US3428968A - Supporting means for bathroom washbowl - Google Patents

Description

Feb E. L. ORY, JR, ETAL 9 9 SUPPORTING MEANS FOR BATHROOM WASHBOWL Filed Oct. 28. 1966 c m m m m [DIV/ V 4. 02V, /le.

kmw a nfm a United States Patent 6 Claims This invention relates to improvements in lavatory supports, and more particularly to improved means for supporting a lavatory of the type having a rear wall-abutting edge or flange and associated faucet assemblies mounted on atop rear wall portion of the lavatory.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved bathroom lavatory-supporting assembly which involves relatively simple components, which is easy to install, and which provides reliable and rigid support for the associated lavatory.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved wall-attachment and supporting means for a lavatory of the type having a rear top wall portion through which the depending connection conduits of a faucet assembly extend, the supporting means involving very inexpensive components which are easy to install and which greatly reduce the cost, time and labor involved in mounting or installing a bathroom lavatory.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view showing a bathroom lavatory with its associated faucet assembly and with sup porting means according to the present invention, the parts being shown in separated positions.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical crosssectional view taken through the upper rear portion of a bathroom lavatory similar to that shown in FIGURE 1, showing the manner in which it is installed and illustrating the components of the attaching and supporting means of the present invention, illustrated in FIGURE 1, shown in final positions.

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of one of the generally L-shaped supporting brackets employed in the assembly of FIGURES 1 and 2.

FIGURE 4 is a front elevational view of the supporting bracket of FIGURE 3.

Referring to the drawing, 11 generally designates a conventional bathroom lavatory of the type provided with a generally horizontal upper rear wall portion 12 formed with spaced apertures 33, 13 adapted to receive the depending externally-threaded conduit portions 14, 14 of a conventional faucet assembly 15. The faucet assembly 15 is provided with the horizontally-extending bar-like hollow base portion 16 communicating with the forwardly-extending discharge spout 17. The faucet assembly also includes respective hot and cold water faucets 1S and 19 provided with control knobs 20 and 21.

The conventional lavatory 11 is provided with sidewalls 22 having vertical rear edges 23. The horizontal rear top wall member 12 is formed with an abutment flange 24 which is substantially coplanar with the rear edges 23 of the sidewalls 22.

Designated at 25, 25 are respective generally L-shaped bracket members of relatively thick, relatively rigid bar metal, each of the bracket members 25 comprising a depending vertical leg 26 and a substantially horizontal top arm 27 connected to the leg 26 by an arcuate bend 28 providing a substantially right-angled connection between the associated arms 27 and 25. Each top arm 27 is formed with an aperture 29 adapted to receive a depending faucet conduit portion 14 therethrough. The vertical arms 26 are formed with vertically-spaced apertures 30 adapted to receive lag screws 31 for securing the brackets to a vertical supporting wall 32 in the manner illustrated in FIGURE 2.

In installing a lavatory 11 employing the means of the present invention, the holes for receiving the lag screws 31 are first accurately located in the wall 32. Thus, the faucet assembly 15 may first be held in its intended location with the brackets 25 connected to the dependlng conduit portions 14 and with the vertical legs 26 in contact with the wall 32, allowing the lag screw locations to be accurately marked or punched through the apertures 30. The lag screws 31 may then be inserted through the apertures 30 and tightened in the wall 32, after which the lag screws 31 are unfastened and the assembly removed from the wall. The brackets 25 are then removed from the conduits 14 and the faucet assembly 15 is then installed on the top wall portion 12 of the lavatory by engaging the conduits 14 through the apertures 13 and then tightly securing the faucet assembly 15 to the wall 12 by means of nuts 35 and washers 36 engaged on the conduits 14, as illustrated in FIGURE 2. The brackets 25 are then loosely connected to the conduits 14 by engaging said conduits through the apertures 29 of the top arms 27 of said brackets and by loosely securing said top arms to the conduits 14 by means of additional nuts 37 threaded on the conduits 14 beneath the top arms 27 of the brackets. The lavatory 11 is then placed against the wall 32 with the brackets 25 in their original positions and the vertical arms 26 of the brackets are then securely fastened to the wall 32 by means of the lag screws 31 engaged through the apertures 3t) and received in their previously-formed screw holes. After the lag screws 31 have been securely tightened, the nuts 37 are tightened, which thus locks the faucet assembly and rear wall 12 of the lavatory to the top arms 27 of the brackets 25. This secures the lavatory 11 to. the brackets with the vertical rear edges 23 of sidewalls 22 and with the rear abutment flange 24 substantially in abutting engagement with the supporting wall 32. Thereafter, the water-supply conduits 33 and the associated waste conduit can be connected to the lavatory.

It will be noted that although the top arms 27 of the brackets 25 are fastened in relatively close adjacency to the substantially horizontal upper rear wall portion 12 of the lavatory, the arcuate bends 28 provide adequate clearance for the depending abutment flange 24, as is clearly illustrated in FIGURE 2.

Since the top arms 27 are relatively short, the brackets 25 are quite stiff and the lavatory 11 is held with its ver- 'cal rear edge portions 23 and horizontal abutment flange 24 substantially in abutting engagement with wall 32 so that the edges 23 resist downward pivoting of the lavatory 11 and adequately support the lavatory in a substantially horizontal position without requiring any additional supporting means, such as front legs, or the like.

It will be further noted that the brackets 25 are almost completely concealed, since they are contained in the rear enclosure defined beneath the horizontal upper rear wall element 12 of the lavatory. The brackets, thus, do not present any unsightly appearance, since they are completely hidden.

While a specific embodiment of an improved supporting means for a bathroom lavatory has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A lavatory assembly comprising a lavatory main body including a horizontally-extending basin portion having sidewalls terminating in substantially vertical rear abutment edges and a substantially horizontal top rear wall portion spaced above said basin portion, a faucet assembly having depending conduit means extending through said top rear wall portion, and substantially rightangled bracket means secured to said depending conduit means beneath said top rear wall portion and having vertical leg means adapted to be secured to the vertical supporting wall and being substantially co-planar with said rear abutment edges.

2. The lavatory assembly of claim 1, and wherein said depending conduit means comprises a plurality of conduits extending through said top rear wall portion, and wherein said bracket means comprises respective right angled brackets having top arms secured on said conduits and having vertical legs adapted to be secured to a vertical supporting wall.

3. The lavatory assembly of claim 2, and wherein said top rear Wall portion has a depending rear abutment flange, said right-angled brackets having arcuate bends connecting their horizontal top arms and vertical legs and providing clearance for said depending abutment flange.

4. The lavatory assembly of claim 2, and wherein said conduits are externally-threaded and are secured to said top rear wall portion by respective clamping nuts, said conduits extending through the top arms of the brackets, and additional clamping nuts on the conduits beneath the bracket top arms.

5. The lavatory assembly of claim 4, and wherein a housing is defined between said sidewalls and said top rear Wall portion, and wherein said brackets are substantially wholly received in said housing.

6. The lavatory assembly of claim 5, and wherein said top rear wall portion has a depending rear abutment flange co-planar with the vertical rear edges of the sidewalls, and wherein the brackets have arcuate bends conmeeting their horizontal and vertical legs, said bends having a sufficiently large radius of curvature to provide clearance for said depending rear abutment flange.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,483,663 2/1924 Johnson 4l70 1,970,791 8/1934 Zwermann 4-170 3,012,250 12/1961 Morris et al. 4-170 3,364,503 1/1968 Mustee 4170 0 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. A LAVORATORY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LAVATORY MAIN BODY INCLUDING A HORIZONTALLY-EXTENDING BASIN PORTION HAVING SIDEWALLS TERMINATING IN SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL REAR ABUTMENT EDGES AND A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL TOP REAR WALL PORTION SPACED ABOVE SAID BASIN PORTION, A FAUCET ASSEMBLY HAVING DEPENDING CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID TOP REAR WALL PORTION, AND SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHTANGLED BRACKET MEANS SECURED TO SAID DEPENDING CONDUIT MEANS BENEATH SAID TOP REAR WALL PORTION AND HAVING VERTICAL LEG MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE VERTICAL SUP-

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