Sanitary installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268269-B2
Application number	US-202016884490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2020
Priority date	May 28, 2019
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A sanitary installation, including a ceramic or porcelain wash basin or wash stand and a vanity unit, wherein the vanity unit has at least one pull-out drawer having two side walls and a front wall, wherein the shape of the side walls and of the front wall conforms to the shape of the front and side end faces of the wash basin or wash stand, wherein the end faces are aligned with the side walls and the front wall, and wherein the side walls, the front wall and the end faces are coated with a veneer, applied via an adhesive bond, or with a paint.

First claim

We claim:

1. A sanitary installation, comprising: a ceramic or porcelain wash basin or wash stand and a vanity unit, wherein the vanity unit has at least one pull-out drawer having two side walls and a front wall, wherein the side walls and of the front wall have a shape that conforms to a shape of front and side end faces of the wash basin or wash stand, wherein the end faces are aligned with the side walls and the front wall, and wherein the side walls, the front wall and the end faces are coated with a veneer, applied via an adhesive bond, or with a paint.

2. A sanitary installation according to claim 1 , the at least one pull-out drawer including an upper drawer and at least one further drawer beneath the upper drawer, the further drawer having veneer coated side walls and a veneer coated front wall aligned with the side walls and the front wall of the upper drawer.

3. A sanitary installation according to claim 1 , wherein the end faces are at a 90° angle to one another, and the side walls and the front wall are at a 90° angle to one another, or they merge one into another via a curvature.

4. A sanitary installation according to claim 1 , wherein the veneer extends up to a right-angled top edge of the wash basin.

5. A sanitary installation according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive bond includes an epoxy resin adhesive or a polyurethane adhesive.

6. A sanitary installation according to claim 1 , wherein the veneer is a wood veneer, a decorative veneer or a laminated veneer.

7. A sanitary installation according to claim 2 , wherein the vanity unit includes a supporting structure beneath the wash basin or wash stand, which supporting structure is fixed on a bottom side of the wash basin or wash stand and/or, in an assembled position, is fixed to a wall and has linear runners on which the at least one drawer runs.

8. A sanitary installation according to claim 7 , wherein the supporting structure is configured to be wall-mounted, and the wash basin or wash stand sits on the supporting structure and is fixed to the supporting structure.

9. A sanitary installation according to claim 7 , wherein the supporting structure includes a number of horizontally arranged supports corresponding to a number of the at least one drawer, the linear runners, being disposed on the supports.

10. A sanitary installation according to claim 9 , wherein the linear runners are undermount runners.

11. A sanitary installation according to claim 7 , wherein the end faces are distanced from one another by surfaces of the front and side walls of the upper drawer, and/or the front and side walls of the upper drawer are distanced from those of the further drawer by a gap.

12. A sanitary installation according to claim 11 , wherein the supporting structure is configured to form a bottom of the.

Assignees

• Duravit Ag

Inventors

• Stammel Thomas
• Konstanzer Thomas
• Weber Ulrich

Classifications

• A47B88/944

  Drawers characterised by the front panel · CPC title

• A47K1/02 Primary

  Portable toilet tables; Wash cabinets or stands · CPC title

• A47B2220/03

  Combined cabinets and wash basins · CPC title

• E03C1/14

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

• E03C1/322 Primary

  connected to the wall only · CPC title