Patent ID: 6367636
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A kitchen device for resting on a counter top and pitching a drain board supported thereon into a sink in the counter top, wherein the sink has a rim therearound that rests on the counter top, said device comprising:a) a bottom wall for facing the counter top; b) a pair of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall for resting on the counter top; and c) a rear wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, from one side wall to the other side wall, for resting on the counter top; wherein each side wall is thin, flat, generally right-triangular-shaped, and as a result thereof, has:i) a leg for resting horizontally on the counter top, wherein said leg terminates in a vertex; ii) a base that extends vertically upwardly from said leg; iii) a hypothenuse that depends inclined from said base forwardly to said vertex; iv) an interior surface that faces the other side wall; and v) an exterior surface for facing the ambient; and wherein said vertex of each side wall is rounded and depends into a recess in said leg for engaging the rim of the sink so as to provide a stop for preventing said kitchen device from sliding into the sink.