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US 10,274,122 B2Granted
Plumbing access cover
OwnerAdam Danielsoninventor
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Abstract
A plumbing access cover, including: a circular base with a circular access opening and a first set of threads around the perimeter of the base; a faceplate comprising a second set of threads to interlock with the threads on the base, wherein the circular access opening is 3 to 7 inches in diameter.
Claims15
A plumbing access cover, comprising:
- a circular base with a circular access opening and a first set of threads around an outside perimeter of the base, wherein the base comprises a plurality of flexible flaps in the circular access opening;
- and
- a faceplate comprising a second set of threads to interlock with the threads on the base, the faceplate sealing the circular access opening,
- wherein the circular access opening is 3 to 7 inches in diameter.
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A method of using a plumbing access cover, comprising:
- attaching a faceplate to a base, wherein the faceplate comprises a fire pad on a back surface of the faceplate, the base secured to a wall over an opening, such that the attached faceplate seals the opening with non-combustible material to maintain a fire rating of the wall,
- wherein when the faceplate is attached, the faceplate covers the base and the fire pad cover the opening in the base.
A plumbing access cover, comprising:
- a circular base with a circular access opening and a first set of threads around an outside perimeter of the base;
- and
- a faceplate comprising a second set of threads to interlock with the threads on the base, the faceplate sealing the circular access opening,
- wherein the base and the faceplate comprise non-combustible materials such that when the faceplate is secured to the base and the base covers an opening in a wall, a fire rating of the wall is not compromised by the covered opening in the wall, the faceplate completely covers the base when the faceplate is installed on the base, the threads are on a tapered side of the base to speed attachment of the faceplate to the base, and wherein the circular access opening is 3 to 7 inches in diameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.