Universal-fit replacement flange and handle set

A flange and handle replacement set for a plumbing fixture attached to a support surface which has two eyelets spaced at a first distance comprising:

• a handle assembly including a mounting flange having a pair of recesses spaced apart at a distance different from the first distance between the eyelets;
• a disposable template having a pair of lugs extending toward one another and having distant ends each of which provided with a hole, the holes being spaced apart at the same distance as the distance between the recesses and being aligned therewith;
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• a pair of fasteners traversing each pair of the recesses and holes.

A flange and handle set for a plumbing fixture sized to be attached to a support surface which has two eyelets spaced from one another at a distance, comprising:

• a handle assembly having two recesses spaced apart at a distance less than the distance between the eyelets;
• a template having a pair of lugs extending toward one another and having holes spaced at the distance between the recesses;
• two mounting brackets each having opposite ends, one of the opposite ends being pivotally mounted to the holes of the template so as to be spaced at the distance between the recesses to pivot the brackets in a mounting position wherein the other ends of the brackets are spaced apart at the distance between the eyelets;
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• two fasteners traversing the one ends of the brackets and the recesses.

A flange and handle replacement set for attaching a plumbing fixture to a support surface having two eyelets which are spaced at a first distance comprising:

• a handle assembly including a mounting flange having a pair of recesses spaced apart at a distance different from the first distance between the eyelets;
• a disposable template having a pair of lugs extending toward one another and having ends which face one another and each has a hole, the holes being spaced apart at the same distance as the distance between the recesses;
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• a pair of fasteners traversing each pair of the recesses and holes to attach the handle assembly to the template;
• a stem extending between the handle assembly and the template and having opposite ends;
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• a pair of extensions displaceably mounted on the opposite ends of the stem respectively, displacement of the extensions being arrested upon reaching a desirable distance between the template and the handle assembly.