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US 6,546,573 B1Granted
Drain cover assembly
AssigneeWCM Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam T. Ball
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Abstract
A drain cover assembly with a hollow conduit member with an open end that penetrates and extends through a drain port of a bathtub, and a drain cover with a center opening, a horizontal flange, and an integral sleeve that extends into the open end of the conduit, the sleeve having protruding elements that are received by slots on the interior of the conduit to guide and releasably secure the drain cover to the conduit.
Claims19
A drain cover assembly for a bathtub drain or the like having a drain port, comprising:
- a hollow fluid conduit member having an open end for penetrating and extending through the drain port in the bottom of the bathtub, and having external threads;
- a drain cover with a center opening, a horizontal flange around the opening and an integral sleeve extending from the opening into the open end of the conduit member;
- a pair of slots in the interior of the conduit member adjacent the open end;
- and protruding elements extending outwardly from the sleeve and positioned to be received in the pair of slots so as to guide the sleeve of the drain cover as the drain cover is moved into the open end of the conduit and thence releasably secured to the conduit member.
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A drain cover assembly for a bathtub drain or the like having a drain port, comprising:
- a hollow fluid conduit member having an open end for penetrating and extending through the drain port in the bottom of the bathtub, and having external threads;
- a drain cover with a center opening, a horizontal flange around the opening and an integral sleeve extending from the opening into the open end of the conduit member;
- a pair of slots in the interior of the conduit member adjacent the open end and having longitudinal portions terminating in radial portions;
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- protruding elements extending outwardly from the sleeve and positioned to be received in the pair of slots so as to guide the sleeve of the drain cover longitudinally therein and thence radially, respectively, so as to follow the configuration of the respective slots when the sleeve of the drain cover is moved first longitudinally into the open end of the conduit and thence radially to releasably secure the drain cover against longitudinal movement out of the conduit member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.