Telescoping toilet mounting flange

A telescoping toilet mounting assembly for connecting a toilet with a toilet base with first and second spaced mounting holes and a wastewater discharge port to a floor and a wastewater pipe, the toilet mounting assembly comprising:

• a lower female flange section with a ring portion and a tubular wall portion;
• an upper male flange section for being mounted concentric with the wastewater discharge port of the toilet base wherein the upper male flange section has a ring portion with first and second spaced mounting holes for aligning with the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base and a tubular wall portion to be received into the lower female flange section;
• first and second hollow bolts for being respectively retained in concentric alignment with the first and second mounting holes of the upper male flange section and through the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base wherein the first and second hollow bolts have exterior threads and broadened head portions comprising clamping members;
• first and second base bolt nuts for being tightened onto the exterior threads of the first and second hollow bolts respectively;
• first and second registration and locking rods for being retained to project from the ring portion of the lower female flange section wherein the registration and locking rods are tubular and internally threaded and wherein each of the first and second registration and locking rods is retained by a mounting member;
• first and second fastening bolts, each fastening bolt with a bolt head and a threaded portion for being respectively received through the first and second hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with the first and second registration and locking rods;
• whereby the upper male flange section can be attached to the toilet base by passing the first and second hollow bolts through the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base and tightening the first and second base bolt nuts onto the first and second hollow bolts, whereby the lower female flange section can be attached to a floor structure with the tubular wall portion of the lower female flange section received into the wastewater pipe and with the first and second registration and locking rods retained to project from the ring portion of the lower female flange section, and whereby the toilet base and the upper male flange section can be attached to the lower female flange section and the wastewater pipe by aligning the first and second hollow bolts with the first and second registration and locking rods and causing the first and second locking rods to be received into the first and second hollow bolts and by passing the first and second fastening bolts through the first and second hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with the first and second registration and locking rods.

A method for mounting a toilet with a toilet base with first and second spaced mounting holes and a wastewater discharge port to a floor and a wastewater pipe, the toilet mounting method comprising:

• providing a telescoping toilet mounting assembly that comprises:
• a lower female flange section with a ring portion and a tubular wall portion;
• an upper male flange section for being mounted concentric with the wastewater discharge port of the toilet base wherein the upper male flange section has a ring portion with first and second spaced mounting holes for aligning with the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base and a tubular wall portion to be received into the lower female flange section;
• first and second hollow bolts for being respectively retained in concentric alignment with the first and second mounting holes of the upper male flange section and through the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base wherein the first and second hollow bolts have exterior threads and broadened head portions;
• first and second base bolt nuts for being tightened onto the exterior threads of the first and second hollow bolts respectively;
• first and second registration and locking rods for being retained to project from the ring portion of the lower female flange section wherein the registration and locking rods are tubular and internally threaded;
• first and second fastening bolts, each fastening bolt with a bolt head and a threaded portion for being respectively received through the first and second hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with the first and second registration and locking rods;
• attaching the upper male flange section to the toilet base by passing the first and second hollow bolts through the first and second mounting holes of the toilet base and tightening the first and second base bolt nuts onto the first and second hollow bolts;
• mounting the lower female flange section concentrically with the wastewater pipe with the first and second registration and locking rods retained to project upwardly from the lower female flange section;
• attaching the toilet base and the upper male flange section to the lower female flange section and the wastewater pipe by aligning the first and second hollow bolts with the first and second registration and locking rods and causing the first and second locking rods to be received into the first and second hollow bolts and by passing the first and second fastening bolts through the first and second hollow bolts and into threaded engagement with the first and second registration and locking rods.