Patent ID: 11927001
Assignee: DANCO, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 15:
16. A pop up stopper for a basin drain opening, the pop up stopper comprising:
a cap;
a stopper body disposes below and integrally formed with the cap;
a seal disposed around an upper portion of the stopper body below the cap; and
a plurality of vertically spaced lever rod engagement locations disposed on the stopper body, each configured to selectively engage with a lever rod; and
wherein the plurality of vertically spaced lever rod engagement locations comprises at least two aperture locations and at least one non-aperture location;
wherein the lever rod actuates the pop up stopper to push the pop up stopper to a raised position when the lever rod is engaged with one of the at least two aperture locations or with the at least one non-aperture location;
wherein the lever rod actuates the pop up stopper to pull the pop up stopper to a lowered position when the lever rod is engaged with one of the at least two aperture locations; and
wherein the pop up stopper fails to the lowered position by gravity when the lever rod disengages with the at least one non-aperture location;
wherein a lower end of the stopper body comprises a connector body;
wherein the at least two aperture locations are disposed on the connector body;
wherein the least one non-aperture location is disposed on (1) a bottom end of the connector body or (2) a bottom surface of a connector plate disposed above the connector body;
wherein there is no magnetic attachment between the lever rod and the at least one non-aperture location; and
wherein the at least one non-aperture location is disposed on the bottom surface of a connector plate and wherein the bottom surface of the connector plate comprises a notch configured to selectively receive the lever rod.