Post Patents (Class 4/646)
  • Patent number: 7954183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable sink or container with a lid that is preferably capable of closing and sealing the sink or container. In certain embodiments, the sink is preferably adapted to be connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink or container preferably has features that make it easy to use in an outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. In one aspect, the sink preferably has handles that support utility panels that can be folded up or down on top of the sink or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Gregory Stuart Cawthon
  • Patent number: 6836910
    Abstract: The portable sink is capable of being connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink preferably has features that make it easy to use in any outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a large drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. The lid also enables the sink to be used as a container for storing items during travel. In this respect, the sink can be made of an insulating material so that it can double as an ice chest when desired. A pressurized water tank can be provided which is preferably sized to fit inside the sink and adapted to supply water where no other water supply is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Cawthon Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Stuart Cawthon
  • Patent number: 6427259
    Abstract: The invention is a portable sink with a lid that is capable of being connected to an existing water supply, such as an outdoor hose or faucet, such that running water can be provided inside the sink in an outdoor environment. The sink preferably has features that make it easy to use in any outdoor environment, such as folding legs, an adjustable spigot, a spray nozzle, a storage drawer, a shelf, a large drain, a funnel, a strainer for the drain, cutting boards, baskets, etc. The lid also enables the sink to be used as a container for storing items during travel. In this respect, the sink can be made of an insulating material so that it can double as an ice chest when desired. A pressurized water tank can be provided which is preferably sized to fit inside the sink and adapted to supply water where no other water supply is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Cawthon Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Stuart Cawthon
  • Patent number: 6370711
    Abstract: Assembly for washstand, with different mounting options obtained through combinations of deep or shallow basins, straight or cut-out countertops and supported on legs or on a stand, as well as for free-standing basins. Its basic functional elements are the basin proper, with the configuration of a shell with spherical surface, deep (1) or shallow (2); and the planar countertop, with several possible configurations of its front edge. The support legs (7) are cylindrical and tubular, provided with a horizontal cross piece (12) that is supported against the wall. The countertops are affixed to the wall by means of back supports (13) of compound profile, that are inserted into lugs (8) in the lower face of the countertop and are fastened to the wall. If the countertop is cut out, the basin is supported on a central bracket (20) fastened to the wall by means of a special member (22); and if the basin is free-standing, it is supported on another similar bracket (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Ibergesfer, S.L.
    Inventor: Jose Ma Ferrer Beltran
  • Patent number: 6108832
    Abstract: A sink assembly includes a sink top, a sink base being one or the other of at least two different styles, such as a central pedestal or a pair of front corner legs, and an arrangement of mounting elements defined on the different sink bases and at different locations on an underside of the sink top providing interchangeability of one for the other of the different styles of bases with the one sink top. The sink top has a basin, underside and pair of front corners. A first of the mounting elements in the arrangement thereof includes a convex-shaped bottom portion on the underside of the sink top at the basin thereof for receiving and supporting a first of the different sink bases in the form of a central pedestal at the location of the bottom portion of the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Bryan C. McIntire
  • Patent number: 5996142
    Abstract: A multipurpose water delivery system, and a method for its construction, which comprises an internal assembly consisting of water delivery conduit and a variety of connectors attached thereto; a hollow vertically oriented cylindrical external assembly which houses the internal assembly and through which a plurality of accessories such as shower heads, valves, and hose bibs may be connected to the internal assembly; and a non-threaded twist-resistant mounting base which can be quickly and easily installed onto hard surfaces or into soil, yet secures the external assembly in position even during gale force winds. In portable embodiments which are connected to positive pressure water supplies through a conventional garden hose, a simple twisting and lifting force applied to the external assembly can quickly separate it from the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Inventor: Peter I. Colman
  • Patent number: 5502848
    Abstract: A portable wash basin stand for use outdoors that uses a common garden hose as a water connection between the stand and the nearest plumbing. The stand has a circular weighted base and four upright posts that support a sink. Arrayed on the upright posts are a number of bayonet mounts that can be used to support a variety of accessories including a garden umbrella, a paper towel dispenser, a paper cup dispenser, a soap dispenser, a working shelf and other useful accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Inventor: James P. Cowan
  • Patent number: 4689841
    Abstract: A foldaway sink pivotally connected to a supporting wall for movement between a retracted position parallel to the supporting wall and a position perpendicular to the supporting wall. The sink is made of fiberglass with a ribbed edge. A drain pipe and a support pipe are disconnectable and releasably attachable to the side of the sink in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Inventor: Gregory M. Owen
  • Patent number: D332829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: Christine A. Belfor