Sink accessory part for arrangement on a sink

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10588483-B2
Application number	US-201615385422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Dec 22, 2015
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

In order to provide a sink accessory part for arrangement on a sink, which can be positioned on the sink simply and stably without the need for a plurality of horizontal support areas at the same height on the sink, and without restricting the functionality of the sink accessory part or the sink, it is proposed that the sink accessory part should include a first coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to a first side wall of a bowl of the sink, and a second coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to a second side wall, opposing the first side wall, of the bowl of the sink.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sink accessory part for arrangement on a sink,
the sink accessory part comprising:
a base body;
a first coupling device including a first coupling element that is fixed to the base body, the first coupling device for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to a first side wall of a bowl of the sink;
a second coupling device including a second coupling element that is fixed to the base body, the second coupling device for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to a second side wall, opposing the first side wall, of the bowl of the sink;
wherein, when the first and second coupling elements are frictionally engaged to the respectively associated side walls of the bowl, the first coupling device, the second coupling device, and the sink accessory part cannot be moved horizontally.

2. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling device and/or the second coupling device are couplable by positive locking and/or by force locking to the respectively associated side wall of the bowl.

3. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the first coupling device and/or the second coupling device each include at least two mutually spaced coupling elements for coupling the sink accessory part to the respectively associated side wall of the bowl.

4. A sink accessory part according to claim 3 , wherein the at least two mutually spaced coupling elements of the first coupling device are arranged on the sink accessory part at different heights and/or the at least two mutually spaced coupling elements of the second coupling device are arranged on the sink accessory part at different heights.

5. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coupling element includes a friction-enhancing material.

6. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coupling element surrounds an end of a carrier element of the base body of the sink accessory part.

7. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coupling element is at least partly received in a recess in the base body of the sink accessory part.

8. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the sink accessory part includes at least one support element for supporting the sink accessory part on a horizontal supporting face.

9. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the sink accessory part takes the form of a drip element or a grille.

10. A combination comprising:
a sink having at least one bowl, the sink including a first side wall and a second side wall opposing the first side wall; and
a sink accessory part for arrangement on the sink, said sink accessory part comprising:
a base body;
a first coupling device including a first coupling element that is fixed to the base body of the sink accessory part, the first coupling element for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to the first side wall of a bowl of the sink; and
a second coupling device including a second coupling element that is fixed to the base body of the sink accessory part, the second coupling element for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to the second side wall;

wherein, when the first and second coupling elements are frictionally engaged with the respectively associated side walls of the bowl, the sink accessory part including the first and second coupling devices is arranged immovably on the bowl, but can be removed from its position coupled to the bowl by using an upwardly directed force.

11. A combination according to claim 10 , wherein the sink accessory part, when it is in a position coupled to the side walls of the bowl, is not in contact with a bowl flange or a bowl edge of the sink that adjoins the first side wall or the second side wall of the bowl.

12. A combination according to claim 10 , wherein the sink accessory part, when it is in a position coupled to the side walls of the bowl, is not in contact with a base of the bowl of the sink.

13. A combination according to claim 10 , wherein the sink accessory part, when it is in a position coupled to the side walls of the bowl, is secured in a manner preventing any movement in relation to the bowl in any horizontal direction parallel to the first side wall and/or the second side wall.

14. A combination according to claim 10 , wherein the first side wall of the bowl and/or the second side wall of the bowl is inclined to the vertical in the installed condition of the sink.

15. A sink accessory part according to claim 1 , wherein the sink accessory part takes the form of a cutting board or a basin.

16. A combination comprising:
a sink having at least one bowl having a first side wall including a first portion having an inclination to the vertical of at most 20° and a second side wall opposing the first side wall, wherein the second side wall includes a second portion having an inclination to the vertical of at most 20°; and
a sink accessory part for arrangement on the sink, the sink accessory part comprising:
a base body;
a first coupling device including a first coupling element that is fixed to the base body, wherein the first coupling element includes a friction-enhancing material and wherein coupling element is for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to the first portion having the inclination to the vertical of at most 20°; and
a second coupling device including a second coupling element that is fixed to the base body, wherein the second coupling element includes the friction-enhancing material and wherein the second coupling element is for frictionally coupling the sink accessory part to the second portion having the inclination to the vertical of at most 20°.

17. A combination comprising:
a sink having at least one bowl including a first side wall and a second side wall, opposing the first side wall; and
a sink accessory part for arrangement on the sink, said sink accessory part comprising:
a base body;
a first coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to the first side wall, the first coupling device including a first coupling element that is fixed to the base body; and
a second coupling device, for coupling the sink accessory part to the second side wall, the second coupling device including a second coupling element that is fixed to the base body,
wherein the sink accessory part including the first and second coupling devices, when it is in a position coupled to the side walls of the bowl, is secured in a manner preventing any movement in relation to the bowl in any horizontal direction parallel to the first side wall and the second side wall.

18. A combination according to claim 10 , wherein the sink accessory part is clamped between the first side wall of the bowl and the second side wall of the bowl, at a working height that is predetermined by a dimension of the sink accessory part in a longitudinal direction thereof.

19. A combination according to claim 16 , wherein the sink accessory part is clamped between the first side wall of the bowl and the second side wall of the bowl, at a working height that is predetermined by a dimension of the sink accessory part in a longitudinal direction thereof.

20. A combination according to claim 17 , wherein the sink accessory part is clamped between the first side wall of the bowl and the second side wall of the bowl, at a working height that is predetermined by a dimension of the sink accessory part in a longitudinal direction thereof.

Assignees

• Blanco Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Keller Josef
• Assmann Christine

Classifications

• A47L19/02 Primary

  Draining-boards · CPC title

• E03C1/186

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

• E03C1/18

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