Patent ID: 7954183

Claim:
A method of forming a portable sink that can double as an ice chest, comprising: forming a sink body portion having two side walls, two end walls and a lower floor with a drain, wherein said two side walls and said two end walls have an upper edge that extends along an upper portion of said body portion; pivotally connecting a lid along an upper edge of one of said two side walls, wherein said lid pivots from a closed position, in which said lid substantially covers a space inside said sink body portion, to an open position, and vice verse; pivotally connecting two panels along an upper edge of each of said two end walls, wherein said panels pivot from a closed position, to an open position, and vice verse; wherein with said panels in said closed position said panels are positioned above said space, and with said lid in said closed position said lid is positioned over said panels; and fixing a handle to each of said two end walls, wherein an uppermost surface of each of said handles is located a predetermined height from said upper edge of said end walls wherein with said panels in said open position, said panels are supported by said handles and extended substantially horizontally outward from said sink body portion.