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

Claim 32:
33. 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 comprise 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;
wherein a first of the at least two aperture locations is disposed on an upper end of the connector body and comprises a substantially D-shaped aperture; and
wherein there are two non-aperture locations comprising an arc disposed in the bottom end of the connector body and a notch disposed in a bottom surface of the connector body.