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Granted Patent B2
US 12,448,763 · App. 18/412,073 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Towel bar sink

Inventors: Serhiy Torak (Brooklyn, NY); Todd Alexander (Hollis, NH)
Assignee: Kraus USA Plumbing LLC
E03C1/182A47K10/08
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Patent No.
US 12,448,763
App. No.
18/412,073
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A towel bar sink having a sink basin including openings that can accommodate a removable accessory bar and a light module.

Claims (42)

1. A towel bar sink comprising:

a sink basin including:

a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a rear wall extending upwardly from a bottom;

the first side wall having a first opening;

the second side wall having a second opening; and

wherein the first opening on the first side wall and the second opening on the second side wall are laterally opposed from each other;

an accessory bar including a first end and a second end;

wherein the first end of the accessory bar is supported by the first opening on the first side wall, and the second end of the accessory bar is supported by the second opening on the second side wall;

a first holder including a first receiver and configured to secure the first end of the accessory bar to the first side wall of the sink basin;

a second holder including a second receiver and configured to secure the second end of the accessory bar to the second side wall of the sink basin;

a light module having a light, a controller operably coupled to the light, and a cover supported proximate the light; and

wherein the light module is configured to fit into the first holder or the second holder when the accessory bar is removed from the respective first holder or second holder.

2. The towel bar sink of claim 1 , further comprising an accessory supported between the accessory bar and one of the rear wall or the front wall of the sink basin.

3. The towel bar sink of claim 2 , wherein the accessory is a storage caddy.

4. The towel bar sink of claim 1 , wherein the light module further includes a sensor operably coupled to the controller.

5. The towel bar sink of claim 4 , wherein the sensor is an infrared motion sensor and the controller activates the light based on input of a user's hand in the sink basin.

6. A towel bar sink comprising:

a sink basin including a first side wall and a second side wall in laterally spaced relation to the first side wall;

a first holder supported by the first side wall;

a second holder supported by the second side wall; and

wherein the first holder and the second holder are configured to alternatively receive opposing ends of an accessory bar, and first and second light modules.

7. The towel bar sink of claim 6 , wherein the light module includes a light, a controller operably coupled to the light, and a cover supported proximate the light.

8. The towel bar sink of claim 7 , wherein the light module further includes a sensor operably coupled to the controller.

9. The towel bar sink of claim 8 , wherein the sensor is an infrared motion sensor and the controller activates the light based on input of a user's hand in the sink basin.

10. The towel bar sink of claim 6 , further comprising an accessory supported between the accessory bar and one of a rear wall or a front wall of the sink basin.

11. The towel bar sink of claim 10 , wherein the accessory is a storage caddy.

12. A towel bar sink kit comprising:

a sink basin including a first side wall and a second side wall in laterally spaced relation to the first side wall;

a first holder supported by the first side wall;

a second holder supported by the second side wall;

an accessory bar including a first end and a second end;

wherein the first end of the accessory bar is configured to be supported by the first holder;

wherein the second end of the accessory bar is configured to be supported by the second holder;

a first light module configured to fit into the first holder; and

a second light module configured to fit into the second holder.

13. The towel bar sink kit of claim 12 , wherein:

the first light module includes a light, a controller operably coupled to the light, and a cover supported proximate the light; and

the second light module includes a light, a controller operably coupled to the light, and a cover supported proximate the light.

14. The towel bar sink kit of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first light module or the second light module further includes a sensor operably coupled to the controller.

15. The towel bar sink kit of claim 14 , wherein the sensor is an infrared motion sensor.

16. The towel bar sink kit of claim 12 , further comprising an accessory configured to be supported between the accessory bar, and one of a rear wall or a front wall of the sink basin.

17. The towel bar sink kit of claim 16 , wherein the accessory is a storage caddy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2024
From: TORAK, SERHIY; ALEXANDER, TODD
To: KRAUS USA PLUMBING LLC
Reel/Frame 068275/0669 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63441036 · Jan 25, 2023
Related Publication 20240247471A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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