Handle alignment adapter for fixed position valve body plumbing fixture applications

An adjustment kit for a plumbing fixture comprising:

• an adapter configured to directly connect a fluid control valve to a lever handle, the adapter having an adapter body with an internal surface with a set of adapter internal teeth comprising a first number of teeth that directly engage a control stem of the fluid control valve, and the adapter body having an external surface with a set of adapter external teeth comprising a second number of teeth that directly engage the lever handle, wherein the second number of teeth is a different number than the first number of teeth, and wherein the adapter is configured to directly connect the control stem to the lever handle without any intervening components, and wherein the set of adapter external teeth surround the set of adapter internal teeth, and wherein the adapter is rotatable relative to the control stem of the fluid control valve to bring the lever handle in alignment with a horizontal or vertical position with a maximum angle defined as:
• Maximum Angle of Misalignment=2×[(360 degrees÷“Adapter Internal Teeth”)÷“Adapter External Teeth”];
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• wherein a desired final installation position is the horizontal or vertical position, and wherein the lever handle defines a handle center axis extending along a length of the lever handle, and wherein the horizontal position is defined by a horizontal plane and the vertical position is defined by a vertical plane orientated at ninety degrees relative to the horizontal plane, and wherein when properly adjusted the handle center axis varies from the horizontal plane or vertical plane by no more than an angle as defined by the following equation:
• Maximum Angle of Misalignment=2×[(360 degrees÷“Adapter Internal Teeth”)÷“Adapter External Teeth”], and wherein the maximum angle of misalignment of the handle center axis to the horizontal or vertical position is 2.25°.

An adapter for a plumbing fixture comprising:

• an adapter body configured to directly connect a fluid control valve to a lever handle, the adapter body having an internal surface with a set of inner teeth comprising a first number of teeth that directly engage a control stem of the fluid control valve, and the adapter body having an external surface with a set of outer teeth that surround the set of inner teeth, the set of outer teeth comprising a second number of teeth that directly engage the lever handle, wherein the second number of teeth is a different number than the first number of teeth, and wherein the adapter is configured to directly connect the control stem to the lever handle without any intervening components;
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• wherein a desired final installation position is a horizontal or vertical position, and wherein the lever handle defines a handle center axis extending along a length of the lever handle, and wherein the horizontal position is defined by a horizontal plane and the vertical position is defined by a vertical plane orientated at ninety degrees relative to the horizontal plane, and wherein when properly adjusted the handle center axis varies from the horizontal plane or vertical plane by no more than an angle as defined by the following equation:
• Maximum Angle of Misalignment=2×[(360 degrees÷“Adapter Internal Teeth”)÷“Adapter External Teeth”], and wherein the maximum angle of misalignment of the handle center axis to the horizontal or vertical position is 2.25°.