US 11,918,113 B2
Apron-front sink
Shawn J. Booth, Sheboygan, WI (US); and James S. Giefer, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,004.
Application 17/694,004 is a continuation of application No. 16/293,042, filed on Mar. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,278,116.
Application 16/293,042 is a continuation of application No. 14/922,847, filed on Oct. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,226,122, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 14/922,847 is a continuation of application No. 13/310,460, filed on Dec. 2, 2011, granted, now 9,173,487, issued on Nov. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/449,585, filed on Mar. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192373 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47B 77/06 (2006.01); A47B 77/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/18 (2006.01); E03C 1/186 (2019.01); E03C 1/33 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 77/06 (2013.01) [A47B 77/022 (2013.01); E03C 1/18 (2013.01); E03C 1/186 (2013.01); E03C 1/33 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sink comprising:
a basin having a front wall and a rim, the rim supported at and extending outwardly from an upper end of the front wall in a substantially horizontal orientation; and
an apron extending from the rim, the apron extending vertically between a top wall and an opposing bottom wall and laterally between a first side wall and an opposing second side wall;
wherein the apron is coupled to the basin only at the top wall of the apron by the rim; and
wherein the apron extends laterally outward past the rim such that a first rear edge of the first side wall and a second rear edge of the second side wall are spaced apart from the rim, wherein the first rear edge and the second rear edge are configured to at least partially overlap a front face of a cabinet when the sink is installed.