Improvements in or relating to Lavatory Basins.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lavatory Basins.
I, HUGH MORTON CRAIG, of the Firm of Messrs. J. & M. Craig (Limited), of
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Fire Clay Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to provide in conjunction with lavatory basins
convenient means for holding tumblers, brushes, finger rings or other articles
and to that end it consists in forming a shelf or shelves in bracket or other form
upon the skirting or other part of the basin, the shelf or shelves being made
integral with the ware of the basin or with the skirting formed round the back
or back and sides of the basin.
In basins having the top part made of oblong or rectangular form with an
upright skirting at the back and sides a narrow shelf may be made to extend
around the back and sides over the soap trays of the basin and below the top
edge of the skirting; or a shelf in the form of a bracket may be formed at each
corner between the back and sides, and an overhanging shelf may be formed
along each side outwith the skirting, the arrangement being such in each case
as to avoid interfering with free access to the basin and the water taps and soap
trays. In basins of triangular or like form in plan a single bracket shelf may be
formed at the junction of the side skirtings, or a shelf may be formed on each side;
and in general the position and form of the shelf or shelves may be varied to suit
the various forms of lavatory basins commonly made.
Dated this 9th day of December 1896.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
aint Vincent Street, Glasgow. Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Lavatory Basins.
I, HUGH MORTON CRAIG, of the Firm of Messrs. J. & M. Craig (Limited), of
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Fire Clay Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention has for its object to provide in conjunction with lavatory basins
convenient means for holding tumblers, brushes, finger rings or other articles
and to that end it consists in forming a shelf or shelves in bracket or other form

page_text: upon the skirting or other part of the basin, the shelf or shelves being made
integral with the ware of the basin or with the skirting formed round the lack
or back and sides of the basin..
The Invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3
and 4 of which are perspective views of two forms of lavatory basins, shewing my
Invention applied thereto.
In basins having the top part made of oblong or rectangular form with an
apright skirting A at the back and sides a narrow shelf B may as shewn at
figure I be made to extend around the back and sides over the soap trays C of the
basin D and below or level with the top edge of the skirting; and an overhanging
shelf may be formed along each side outwith the skirting; or as shewn at figure 2
a shelf B in the form of a bracket may be formed at each corner between the back
and sides forming the skirting A, the arrangement heing such in each case as to
avoid interfering with free access to the basin and the water taps and soap trays.
In basins of tri-angular or like form in plan, as shewn at figure 3, a single
bracket shelf B may be formed at the junction of the side skirtings, or a.shelf may
be formed to extend along each side as shewn at figure 4, and in general tho
position and form of the shelf or shelves may be varied to suit the various forms of
lavatory basins commonly made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
In a lavatory basin the provision of a shelf or shelves for holding tumblers,
brushes, finger rings, or other articles, formed integral with the ware of the basin
er with the skirting formed round the back and sides of the basin substantially as
described..
Dated this Oth dor of C
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