US 4,827,539 AGranted

Adjustable closet floor flange

OwnerFloyd G. Kiziahinventor

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Abstract

Adjustable fixture and closet floor flange having an upper flange part with an upper flange; a downward facing rib section which has circular horizontal ribs joined by vertical ribs, which are connected with the upper flange. It also has a lower flange part with a lower flange and an upstanding cylindrical collar for receiving the rib section. A number of resilient retaining fingers are attached to the lower part and have retainers that fit into matching spaces in the rib section for locking the upper and lower section together at an adjustable height. The invention also includes a fixture and closet floor flange having key hole slots with optional base floor for holding closet bolts upright with the use of clips, and a fixture flange adaptable to additionally attach a tub box having projecting fasteners for attachment to either an adjustable fixture flange or nailed to a surface separately.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable closet floor flange comprising:

an upper flange part having an upper flange, a downward facing rib section having a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal circular ribs joined by a plurality of vertical ribs, being connected with the upper flange, having a cylindrical drain opening formed through said upper flange and said rib section;
a lower flange part having a downward facing lower flange;
an upstanding cylindrical collar being connected with said lower flange, having an inner cylindrical bore for downwardly receiving said rib section and for upwardly receiving the upper end of a drain pipe;
at least one resilient retaining finger being attached to said lower flange part, having an inwardly projecting retainer being receivable in the space between said horizontal ribs for adjustably securing said upper flange part to said lower flange part;
means for connecting said upper flange part to a drain outlet, and the lower flange part to the upper end of a downward drain pipe, wherein said drain outlet is the outlet of a toilet having a bottom flange:
and the upper flange includes a key slot formed in said upper flange for receiving a head of a fastening bolt, the bolt having an upper threaded end for receiving a nut serving to secure the toilet bottom flange to said upper flange.

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