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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Kurt M. Fritz, Carson City, NV (US);
Ted D. Deeds, Carson City, NV (US);
Samuel H. Howe, Carson City, NV (US);
LSP Products Group, Inc., Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
A tub waste overflow assembly that is attachable to a tub wall by means of a threaded retaining body insertable through an overflow drain aperture in a tub wall to engage a cooperatively threaded pipe fitting on the opposite side of the tub wall. A chamfered washer is provided to cooperate with the retaining body and an annular sealing gasket to produce a fluid-tight seal on the interior surface of the tub wall. A forwardly projecting fulcrum member on the pipe fitting preferably contacts the exterior tub wall outwardly of the aperture to facilitate connection of a drain pipe to tub walls over a range of included angles, and no seal is required around the overflow drain aperture on the exterior tub wall. A unitarily molded, knock-out test plug is provided across the bore of the retaining body and a handle desirably attached to the test plug projects into the tub to facilitate installation.