Paul J Sumpton

US Patent:

7861332, Jan 4, 2011

Filed:

Apr 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/798249

Inventors:

Paul Sumpton - Atlanta GA, US
Joi Sumpton - Dunwoody GA, US
John Evans - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A47K 3/022
A61H 35/00

US Classification:

4621, 182 35

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located in a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.

US Patent:

8037557, Oct 18, 2011

Filed:

Dec 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/928697

Inventors:

Paul Sumpton - Atlanta GA, US
Joi Sumpton - Dunwoody GA, US
John Evans - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A47K 3/022
A61H 35/00

US Classification:

4621, 182 35, 182 91

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located in a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.

US Patent:

20060150315, Jul 13, 2006

Filed:

Jan 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/327964

Inventors:

Paul Sumpton - Atlanta GA, US
Joi Sumpton - Atlanta GA, US
John Evans - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A61H 35/00
A47K 3/022
E03C 1/00

US Classification:

004621000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a sink access device which is utilized to facilitate a child or a diminutive person to wash their hands at a lavatory located at a public restroom. The sink access device includes a step support mount having a base and an upwardly extending arm. The step support mount is fixedly attached to a portion of a public restroom. A step is pivotally mounted to the upwardly extending arm of the step support mount. The step has a first position wherein the step is in a vertical position and a second position wherein the step is in a horizontal position providing a platform for a diminutive person to step onto. The step is positioned either at or behind a vertical plane defined by the front profile of a sink when the step is in the first position and the step breaks the plane when in the second position.