TO A SOURCE OF WATER, A DRAIN PIPE CONNECTED IN ONE END PORTION TO THE OUTLET OPENING OF SAID SINK, AND A DRAIN CONDUIT OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL CONNECTED IN ONE END PORTION TO THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID DRAIN PIPE, SAID ADJUSTABLE SINK MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT SAID MOUNTING PLATE CAN BE FIXEDLY SECURED TO A WALL OR THE LIKE WITH SAID SINK HELD BY SAID SINK SUPPORTING MEMBER AND MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE WITH SAID SPRINGS COUNTERBALANCING SAID SINK, SAID BRAKE MEANS HOLDING SAID SINK AT THE DESIRED HEIGHT DURING PERIODS OF USE.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1967-01-20 | 1967-07-22 | 1968-01-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1971-01-20 | 1971-07-22 | 1972-01-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1975-01-20 | 1975-07-22 | 1976-01-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |