Universal connector for downspout drainage extension

An improved hinged connector for allowing residential downspout pipes to be connected to extension pipes in which downspouts with cross sections chosen from the group containing:

• 3" round metal pipe;
• 25/8".times.25/8" square metal pipe;
• 21/4".times.31/4" rectangular metal pipe;
• 21/4".times.3" rectangular vinyl pipe;
• and 23/4" round vinyl pipe, may be connected to extension pipes with cross sections chosen from the same group, said connector comprising:
• (a) in input tube comprising:
• a first input tube segment with an approximately square cross section except that the sides of the square are constructed with channels parallel to the tube longitudinal axis (LA), said channels fashioned to accommodate the insertion of downspouts chosen from the group containing:
• 25/8".times.25/8" square metal pipe;
• 21/4".times.31/4" rectangular metal pipe;
• 21/4".times.3" vinyl pipe;
• a second input tube segment extending from and parallel with the longitudinal axis of the first segment, said second segment having a smaller cross section than that of the first segment, and having also channels parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube, said channels fashioned to accommodate downspout tubing chosen from the group containing:
• 3" round metal pipe;
• 23/4" round vinyl pipe;
• and
• an input flange extending from and parallel with the longitudinal axis of said second input tube segment;
• (b) an outflow tube comprising:
• a first outflow tube segment that tapers larger in the direction opposite to that of water flow;
• said segment having a minimum cross sectional diameter smaller than, and a maximum cross sectional diameter larger than, the smallest minimum inside diameter in the group of drainage extensions;
• a second outflow tube segment that tapers larger in the direction opposite to that of water flow;
• said second outflow segment extending from the first outflow segment and parallel with its longitudinal axis;
• with the minimum diameter of the second outflow segment being smaller than, and the maximum diameter of the second outflow segment being larger than, the largest minimum inside diameter in the group of drainage extensions;
• and
• (c) pivot pin means through said flange at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said input and outflow tubes allowing said two tubes to hinge relative to one another;
• whereby a person may accommodate any of the group of downspouts inside the input tube and any of the group of extensions over top of the outflow tube so that water flows from the downspout through the connector and into the drainage extension.