Closet flange spacer
AssigneeSet-Rite Products, LLC
InventorAlan Hughes
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Abstract
In one aspect of the subject invention, a spacer is provided for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section. The spacer includes a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between the first and second faces. The inner edge defines an opening extending through the body, the opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange. The outer edge is generally smooth and arcuate. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a spacer is provided usable with a closet flange to provide elevation thereof.
Claims23
A spacer for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section, said spacer comprising:
- a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between said first and second faces, said inner edge defining an opening extending through said body, said opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange, said outer edge being generally smooth and arcuate.
A method of installing a closet flange above a sub-flooring, said method comprising:
- providing a closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from said pipe section;
- preparing a hole in the sub-flooring which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange;
- disposing a spacer onto the sub-flooring about said hole, said spacer having a body defining an opening which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange;
- inserting said pipe section of said closet flange through said opening in said spacer and into said hole in the sub-flooring;
- and,
- fastening said flange of said closet flange directly to the sub-flooring through said body of said spacer.
A method of installing a closet flange substantially flush to a later-installed finished flooring, the finished flooring to be installed atop a sub-flooring, said method comprising:
- providing a closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from said pipe section;
- preparing a hole in the sub-flooring which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange;
- disposing a spacer onto the sub-flooring about said hole, said spacer having a body defining an opening which permits passage therethrough of said pipe section of said closet flange but not said flange of said closet flange, said spacer generally having the same thickness as the thickness of the furnished flooring;
- inserting said pipe section of said closet flange through said opening in said spacer and into said hole in the sub-flooring;
- and,
- fastening said flange of said closet flange.
A spacer for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section, said spacer comprising:
- a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between said first and second faces, said inner edge defining an opening extending through said body, said opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange, at least one notch being formed in said outer edge.
A spacer for supporting a closet flange above a sub-flooring, the closet flange having a pipe section and an annular flange extending radially outwardly from the pipe section, said spacer comprising:
- a disc-shaped body having spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between said first and second faces, said inner edge defining an opening extending through said body, said opening sized to permit passage therethrough of the pipe section of the closet flange but not the annular flange of the closet flange, wherein at least one score line is defined in said body to define a reduced-thickness portion between said first and second faces.
A kit comprising:
- at least first and second spacers, each spacer having a disc-shaped body with spaced apart first and second faces, and spaced apart inner and outer edges extending between said first and second faces, said inner edge defining an opening extending through said body, said opening sized to permit passage therethrough of a pipe section of a closet flange but not an annular flange of a closet flange, wherein said first spacer defines a first thickness between said first and second faces, said second spacer defines a second thickness between said first and second faces, said second thickness being greater than said first thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.