Cabinet with sloped floor

Abstract

A sink assembly having a sink bowl supported by a cabinet, wherein the cabinet encloses water supply and drain pipes. The cabinet preferably including front opening doors and a floor that slopes upwardly from the doors. In the event of a water leak inside the cabinet, the water strikes the sloped floor and flows down the floor and exits the cabinet in front of the doors. By this means, leaking water is prevented from accumulating within the cabinet and a user is provided with a warning of the leak.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A sink assembly for use in a building comprising: 
 a cabinet for enclosing a sink bowl, the cabinet including a housing having a top panel, a front panel, and a floor sloping upwardly from the front panel;    a sink bowl, the sink bowl being disposed within the top panel and being connected to a drain, wherein the drain is enclosed within the cabinet;    a water faucet located to provide water to the sink bowl, wherein the water faucet is connected to water supply plumbing;    wherein, water leaking from the sink bowl, drain, faucet, or faucet plumbing runs down the sloping cabinet floor and out the front panel of the cabinet thereby alerting a user to the leak.    
     
     
         2 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the front panel is a door.  
     
     
         3 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the door is a front opening door.  
     
     
         4 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the front panel is a plurality of front opening doors.  
     
     
         6 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the floor has a slope within the range of about  0 . 5  to about 5 degrees.  
     
     
         7 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the floor has a slope of ⅛ of vertical height for every 12 inches of depth.  
     
     
         8 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the floor has a slope greater than zero degrees.  
     
     
         9 . A sink assembly for use in a building comprising: 
 a cabinet for supporting a plurality of sink bowls from a floor, the cabinet including a housing having a top panel, a front panel, and a floor sloping upwardly from the front panel;    a plurality of sink bowls, the sink bowls being disposed within the top panel and being connected to a drain, wherein the drain is enclosed within the cabinet;    a plurality of water faucets, each faucet being disposed on the cabinet and adjacent to one of the sink bowls, wherein each water faucet is connected to water supply plumbing, the plumbing being enclosed within the cabinet;    wherein, water leaking from the sink bowls, drains, faucets, or faucet plumping runs down the sloping cabinet floor and out the front panel of the cabinet thereby alerting a user to the leak.    
     
     
         10 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the front panel is a door.  
     
     
         11 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the door is a front opening door.  
     
     
         12 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the front panel is a plurality of front opening doors.  
     
     
         13 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the floor has a slope within the range of about 0.5 to about 5 degrees.  
     
     
         14 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the floor has a slope of ⅛ of vertical height for every 12 inches of depth.  
     
     
         15 . The sink bowl assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the floor has a slope greater than zero degrees.