Patent ID: 8099805

Claim:
A sink and countertop combination comprising: a sink having at least one bowl defined by side walls and a bottom; a lip cantileveredly connected to an upper portion of at least some of the side walls with said lip extending continuously as one of a straight edge and curve with no discontinuities about the at least one bowl providing an outer perimeter; and wherein the outer perimeter of the lip provides an uppermost elevation of the lip; and a countertop having an uppermost surface at or above the lip and a cutout providing a ledge onto which the lip is supported, said lip and said ledge having a seal therebetween connecting and sealing the lip to the ledge, said cutout proceeding downwardly from the uppermost surface at a first non-vertical slope, said first non-vertical slope terminating at a first vertical wall, wherein the first vertical wall surrounds the outer perimeter of the lip.