Drawer containing a sink
View Patent ↗A drawer is disclosed which is installed in a cabinet structure containing plumbing comprising water lines and a waste line. The drawer comprises a sink which is disposed in the drawer proximate the top of the drawer near one side of the drawer and the sink comprises a fold-down faucet, valves and a drain. The drawer also comprises a plumbing mount plate for connection to the water and a waste line in the cabinet structure. Flexible tubing connects the valves and drain of the sink to the plumbing mount plate.
1. A drawer which is installed in an opening in a cabinet structure where the opening has a back wall in which water lines and a waste line are located ad where the drawer has front, back, and first and second side panels and a top, comprising:
a plumbing mount plate comprising a back plate, an anchor plate and three telescoping connection tubes each having first and second ends, wherein: (i) the back plate is secured to the back wall of the cabinet structure and to the three telescoping connection tubes proximate their first ends; (ii) the first ends of two of said telescoping connection tubes are connected to the water lines in the back wall of the cabinet structure; (iii) the first end of the third telescoping connection tube is connected to the waste line in the back wall of the cabinet structure; (iv) the anchor plate is secured to the three telescoping connection tubes proximate their second ends and (v) each of the second ends of the three connection tubes have plumbing connections;
a sink which is disposed in the drawer proximate the top of the drawer near one side panel of the drawer, the sink comprising a fold-down faucet and valves through which water may be provided to the sink, a concavity for receiving water, and a drain to permit water to flow out of the concavity; and
flexible tubing which connects the valves of the sink to the to second ends of the telescoping connection tubes that are connected to the water lines in the back wall of the cabinet structure and which connects the drain of the sink to the second end of the telescoping connection tube that is connected to the waste line in the back wall of the cabinet structure.