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US 3,967,324 AGranted
Flexible trap for a waste line assembly
AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
InventorErnest Gene Olive
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Abstract
A flexible trap for a waste line assembly of a toilet includes a U-shaped portion having a pair of upwardly extending legs and a lower section having a threaded hole therethrough. A threaded plug threadably engages the threaded hole. A linear portion having a flexible corrugated section therein is affixed perpendicularly in a fluid serial connection to an upper end of a leg of the U-shaped portion. The U-shaped portion and the linear portion have a continuous bore therethrough.
Claims3
A one piece flexible trap adapted to be received in a waste line assembly which comprises:
- a. a U-shaped portion having a pair of upwardly extending legs, a lower section having a threaded hole therethrough, one said leg being longer than other said leg, an upper end of one said leg having a threaded outer surface;
- b. a linear portion having a corrugated section therein, one end of said linear portion joined in a smooth curved continimum to an upper end of said other leg of said U-shaped portion, said U-shaped portion and linear portion having a continuous bore therethrough, said corrugation section including a plurality of alternate annular ribs and channels;
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- c. a threaded plug member threadably engaging into said threaded hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.