Washstand furniture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10317137-B2
Application number	US-201815915216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A washstand may include a wash device that includes a wash bowl, a water supply assembly that supplies water to the wash bowl, and a drainage assembly that drains the water supplied to the wash bowl. The washstand may further include an inner cabinet disposed under the wash bowl, an outer cabinet provided to cover an outside of the inner cabinet, and a frame for fastening the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet and for supporting a load of the wash device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Washstand comprising:
a wash device including
a wash bowl,
a water supply assembly that supplies water to the wash bowl, and
a drainage assembly that drains the water supplied to the wash bowl;

an inner cabinet disposed under the wash bowl;
an outer cabinet provided to cover an outside of the inner cabinet;
a frame for fastening the inner cabinet and the outer cabinet and for supporting a load of the wash device; and
a second module provided between the inner cabinet and the wash bowl, the second module having a plurality of storage spaces,
wherein the inner cabinet has an upper frame that extends laterally across a front side of the inner cabinet at a prescribed height over an upper surface of the inner frame, the upper frame forming an opening through which the second module is inserted.

2. The washstand of claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrically operated module provided in the inner cabinet.

3. The washstand of claim 2 , wherein the inner cabinet is formed in a shape of a box that is open at a front side, wherein at least one of the electrically operated module is received through the open front of the inner cabinet.

4. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the inner cabinet includes a plurality of reinforcement protrusions arranged in a lattice pattern on an upper surface of the inner cabinet.

5. The washstand of claim 2 , wherein a module reception recess that accommodates the at least one electrically operated module is formed in front of a rear surface of the inner cabinet, and wherein an external connection recess, which communicates with an outside of the washstand, is formed at a rear of the rear surface of the inner cabinet.

6. The washstand of claim 5 , wherein a communication hole is provided on the rear surface of the inner cabinet, wherein the module reception recess communicates with the external connection recess through the communication hole.

7. The washstand of claim 5 , wherein a portion of the water supply assembly and a portion of the drainage assembly are provided in the external connection recess.

8. The washstand of claim 5 , further comprising:
a partition block that partitions the module reception recess of the inner cabinet into a plurality of spaces,
wherein the partition block is fitted into a recess formed on a surface inside the inner cabinet to mount the partition block.

9. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the upper frame is configured to support the wash bowl and the frame is provided to surround the upper frame.

10. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes a front frame provided in front of the inner cabinet and a rear frame provided at a rear of the inner cabinet.

11. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the frame has a quadrangular shape that surrounds a circumference of the inner cabinet.

12. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the frame includes
a main frame that supports the wash bowl, the main frame having a quadrangular shape that is open on one side, and
a subframe that coupled across the open side of the main frame.

13. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the frame has a prescribed shape which forms a space in the frame.

14. The washstand of claim 13 , wherein the prescribed shape of the cross-section is formed by a first section and second and third sections that extend from opposite ends of the first section, in a direction perpendicular to the first section.

15. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the outer cabinet includes
a side-outer cabinet wall provided at opposite side surfaces of the inner cabinet,
a rear-outer cabinet wall provided at a rear surface of the inner cabinet, and
a base-outer cabinet wall provided at a lower surface of the inner cabinet, and
wherein an external connection recess, in which a portion of the water supply assembly and a portion of the drainage assembly are provided, is defined between the rear-outer cabinet wall and a rear surface of the inner cabinet.

16. The washstand of claim 15 , wherein the rear-outer cabinet wall has a through-hole, the portion of the water supply assembly and the portion of the drainage assembly being externally connected through the through-hole.

17. The washstand of claim 15 , further comprising a support member provided between the rear surface of the inner cabinet and the rear-outer cabinet wall and configured to maintain a distance between the inner cabinet and the rear-outer cabinet wall.

18. The washstand of claim 15 , further comprising:
a dryer that generates airflow into the inner cabinet, wherein
the dryer is provided between the lower surface of the inner cabinet and the base-outer cabinet wall.

19. The washstand of claim 1 , wherein the frame and the outer cabinet are made of sheet metal.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jongseok
• Yang Inhyung
• Park Daeyun

Classifications

• E03C1/14

  Wash-basins connected to the waste-pipe · CPC title

• E03C1/32

  Holders or supports for basins · CPC title

• F26B9/066 Primary

  the products to be dried being disposed on one or more containers, which may have at least partly gas-previous walls, e.g. trays or shelves in a stack (F26B9/003 takes precedence; in combination with duct systems F26B21/00) · CPC title

• F26B3/04

  the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E03C1/04

  Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K) · CPC title