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US 12,723,394 B2Granted
Ligature mitigation drain
OwnerMark Ciepluch, Michelle Kartman +1inventors
InventorsMark Ciepluch, Michelle Kartman, Lucas Boesel
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Abstract
A ligature mitigation drain apparatus and method is disclosed which comprises an outer ring, an inner ring, and a termination ring. The outer ring surrounds the inner ring, and the inner ring surrounds the termination ring. The outer ring further comprises at least two extensions extending toward and touching the inside ring and the inner ring further comprises at least two extensions extending toward and touching the termination ring.
Claims3
A method for installing a drain in a drain body comprising the steps of:
- screwing a castle nut (200) having peripheral male threads (208) into a drain body (210) having threadably matching female threads (212);
- inserting a drain (100) into an interior of the castle nut (200), the drain (100) including an outer ring (102), an inner ring (104) within the outer ring (102), and a termination ring (106) within the inner ring (104), a top surface of each ring being flush with one another, with spaces between each ring defining drainage paths;
- fastening a screw (118) through the outer ring (102) and into a threaded opening (204) in the castle nut (200);
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- tightening the screw (118) to secure the drain (100) and castle nut (200) together so a top surface of the drain (100) is flush with a top surface of the drain body (210).
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