Patent ID: 6021532
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
A clamping device for securing a sink bowl to a counter top, said sink bowl being of the type including a perimeter flange overlying the counter top adjacent the perimeter ofthe opening in which the sink is to be mounted and said perimeter flange is provided on its lower surface with a downwardly open u-shaped peripheral channel having an internal shoulder, wherein said clamping device comprises:a generally upright cylindrical base portion with a vertical section removed to provide a flat vertical face and having an upper surface forming an annular inclined plane about the centerline of the cylinder;a stud extending upwardly from the center of said base portion and having an enlarged head end of a dimension approximating the width of said u-shaped peripheral channel of said sink flange and adapted to engage the internal shoulder thereof; andmeans for rotating said base portion about its centerline such that said annular inclined plane bears increasingly against the lower surface of said counter top drawing said stud downwardly against the internal shoulder of said channel and securing the said sink flange in positive contact with the upper surface of said counter top.