IP Library Granted Patent US 12,264,468
Granted Patent B2
US 12,264,468 · App. 18/079,676 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Work station locking assembly

Inventors: Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong (Palatine, IL); Michael Grady (Chicago, IL); Michael Seskauskas (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: EMC Water LLC
E03C1/18
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Patent No.
US 12,264,468
App. No.
18/079,676
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example sink is provided. The example sink includes a basin having a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom, having a top flange connected to the basin. The basin of the sink defines a top ridge below the top flange, the top ridge extending inward from the rear wall, and extending along the rear wall from the first side wall to the second side wall. The basin of the sink also defines one or more bottom ridges extending inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and one of the first side wall and the second side wall.

Claims (34)

1. A sink comprising:

a basin including a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom; and

a top flange connected to the basin,

wherein the basin defines a top ridge below the top flange, wherein the top ridge includes a rear top ridge extending inward from the rear wall and also extending inward from at least a portion of the first side wall and at least a portion of the second side wall, the rear top ridge extending along the rear wall from the first side wall to the second side wall, and

wherein the basin defines at least one bottom ridge extending inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and one of the first side wall and second side wall, the bottom ridge including an upward taper along the rear wall and an upward taper along the front wall.

2. The sink of claim 1 , wherein the top ridge is configured to support and locate a first accessory.

3. The sink of claim 2 , wherein the bottom ridge is configured to support and locate a second accessory.

4. The sink of claim 1 , the sink further comprising a front top ridge that extends inward from the front wall opposite the rear top ridge.

5. The sink of claim 1 , wherein the at least one or more-bottom ridge includes a first bottom ridge that extends inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and the first side wall.

6. The sink of claim 5 , wherein the at least one bottom ridge ridges further includes a second bottom ridge that extends inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and the second side wall.

7. The sink of claim 6 , wherein the first bottom ridge is configured to support and locate a first accessory and the second bottom ridge is configured to support and locate a second accessory.

8. The sink of claim 1 , wherein each bottom ridge includes a rear support defined by the rear wall, a side support defined by the first side wall or the second side wall, and a front support defined by the front wall.

9. The sink of claim 1 , wherein each of the top ridge and the at least one bottom ridge includes a curved edge to facilitate material in being swept into the basin.

10. A sink comprising:

a basin including a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom; and

a top flange connected to the basin,

a top ridge defined by the basin below the top flange, the top ridge comprising:

a first upper portion extending inward from the rear wall and along the rear wall from the first side wall at a first depth relative to the top flange;

a first lower portion extending inward from the rear wall and along the rear wall from the second side wall at a second depth relative to the top flange; and

a first angled portion connecting the first upper portion and the first lower portion.

11. The sink of claim 10 , wherein the first upper portion is configured to support and locate an accessory.

12. The sink of claim 10 , wherein the first lower portion is configured to support and locate an accessory.

13. The sink of claim 10 , wherein the top ridge further comprises a second upper portion extending inward from the front wall and along the front wall from the first side wall such that the second upper portion is opposite the first upper portion.

14. The sink of claim 13 , wherein the top ridge further comprises a second lower portion extending inward from the front wall and along the front wall from the second side wall such that the second lower portion is opposite the first lower portion.

15. The sink of claim 14 , wherein the top ridge further comprises a second angled portion connecting the second upper portion and the second lower portion.

16. The sink of claim 10 , wherein the top ridge extends between the first side wall and the second side wall.

17. A sink comprising:

a top flange; and

a basin connected to the top flange and including a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom, and a rear ridge,

wherein the rear ridge extends inward from the rear wall, at least a portion of the first side wall, and at least a portion of the second side wall below the top flange, the rear ridge extending along the rear wall from the first side wall to the second side wall,

wherein the rear ridge defines a first plurality of detents that are spaced apart from each other along a length of the rear ridge, and

wherein each of the first plurality of detents are configured to engage a tab of an accessory to lock the accessory in place, the first plurality of detents defining a plurality of predetermined positions along a length of the rear ridge, each of the first plurality of detents being configured to selectively receive at least one accessory in an associated one of the plurality of predetermined positions.

18. The sink of claim 17 , wherein the first plurality of detents are spaced evenly apart along the length of the rear ridge.

19. The sink of claim 17 , wherein the basin further includes a front ridge that extends inward from the front wall below the top flange, and wherein the front ridge defines a second plurality of detents opposite the first plurality of detents.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2026
From: WORLD DRYER CORPORATION; EMC WATER LLC; ZURN WATER, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 074945/0904 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2025
From: ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
To: EMC WATER LLC
Reel/Frame 070238/0424 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: CHONG, JONATHAN CHEE YEEN; GRADY, MICHAEL; SESKAUSKAS, MICHAEL
To: ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 062190/0399 →