US 12,442,167 B2
Support frame for use with kitchen sink and over sink work station
Roberto Micheletti, Verona (IT); and Ngoc An Huynh, Sirmione (IT)
Assigned to Franke Technology And Trademark Ltd., Hergiswil (CH)
Filed by Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd., Hergiswil (CH)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,135.
Claims priority of application No. 21195753 (EP), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075858 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/324 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/324 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support frame for use with a kitchen sink, said support frame comprising:
at least two extendable arms to hold the frame over the kitchen sink, said arms extend parallel to each other and define a free space therebetween, and are connected, at respective ends thereof, by U-shaped connecting handles;
said arms each comprising at least first and second parts of different cross section, with the first part having a smaller cross section that is slidably inserted into the second part which has a larger cross section;
said second parts, at an end portion thereof, each comprise a sealing element that slidably centers and aligns said first parts and said second parts;
wherein said arms define a first plane and said U-shaped connecting handles define a second plane, and said second plane is spaced apart from and oriented parallel to said first plane; and
wherein outer legs of said U-shaped connecting handles, in a transition region, extend in a direction oblique to said first plane and said second plane, and said U-shaped connecting handles are constructed from a plastics material and configured such that the transition region contacts a portion of the kitchen sink to produce a self-centering effect.