Patent ID: 8572773

Claim:
A wash basin and valve combination, the valve providing the basin selectively with water from a faucet having an outlet above upper, inner surfaces of the wash basin and with water to cascade down those surfaces of the basin, the basin being adapted to be mounted on a cabinet or pedestal as in a domestic bath or powder room and the valve providing water selectively to at least one of the faucet and the cascade, the combination comprising: a wash basin comprising: a base and an upstanding periphery joined together in water-tight relation and the periphery having a top inner surface; a cascade water inlet formed in one of said base and said periphery; a water outlet passage formed though the base to a drain; a basin insert that fits inside the wash basin base and periphery and has a lower base and a top rim thereabout, said top rim of the insert having a selected spacing around said top from said inner surface of the periphery of the basin; said base of the insert fitting around the water outlet passage of the base; and the basin insert providing a water reservoir space between an outer surface of the insert and inner surfaces of the basin base and periphery and a flowage path across its top from the reservoir to the upper inside surface of the basin insert; and a valve system selectively directing a flow of water from a source to either or neither of the faucet and the cascade inlet, whereby the wash basin and valve provides wash water selectively from the faucet only, cascading water only, or from neither.