US 12,281,467 B2
Lavatory with hidden drain
Cristian Mastellotto, Damparis (FR)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,156.
Application 17/307,156 is a division of application No. 16/392,249, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,001,995.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,336, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254319 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. E03C 1/22 (2006.01); E03C 1/182 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/22 (2013.01) [E03C 1/182 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lavatory comprising:
a basin comprising a bottom surface, the basin configured to hold water;
a drain opening disposed in a horizontal portion of the bottom surface of the basin;
wherein the bottom surface of the basin comprises a projection formed integrally with the bottom surface of the basin;
wherein the projection is disposed over the drain opening such that the drain opening is at least partially obscured from a view of a user,
wherein the basin further comprises a chamber disposed beneath and in fluid communication with the drain opening; and
wherein the chamber is configured to receive a first fluid flow from the drain opening and provide a second fluid flow to a waste; and
a drainage assembly including an overflow pipe, at least a portion of the overflow pipe included within the chamber, the overflow pipe movable between a first position wherein water is capable of flowing out of the chamber without flowing through the overflow pipe and a second position preventing water from draining from the chamber until the basin is filled the basin to a predetermined volume.