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US 12,359,412 B2Granted
Clicker drain assembly and method of assembling same
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorSharathkumar B. Badiger
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Abstract
A clicker drain assembly includes a unitary main drain body. The clicker drain assembly further includes a drain stopper assembly, a clicker drain seal, an actuating assembly, and a drain trim ring. The drain trim ring is configured to couple to the main drain body and receive the clicker drain seal and the actuating assembly. The stopper assembly is configured to couple to the actuating assembly and actuate the actuating assembly when pressed by a user.
Claims20
A clicker drain assembly, comprising:
- a main drain body;
- an actuating assembly;
- wherein the actuating assembly further comprises:
- a spring;
- a cam insert;
- a gasket;
- and
- a support stem coupled to the main drain body;
- and
- a stopper assembly coupled to the actuating assembly and configured to actuate the actuating assembly when pressed by a user.
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A drain assembly, comprising:
- a main drain body with a first end and a second end, the main drain body comprising:
- one or more overflow openings positioned proximate the first end;
- and
- an engagement structure disposed along at least a portion of the main drain body proximate the first end;
- and
- a spring biased actuating assembly at least partially received within the main drain body, the spring biased actuating assembly selectively repositionable between an open position and a closed position,
- wherein a spring inside the spring biased actuating assembly is in a compressed position when the spring biased actuating assembly is in the closed position, and wherein the spring is in an extended position when the spring biased actuating assembly is in the open position.
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A method of assembling a drain assembly, comprising:
- providing a main body;
- coupling a spring biased actuating assembly to the main body;
- and
- configuring a spring inside the spring biased actuating assembly to be in a compressed position when the spring biased actuating assembly is in a closed position, and an extended position when the spring biased actuating assembly is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.