Device and method for concealing a flange of a waste water strainer
AssigneeWCM Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam T. Ball
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Abstract
A device used to conceal at least a portion of a wastewater strainer associated with a bathtub. More specifically, a plate having an opening therethrough is used to overlap a flange of the wastewater strainer wherein the opening in the plate generally coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer so that the bathtub drain is unobstructed. The plate may include a downwardly extending lip to help facilitate orientation onto the flange of the wastewater strainer. The plate conceals the wastewater strainer, thereby facilitating reconfiguration of a bathtub as the existing wastewater strainer need not be removed and the plumbing system retested.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A device adapted for concealing a flange of a wastewater strainer comprising:
- a plate having an outer edge and at least one opening therethrough, said opening defining an inner edge;
- an arm having a first end interconnected to said inner edge;
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- a hub, wherein a second end of the arm is interconnected to the hub, and wherein the hub is positioned inside the outer edge of the plate,
- wherein said plate is adapted to be associated with the flange of the wastewater strainer to conceal the flange.
A device adapted for concealing a portion of a wastewater strainer comprising:
- a plate having an outer edge and a plurality of openings therethrough;
- a hub positioned inside the outer edge and associated with said plurality of openings;
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- a carrier associated with said hub and extending from said plate.
A member adapted for interconnection with a flange of a wastewater strainer for concealing the same, the wastewater strainer including a cylindrical wall extending from the flange, the cylindrical wall positioned in a drain port of a bathtub, the member comprising an outer edge that generally coincides with an outer edge of the strainer flange and having an opening that coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer defined by the cylindrical wall thereof, the improvement comprising:
- an arm associated with said member having a first end interconnected to a hub located in said opening of said member;
- a carrier associated with said hub and extending from said plate;
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- wherein no portion of said member said arm and said carrier extend below a lowermost portion of said flange of the wastewater strainer and into the cylindrical wall thereof when said member is interconnected to said wastewater strainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.