US 12,264,468 B2
Work station locking assembly
Jonathan Chee Yeen Chong, Palatine, IL (US); Michael Grady, Chicago, IL (US); and Michael Seskauskas, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to EMC Water LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed by EMC Water LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,934, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0183958 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/18 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.