Waste and overflow plate assembly

In a waste and overflow plate assembly having:

• a face plate having an aperture therethrough;
• a trip lever positioned through the aperture of the face plate and movable between two pivotable positions with respect to the face plate;
• the trip lever having a handle and arm portions;
• means for toggling the trip lever between the two pivotable positions on the face plate, the toggle means including a spring clip having a front leg section and a rear leg section, each of which have a slotted aperture therethrough, and means on an end of the trip lever biasing the spring between an end of the trip lever and the face plate;
• stabilizing means to prevent rotation of the trip lever with respect to the face plate when the trip lever is seated in a seating means on the face plate but to permit rotation of the trip lever with respect to the face plate when the trip lever is unseated therefrom to facilitate assembly of the trip lever to the face plate;
• the improvement which comprises:
• retaining means on the trip lever and spaced sufficiently close to the face plate for preventing withdrawal of the trip lever from engagement with the face plate while facilitating the trip lever toggle between the two pivotable positions wherein the retaining means has a front protuberance transverse to the slotted aperture of the frong leg of the spring clip, the front protuberance has a length greater than the width of the slotted aperture, and the front leg of the spring clip is positioned between the front protuberance and the face plate so that the protuberance abuts the front leg of the spring clip when the trip lever is pulled forward.