Drain assembly
OwnerJason Finch, Kevin Tang +1inventors
InventorsJason Finch, Kevin Tang, Enoch Hwang
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Abstract
A drain assembly includes a drain body having an upper opening, a lower opening, a passage extending between the upper and lower openings, and a side opening into the passage, a drain insert received in the upper opening of drain body and movable relative to the drain body, the drain insert including an insert opening, and a locking knob coupled to the drain body, the locking knob including a stem extending through the side opening in the drain body into the insert opening to serve as a stop to prevent removal of the drain insert.
Claims20
A drain assembly comprising:
- a drain body having an upper opening, a lower opening, a passage extending between the upper and lower openings, and a side opening into the passage;
- a drain insert received in the upper opening of drain body and movable relative to the drain body, the drain insert including an insert opening;
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- a locking knob coupled to the drain body, the locking knob including a stem extending through the side opening in the drain body into the insert opening to serve as a stop to prevent removal of the drain insert.
A drain assembly comprising:
- a drain body having an upper opening, a lower opening, a passage extending between the upper and lower openings, and a side opening into the passage;
- a drain insert configured to be received in the upper opening of drain body and movable relative to the drain body, the drain insert including a body having an upper opening, a lower opening, an insert passage extending therebetween, and an insert opening extending through the body of the drain insert into the insert passage;
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- a locking knob configured to be coupled to the drain body, the locking knob including a stem extending through the side opening in the drain body into the insert opening to serve as a stop to prevent removal of the drain insert from the drain body.
A method of removing a drain insert of a drain assembly in an aircraft, the aircraft including a sink and the drain assembly coupled to the sink, the drain assembly including a drain body having a side opening into a passage, the drain insert received in the passage and being movable relative to the drain body, the drain insert including an insert opening, and a locking knob coupled to the drain body, the locking knob including a stem extending through the side opening in the drain body into the insert opening, the method including:
- uncoupling the locking knob from the from the drain body thereby removing the stem from the insert opening;
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- moving the drain insert out of the passage to allow access to a drain of the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.