Method of installing apron-front sink

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10098455-B2
Application number	US-201715417043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Mar 4, 2011
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A method of installing an under-mount apron-front sink to a cabinet includes placing an under-mount apron-front sink onto a portion of the cabinet, wherein the under-mount apron-front sink extends through an opening disposed in a front wall of the cabinet and sliding the under-mount apron-front sink in a rearward direction through the opening until a front apron of the sink engages the front wall of the cabinet, wherein the front apron comprises a left end and a right end. A lateral distance between the left end and the right end of the front apron is greater than a lateral width of the opening of the cabinet such that the front apron at least partially overlaps the opening such that the opening is not visible with the sink installed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of installing an under-mount apron-front sink to a cabinet, the method comprising:
placing an under-mount apron-front sink onto a portion of the cabinet, wherein the under-mount apron-front sink extends through an opening disposed in a front wall of the cabinet; and
sliding the under-mount apron-front sink in a rearward direction through the opening until a front apron of the sink engages the front wall of the cabinet, wherein the front apron comprises a left end and a right end;
wherein a lateral distance between the left end and the right end of the front apron is greater than a lateral width of the opening of the cabinet such that the front apron at least partially overlaps the opening such that the opening is not visible with the sink installed; and
wherein the under-mount apron-front sink further comprises at least one basin spaced apart from the front apron to define a space directly between the at least one basin and the front apron that receives at least a portion of the front wall of the cabinet.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cutting at least a portion of the front wall of the cabinet to define the opening.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the opening is defined by a drawer opening provided in the front wall of the cabinet.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing a false front from the front wall of the cabinet that covers a portion of the opening.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the cabinet is a first support that is coupled to a first interior wall of the cabinet and further comprising coupling the first support to the first interior wall of the cabinet.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising coupling a second support to a second interior wall of the cabinet, wherein the step of placing the sink onto the portion of the cabinet comprises placing the sink onto both the first support coupled to the first interior wall of the cabinet and the second support coupled to the second interior wall of the cabinet.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sink includes an upper rim having a left outer edge and a right outer edge and the distance between the left outer edge and the right outer edge is 34 inches.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sink includes an upper rim having a left outer edge and a right outer edge and the distance between the left outer edge and the right outer edge is 31 inches.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sink includes an upper rim having a left outer edge and a right outer edge and the distance between the left outer edge and the right outer edge is 28 inches.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one basin is at least two basins.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the front apron is hollow.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first edge of the front apron is aligned with an edge of a door located below the front apron on the front wall.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the under-mount apron-front sink further comprises a rim coupling the front apron to the basin at an upper end of the basin, and wherein the rim is the only support extending between the basin and the front apron.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the entire front apron is positioned in front of the opening.

15. A method of installing an under-mount apron-front sink to a cabinet, comprising:
forming an opening in a front wall of the cabinet by either cutting a new opening in the front wall or expanding an existing opening in the front wall, wherein the opening comprises two lateral edges and one lower edge;
lowering an under-mount apron-front sink onto the cabinet; and
moving the under-mount apron-front sink in a rearward direction until a rear edge of a front apron of the under-mount apron-front sink is substantially flush with a front surface of the cabinet;
wherein the front apron extends beyond the opening in the front wall of the cabinet so as to at least partially conceal the two lateral edges; and
wherein the under-mount apron-front sink includes a basin spaced apart from the front apron such that at least a portion of the front wall of the cabinet is received directly between the front apron and the basin.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the front apron also conceals the lower edge.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the opening is at least partially defined by a pre-existing drawer opening formed in the front wall.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the front apron has a height between 6 and 7 inches.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the step of forming an opening comprises removing a rail provided above an existing drawer opening.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the cabinet comprises a first support coupled to a first inner wall and a second support coupled to a second inner wall and the step of lowering an under-mount apron-front sink onto the cabinet comprises lowering the sink onto the first and second supports.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the step of moving the under-mount apron-front sink in a rearward direction comprises sliding the sink along the first and second supports.

22. The method of claim 15 , wherein a first edge of the front apron is aligned with an edge of a door located below the front apron.

Assignees

• Kohler Co

Inventors

• Booth Shawn J
• Giefer James S

Classifications

• A47B77/06 Primary

  for incorporating sinks, with or without draining boards, splash-backs, or the like (constructional features of draining boards A47L19/02; sinks E03C1/18) · CPC title

• E03C1/18 Primary

  Sinks, whether or not connected to the waste-pipe · CPC title

• E03C1/33

  Fastening sinks or basins in an apertured support · CPC title

• A47B77/022

  Work tops · CPC title

• E03C1/186

  Separate partition walls, lids, protecting borders, or the like, for sinks · CPC title