Adapter for toilet fitting

A method for mounting the arms of a toilet flush valve member on the upstanding overflow tube of a toilet flush fitting, comprising:

• installing an adapter having a ring member with a gap and a pair of mounting posts and also having a spring that includes first and second ends and that bridges the gap, around the top of said overflow tube, and pushing said adapter down along said overflow tube to fit closely around said overflow tube near the bottom thereof;
• said ring member having a first retainer on a first side of said gap and second and third retainers on an opposite second side of said gap, with said third retainer lying further from said gap than said second retainer;
• moving said second spring end into engagement with said third spring retainer, to cause said ring member to tightly grip said overflow tube;
• installing the arms of a toilet flush valve member on said mounting posts to allow said valve member to pivot thereon;
• said spring extending in an arc between its opposite ends that leaves a middle of the spring spaced from the ring, and said step of moving includes pressing on said middle.

An adapter for use on a toilet fitting tube comprising:

• a ring member constructed to closely surround said tube, said ring member having a gap and having a first portion on a first side of said gap and a second portion on a second side of said gap;
• a curved leaf spring extending across said gap and having first and second spring ends mounted respectively on said first and second portions;
• said leaf spring being curved in largely a 180.degree. loop between said first and second ends thereof, to thereby urge said ends together with high resilience;
• said second portion forms a first tooth and said ring member has a second tooth lying on said second portion at a location further from said gap than said first tooth, said spring having a middle and being convexly curved sufficiently that when said middle is pressed by hand substantially toward said gap, said second spring end is moved from said first tooth to said second tooth.

An adapter for use on a toilet fitting tube comprising:

• a ring member constructed to closely surround said tube, said ring member having a gap and having a first portion on a first side of said gap and a second portion on a second side of said gap;
• a curved leaf spring extending across said gap and having first and second spring ends mounted respectively on said first and second portions;
• said leaf spring being curved in largely a 180.degree. loop between said first and second ends thereof, to thereby urge said ends together with high resilience;
• said first portion comprises a first tooth, and said first spring end comprises a first hook engaged with said first tooth.