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US 6,067,669 AGranted
Strainer equipped drain plug assembly
AssigneeBathcrest, Inc
InventorsAaron L. Peterson, Craig S Peterson
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Abstract
A drain plug assembly having a strainer removably fitted between a bottom of a drain housing that is to be mounted in the drain of a vessel and a stopper that is mounted to be moved along a central stem between a locked open position permitting flow through the drain housing and strainer and a closed position wherein flow through the drain housing and strainer is blocked.
Claims2
A strainer equipped drain plug assembly comprising
- a replacement housing for threading into an outlet of a bathtub, said housing including
- an exteriorly threaded cylindrical body,
- a peripheral flange projecting from a top of said cylindrical body;
- a rigid stem fixed to said cylindrical body and projecting centrally up through said body;
- a stopper with a valve head, movable along said stem between an open position and a closed position with said valve head seated on said peripheral flange of said replacement housing;
- a basket shaped strainer with a hole through a bottom thereof to surround said stem and holes through a sidewall thereof positioned between said stopper and
- an outlet from said cylindrical body of said replacement housing;
- and
- a knob securing said stopper to said stem.
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