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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941878 | Sink drain system A drain plug, a drain body and a drain pipe are fabricated of a flexible material. The drain plug has perforations and is threaded to allow easy cleaning. A drain-trap-shaped drain pipe containment device is in the form of a pair of mirror image halves with a hinge ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 6944892 | Overflow drain for toilet A commode having overflow protection. An overflow drain arrangement is provided approximate the collection basin for the commode, with the overflow drain arrangement having a collection cavity for collecting a significant amount of overflow. An overflow trap extends... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6484330 | Combined faucet and drain assembly A combined faucet and drain system can be installed primarily from above the basin. The faucet includes a quick-connect fastening assembly with a threaded sleeve bolt that also doubles as a life rod guide. A spring-biased toggle fastener threads onto the ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6061847 | Linkage assembly for a pop-up drain stopper An improved linkage assembly for a pop-up drain stopper assembly includes an elongated connector bar having a plurality of apertures adjacent both its upper and lower ends. The assembly also includes a stem having a J-shaped portion of its lower end that ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 4945579 | Drain valve activator assembly A drain valve activator assembly for a container such as a bathtub is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is an overflow plate mountable on a side wall of the tub at the overflow outlet. A stem is positioned through the plate so as to rotate on its own lo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4876754 | Bathtub silencer and overflow protector A collector unit for a bathtub which is mounted on the tub end portion below the spout for collecting the water during discharge from the spout and for substantially silencing the water noise and for minimizing overflow from the bathtub. The collector uni... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4796310 | Bathtub drain valve control and overflow plate A bathtub drain valve control arrangement includes an overflow cover movably mounted in a recessed pocket of a substantially vertical bathtub wall so as to cover the overflow opening in that wall. The overflow plate is adapted to move between open and clo... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4744108 | Bathtub drain apparatus A bathtub drain having a fixed body at the tub overflow opening a rotational member extending through the fixed body and having a rear portion behind the fixed body, a non-axially positioned linkage attachment point on the rear portion of the rotational m... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4727604 | Waste stopper arrangement An improved stopper arrangement is provided, for use with a remote stopper actuating mechanism having a mechanical lever system for raising a central post to which the waste stopper is attached. The improved stopper has a central spindle to which is attac... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4622701 | Mechanical waste mechanism A rocker beam construction for use with plumbing fixtures, for insertion within a drain tube to transmit stopper opening motion from a drain actuating linkage acting at one end of the drain tube, to the stopper located at the other end of the drain tube, ... | 11/18/1986 |
