Combination sink and shower unit

Claim 2

A combined sink and shower unit comprising a first cabinet portion having a top with a sink basin, spout means associated with said sink basin for discharging water into said basin, a second cabinet portion integral with and adjacent to said first cabinet portion, a relatively low shower tray at least partially enclosed by said second cabinet portion, said second cabinet portion having a substantially vertical rear wall, a horizontal top wall hinged to said rear wall, and a front wall hinged to said top wall and limited in upward pivotable movement to a position coplanar with said top wall, said front and said top walls being pivotable about their substantially horizontal hinge connections to a substantially vertical position forming a rear shower wall for a shower stall and of substantially the same height as said first cabinet portion.

Claim 3

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, wherein said first cabinet encloses a water supply, pump means for circulating water from said supply to said spout means, and means for heating at least a portion of said water supply.

Claim 4

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 2, wherein said heating means comprises a two circuit hot water storage device, said first cabinet having an instrument panel with indicating means and actuating means for said heating means and said pump means.

Claim 5

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, including a hand spray and flexible conduit means connected to said hand spray permitting said hand spray to be lifted from said first cabinet portion and used in said second cabinet portion for spraying a person standing in said shower tray.

Claim 6

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 4, including means defined on the Interior of said front wall for mounting said hand spray on said shower wall formed by said front wall and said top wall.

Claim 7

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, wherein said shower tray comprises a sliding drawer, said first cabinet portion having means for receiving said drawer.

Claim 8

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, wherein said second cabinet portion includes a sidewall forming a sidewall of said first cabinet portion, a second sidewall of said second cabinet portion being spaced laterally from said first sidewall, said shower tray being disposed between said sidewalls.

Claim 9

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, including a shower curtain frame secured to the interior of said front wall and extending outwardly from said front wall when said front wall is in a vertical position to provide means for supporting a shower curtain thereon.

Claim 10

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, including means on the interior of said front wall providing a support bracket for a shower spray, and a hand spray or shower head carried on said first cabinet portion, flexible conduit means connected to said hand spray or shower head permitting it to be withdrawn from said first cabinet portion and mounted in said spray shower bracket of said front wall in a position to spray a person standing in said shower tray.

Claim 11

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 9, wherein said first cabinet portion includes an opening at the end thereof adjacent said second cabinet portion, said hand spray having an end which is adapted to fit in said opening when it is in a retracted position.

Claim 12

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, wherein said second cabinet portion top wall forms a sink drain for the sink basin of said first cabinet portion.

Claim 13

A combined sink and shower unit according to claim 1, including a hand spray or shower head, a flexible conduit connected to said hand shower spray and adapted to be connected to the water supply, means for mounting said hand shower spray on said first cabinet portion permitting removal thereof and removal of the flexible coupling from the interior of said first cabinet portion, said second cabinet portion including a sidewall spaced from said first cabinet portion, said shower tray being disposed between said sidewall and said first cabinet portion and including a front wall forming a portion of the front of said second cabinet portion, said front wall extending downwardly from said top wall to said shower tray front portion, said top wall having a drain board formation thereon extending from said sidewall to said first cabinet portion at the level of the top of said first cabinet portion.

Claim 14

A combined sink and shower unit comprising a first cabinet portion having a first cabinet top wall containing a sink basin, said top being arranged at the normal table height and being provided with water fittings and a hand spray, a long flexible hose connected to said hand spray and to said water fittings on said sink top, apparatus for water circulation arranged under said sink basin and connected to said water fittings for discharging water through said fittings and including means for heating water, a second cabinet portion having a second cabinet top corresponding in height substantially to the height of said first cabinet top and which is arranged in lateral juxtaposition to said first cabinet portion to form a complete sink and shower unit, said second cabinet top forming a drain board, said second cabinet including a rear wall, a sidewall extending outwardly and forwardly from said rear wall at the end thereof which is away from said first cabinet portion, a shower traylike plate of relatively shallow depth extending forwardly from said rear wall and defining a shower water collecting basin, said second cabinet portion having a front wall which is pivoted to said second cabinet top wall, said front wall and said second cabinet top wall being pivOtally movable upwardly to a substantially vertical position to define a rear shower wall extending considerably higher than the top of said first and second cabinet portions, said front wall being limited in upward pivotable movement to a position coplanar with said top wall, said front wall including on its interior side bracket means for holding said hand spray to support said hand spray in a position in which it may be employed as a shower spray at a location corresponding to the normal height of a person above said tray.

Claim 15

A combined sink and shower unit comprising a first cabinet portion having a first cabinet top wall containing a sink basin, said top being arranged at the normal table height and being provided with water fittings and a hand spray, a long flexible hose connected to said hand spray and to said water fittings on said sink top, apparatus for water circulation arranged under said sink basin and connected to said water fittings for discharging water through said fittings and including means for heating water, a second cabinet portion having a second cabinet top corresponding in height substantially to the height of said first cabinet top and which is arranged in lateral juxtaposition to said first cabinet portion to form a complete sink and shower unit, said second cabinet top forming a drain board, said second cabinet including a rear wall, a sidewall extending outwardly and forwardly from said rear wall at the end thereof which is away from said first cabinet portion, a shower traylike plate of relatively shallow depth extending forwardly from said rear wall and defining a shower water collecting basin, said second cabinet portion having a front wall which is pivoted to said second cabinet top wall, said front wall and said second cabinet top wall being pivOtally movable upwardly to a substantially vertical position to define a rear shower wall extending considerably higher than the top of said first and second cabinet portions, said front wall being limited in upward pivotable movement to a position coplanar with said top wall, said front wall including on its interior side bracket means for holding said hand spray to support said hand spray in a position in which it may be employed as a shower spray at a location corresponding to the normal height of a person above said tray.