Patent ID: 6959460

Claim:
A portable wash basin device, said device comprising: a sink for receiving fresh water therein for permitting a user thereof to wash, said sink defining an open top for the reception therein of the fresh water so that the user thereof is permitted to wash therein; a container disposed adjacent to said sink for containing fresh water; a pump operably connected to said container for pumping the fresh water from said container into said sink; a receptacle in fluid communication with said sink for receiving therein waste water from said container, said container being disposed between said sink and said receptacle; a faucet removably cooperating with said container; a flexible conduit extending from said pump to said faucet so that when said pump is actuated, fresh water flows from said container through said pump and conduit to said faucet where the fresh water is dispensed: said pump including: a cylinder operably connected to said container; a compression spring disposed within said cylinder, said spring having a first and a second extremity; a threaded spindle extending through and disposed coaxially relative to said spring and cylinder, said spindle having a first and a second end; a handle secured to said first end of said spindle; a washer threadably cooperating with said spindle and disposed between said handle and said first extremity of said spring such that when said handle as rotated, said washer is urged against said first extremity of said spring for compressing said spring; and a piston disposed within said cylinder adjacent to said second extremity of said spring, the arrangement being such that when said spring is compressed, said piston is urged axially along said cylinder for pumping fresh water from said container to said sink.