ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,446, issued on March 31.
"Sink with integrated drain/waste disposal bracket" was invented by Daniel O. Sullivan (Dayton, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sink drain assembly configured to be coupled to at least one of a garbage disposer and a strainer, the sink drain assembly comprising: (i) a sink including a peripheral wall connected to a bottom portion thereof, the bottom portion including a sink opening at least partially delineated by a drain sleeve seamlessly and integrally formed with the bottom portion; and, (ii) a bracket permanently mounted to the drain sleeve and extending away from an underside of the bottom portion ...