Patent ID: 6852221

Claim:
A lint trap, comprising: a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall and a front wall, the bottom wall defining an aperture and the bottom wall being off horizontal; at least one attachment mechanism pivotally secured to at least one side wall, the attachment mechanism including a hook adapted to selectively join to a utility sink; projections joined to the side walls, the projections and the front wall cooperative defining a lint collection plate slot; a lint collection plate defining flow apertures and overflow apertures, the lint collection plate having a handle and a perimeter, the perimeter of the lint collection plate being slidably received within the lint collection plate slot; a chamber divider wall secured between the first and second side walls and the top and bottom walls, the chamber divider wall defining a flow rate control chamber and a water release chamber, and the chamber divider wall defining apertures adapted to allow water to flow through the chamber divider wall from the flow rate control chamber to the water release chamber; and an adapter having a hose end and a trap end, the hose end being adapted to join to a hose of a washing machine and the trap end being joined relative to the aperture defined in the bottom wall.