Granted Patent B2

US 12,385,242 · App. 17/684,885 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Thomas E. Harris (New London, WI); Cordell R. Burton (Storm Lake, IA); Joel D. Tyler (Cushing, IA)

Assignee: V-T Industries, Inc.

E03C1/33E03C1/182

Abstract

Claims (13)

1. A modular sink system for installation into a cabinet system, comprising:

a sink basin including a rim sized and dimensioned to extend from a back surface of a countertop of the cabinet system to beyond a front surface of the countertop, at least a portion of the sink basin sized and dimensioned to fit into an aperture of the cabinet system defined between a first cut extending from the back surface of the countertop to the front surface of the countertop and a second cut extending from the back surface of the countertop to the front surface of the countertop, the sink basin including a front portion angled downward from the rim to cover at least a portion of the front surface of the countertop, the sink basin including a lip extending outwardly from a bottom portion of the front portion in a direction towards the portion of the sink basin sized and dimensioned to fit between the first cut and the second cut, the lip, the front portion, and the rim forming an aperture into which the countertop can fit at each of the first cut and the second cut, the lip configured to interface with a bottom surface of the countertop to secure the sink basin against the countertop by preventing upward motion of the sink basin due to interaction between the lip and the countertop, wherein the rim extends outwardly along a plane to terminate in an edge on the plane configured to rest on each of the back surface of the countertop and the front surface of the countertop extending beyond one of the first cut and the second cut.

2. The modular sink system of claim 1 , wherein the front portion includes an extension configured to cover at least a portion of the cabinet system beneath the front surface of the countertop.

3. The modular sink system of claim 2 , wherein the extension includes at least one tab extending along a side edge of the extension in a direction towards the sink basin.

4. The modular sink system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one tab is spaced from the rim portion by a gap.

5. The module sink system of claim 4 , wherein the gap is sized and dimensioned to receive the front surface of the countertop.

6. The modular sink system of claim 1 , wherein the rim includes a clip projecting from a bottom surface of the rim, the clip configured to interface with the countertop at one of the first cut or the second cut.

7. The modular sink system of claim 6 , wherein the clip includes an angled portion extending upwardly from a portion of the clip, the angled portion configured to interface with an edge of the countertop during installation of the sink basin into the aperture of the cabinet system.

8. The modular sink system of claim 1 , wherein the rim includes an adhesive strip coupled to a bottom surface of the rim.

9. The modular sink system of claim 1 , further comprising a drain coupled to the sink basin.

10. The modular sink system of claim 9 , further comprising a faucet coupled to the rim.

11. The modular sink system of claim 1 , further comprising a support bar coupled to a bottom surface of the rim of the sink basin in a position between the sink basin and a rear edge of the rim of the sink basin configured for positioning adjacent the back surface of a countertop.

12. The modular sink system of claim 11 , wherein a width of the support bar across the bottom surface of the rim is substantially the same as a width of the sink basin.

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