Attachments for sinks

Claim 1

A SINK STOPPER AND DRINK DISPOSER WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A FRUSTO-CONICAL BASE THAN CAN EXTEND INTO THE DRAIN OPENING OF THE BASIN OF A SINK AND WHICH CAN COACT WITH THAT DRAIN OPENING TO PROVIDE A LIQUID-TIGHT SEAL, (B) A TUBULAR DISCHARGE END WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH AN OPENING IN SAID BASE, (C) SAID DISCHARGE END HAVING A LIQUID-TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BASE WHEREBY SAID SINK STOPPER AND DRINK DISPOSER CAN COACT WITH SAID BASIN TO MAINTAIN WATER WITHIN SAID BASIN, (D) A FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION THAT EXTENDS UPWARDLY AND LATERALLY FROM SAID DISCHARGE END TO LATERALLY DISPLACE THE CENTER OF THE UPPER END OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION FROM THE AXIS OF SAID DISCHARGE END, (E) SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION BEING GENERALLY CONICAL IN CONFIGURATION, (F) OPENINGS IN SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, (G) SAID OPENINGS BEING LARGE ENOUGH TO PERMIT WATER TO PASS FREELY THERETHROUGH, (H) SAID OPENINGS LIMITING THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF WATER IN SAID BASIN BY PERMITTING WATER TO PASS THERETHROUGH AND THEN DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION AND SAID DISCHARGE END TO THE DRAIN FACILITIES FOR SAID BASIN, (I) A DEFLECTOR THAT IS SECURED TO SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION ADJACENT SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, (J) SAID DEFLECTOR EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, (K) SAID DEFLECTOR BEING GENERALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL IN CONFIGURATION AND HAVING THE SMALL DIAMETER THEREOF AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, (L) SAID DEFLECTOR OVERLYING SAID OPENINGS BUT HAVING AN ANGLE OF GENERATION SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE ANGLE OF GENERATION OF SAID GENERALLY CONICAL UPPER PORTION TO SPACE THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF INWARDLY OF SAID OPENINGS TO PERMIT WATER TO FLOW INWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENINGS AND THEN DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION AND SAID DISCHARGE END TO THE DRAIN FACILITIES FOR SAID BASIN, (M) SAID BOTTOM OF SAID DEFLECTOR BEING DISPOSED BELOW THE LEVEL OF SAID OPENINGS TO KEEP THE CONTENTS OF INCOMPLETELY-EMPTIED DRINKING GLASSES FROM REACHING, AND PASSING THROUGH, SAID OPENINGS, (N) A SCREEN THAT IS REMOVABLY DISPOSABLE WITHIN SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER END, (O) SAID SCREEN BEING GENERALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL, (P) A FRAME FOR SAID SCREEN THAT OVERLIES THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, (Q) SAID FRAME BEING GENERALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL AND HAVING THE SMALL DIAMETER THEREOF AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, (R) SAID FRAME HAVING THE OUTER PORTION THEREOF BENT OUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLYL TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL SEPARATION OF SAID SCREEN FROM SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, AND (S) A HORIZONTALLY-DIRECTED FLANGE THAT IS STIFF AND UNYIELDING AND THAT IS SECURED TO, AND THAT PROJECTS OUTWARDLY FROM, SAID DISCHARGE END ABOVE SAID BASE, (T) SAID FLANGE OVERLYING AND ENGAGING A PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASIN TO COACT WITH SAID BASE TO HOLD SAID DRINK DISPOSER UPRIGHT WITHIN SAID BASIN, (U) SAID SINK STOPPER AND DRINK DISPOSER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AS TALL AS SAID BASIN, THEREBY SAID BASIN CAN BE SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER, (V) SAID FUNNEL-SHAPED UPPER PORTION TRANSFERRING HEAT FROM WATER IN SAID BASIN TO ICE CUBES HELD THEREIN AND ALSO PERMITTING WATER THAT ENTERS SAID OPENINGS TO CONTACT SAID ICE CUBES, (W) SAID DISCHARGE END BEING DIMENSIONED TO INTERCEPT AND HOLD ICE CUBES AND PIECES OF FRUIT WHENEVER SAID SCREEN IS REMOVED FROM SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION, (X) SAID GENERALLY CONICAL FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION HAVING THE AXIS THEREOF INCLINED FORWARDLY OF THE AXIS OF SAID DISCHARGE END TO DISPLACE THE CENTER OF THE UPPER END OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARDLY OF THE AXIS OF SAID DISCHARGE END, (Y) WHEREBY SAID UPPER END OF SAID FUNNEL-LIKE UPPER PORTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY DEEPER THAN TWICE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID AXIS OF SAID DISCHARGE END AND THE ADJACENT WALL OF SAID BASIN.