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US 6,886,190 B2Granted
Device and method for alignment of drains with finished covering
OwnerDon B. Tompaneinventor
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An apparatus and method for aligning the exposed drain in finished surfaces in construction with the underlying drains and conduits of the construction infrastructure. The device features an inner generally planar center section, preferably round, with an off center drain aperture communicating between a top surface and a bottom surface. The center section is rotatably in a similarly shaped aperture formed in the surface material surrounding the underlying drain which can also be formed in a surrounding tile to be placed over the drain or in the finished material itself. Once the off center drain aperture is aligned with the underlying drain with the perimeter of the center section aligned with the aperture in the surrounding material, the center section is placed into the similarly shaped aperture and fixed in position with adhesive or grout and the drain strainer may be mounted into the off center drain aperture. The device may be pre manufactured in separate components, kits of separate components, or may be formed using a method of making the components from the tile or finished surface being laid.
An apparatus for alignment of underlying slab-mounted drain apertures with overlying drain openings in finished surfaces comprising:
A method for alignment of conduit apertures flush mounted with a continuously extending planar slab top surface of a surrounding slab, with a drain hole communicating through a substantially flat finished surface material layer overlayed on the slab top surface of said slab, comprising the steps of:
A method for alignment of underlying drains having drain apertures in flush communication with a substantially planar slab top surface of a surrounding slab continuously extending horizontally from the communication of said conduit aperture with said slab top surface, with a drain hole in a finished surfaces layer overlayed on said slab top surface of said slab, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.