Patent ID: 8366019

Claim:
A faucet extender, comprising: an attachment member comprising a unitary body defining a faucet connection aperture, wherein the faucet connection aperture is a closed form slit-like opening entirely enclosed by portions of the unitary body, the unitary body comprising a flexible material that is configured to flexibly and frictionally engage a top and bottom portion of a faucet when the faucet is extended through said faucet connection aperture, and wherein the unitary body includes a structural support located adjacent a curved extension piece, wherein the curved extension piece is disposed in the lower portion of the unitary body directly underneath the faucet connection aperture, wherein the curved extension piece is configured to (i) define at least a lower portion of the closed form slit-like opening and (ii) contact a bottom portion of the faucet when the faucet is engaged with the unitary body; and a partially open trough member comprising an entrance and an exit; wherein the edge of said entrance is coupled with said attachment member, when said portion of the faucet extends through said faucet connection aperture, the attachment member is oriented such that water flowing from said faucet enters said partially open trough member, and the partially open trough member (i) laterally and forwardly extends beyond a forward face of the faucet and (ii) has lateral sidewalls that taper downwardly from the entrance to the exit with the lateral sidewalls having greater height at the entrance than at the exit.