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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Fluidmaster, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Tuan Le, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Venkat Mallela, San Marcos, CA (US);
Can (Ken) Nguyen, Anaheim, CA (US);
FLUIDMASTER, INC., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Abstract
A toilet lever assembly, including: (a) a sleeve dimensioned to pass through a toilet tank wall; (b) a rotatable post extending through the sleeve; (c) a toilet flush handle mounted to the end of the rotatable post that is positioned outside of the toilet tank; (d) a nut received onto the end of the sleeve that is positioned outside of the toilet tank; and (e) a lever housing mounted to the end of the post that is positioned inside of the toilet tank, the lever housing comprising: (i) an actuator for moving a toilet lever to cause a flush when the post is rotated, and (ii) a biasing mechanism for rotating the post back to a neutral position.