Flush lever and assembly
AssigneeLavelle Industries, Inc.
InventorsKevin J. Guthrie, Jordan D. Smith
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Abstract
A flush lever comprises a handle and a skirt, or escutcheon plate, both disposed to the exterior of a toilet tank. Within the tank is a flush lever subassembly, the subassembly taking one of two different embodiments and each embodiment comprising means for mechanically linking the flush lever with the subassembly. One portion of the flush lever can be variably adjustable within 360° of rotation and by adjustments every 15° for optimal placement of the flush lever as desired or required. Another portion of the flush lever can be variably adjustable within 180° of rotation as well and by adjustments also every 15°.
Claims18
A flush lever for use with a gravity flush toilet, the toilet comprising a water tank having a tank exterior, a tank interior, a tank wall separating the tank exterior from the tank interior and a tank wall aperture connecting the tank exterior to the tank interior, the flush lever comprising:
- a handle disposed at the tank exterior;
- an escutcheon plate disposed at the tank exterior;
- a tank handle stop extending through the tank wall aperture;
- a lock pin extending through the tank wall aperture;
- a connecting arm disposed within the tank interior;
- a first removable retention clip for securing the connecting arm to the lock pin;
- a lever disposed within the tank interior;
- and
- a second removable retention clip for securing the lever to the connecting arm;
- wherein the first and second removable retention clips are like configured and interchangeable with one another.
A flush lever assembly comprising:
- a toilet comprising a water tank having a tank exterior, a tank interior, a tank wall separating the tank exterior from the tank interior and a tank wall aperture connecting the tank exterior to the tank interior;
- a flush lever handle disposed at the tank exterior;
- an escutcheon plate disposed at the tank exterior;
- a tank handle stop extending through the tank wall aperture;
- a lock pin extending through the tank wall aperture;
- a connecting arm disposed within the tank interior;
- a first removable retention clip for securing the connecting arm to the lock pin;
- a lever disposed within the tank interior;
- and
- a second removable retention clip for securing the lever to the connecting arm;
- wherein the first and second removable retention clips are like configured and interchangeable with one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.