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US 7,017,199 B2Granted
Plumbing fitting cover cap retention
OwnerRobert A. Oropallo, Anthony Oropallo, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A plumbing fitting attachable to a wall that defines an opening, comprising a tubular part sized to project through an opening, there being grooving associated with the part; a cover extending in registration with the grooving; and a retainer caused by the cover and projecting to locally engage the grooving, thereby to position the cover in relation to the grooving.
Claims10
A plumbing fitting attachable to a wall that defines an opening, comprising
- a) a tubular part sized to project through said opening, there being grooving associated with said part,
- b) a cover extending about said grooving,
- c) and a retainer ring carried by the cover and projecting to locally engage said part, thereby to position the cover in relation to said grooving,
- d) and a series of retention cams on said ring and spaced about a longitudinal axis defined by the ring, there being gaps between successive cams, and there being retention shoulders on the cams,
- e) said retention shoulders facing in directions for retaining holders on the cover, the said holders have been passed longitudinally through said gaps, and after the cover has then been rotated, the cap engages said part to resist cap rotation.
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