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US 10,859,165 B2Granted
Seal surface adapter for use with toilet flush valves
AssigneeLavelle Industries, Inc.
InventorKevin J. Guthrie
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a ring, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The apparatus further comprises a first leg and a second leg. In addition, the apparatus comprises a horizontal portion. The horizontal portion connects the first leg and the second leg. The legs and horizontal portion, together with an adhesive, overlay and sealingly engage the top rim of a flush valve wall, which is part of a toilet flush valve.
Claims17
A seal surface adapter for use with a toilet flush valve, comprising:
- a ring, wherein the ring is a rigid structure that is configured to be positioned at a top of a rigid flush valve wall of a toilet flush valve and the ring further comprises:
- a bottom portion;
- a first leg, wherein the first leg extends upwardly from the bottom portion and further extends outwardly of the ring at a first angle, the first angle being slightly away from vertical, a second leg, wherein the second leg extends upwardly from the bottom portion and further extends inwardly of the ring at a second angle away from vertical, the second angle being substantially greater than that of the first angle;
- and a horizontal portion connecting the first leg and the second leg.
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A seal surface adapter for use with a toilet flush valve, comprising:
- a rigid ring, wherein:
- the ring comprising:
- an inner perimeter;
- and
- an outer perimeter;
- and
- the ring is configured to be positioned atop a rigid flush valve wall of a toilet flush valve, the ring further comprising:
- a bottom portion;
- a first leg, wherein:
- the first leg bounds the inner perimeter;
- the first leg extends upwardly from the bottom portion;
- the first leg includes a first leg inner surface;
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- the first leg is configured to be disposed to an inside of a cylindrical flush valve wall of a flush valve;
- a second leg, wherein:
- the second leg bounds the outer perimeter;
- the second leg extends upwardly from the bottom portion;
- the second leg includes a second leg inner surface;
- and
- the second leg is configured to be disposed to the outside of the flush valve wall of the flush valve;
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- a horizontal portion disposed between the first leg and the second leg, wherein the horizontal portion further comprises a horizontal portion inner surface,
- wherein the first leg serves as a centering structure and the second leg serves as an extension structure that allows the adapter to cover the top of the flush valve wall irrespective of the diameter of the flush valve wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.