Patent ID: 6637050
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
An assembly for a bathtub which has a bottom and adjacent side and end walls, and an overflow port in an end wall, comprising:a one-piece overflow fitting comprising: an overflow pipe with an inverted L-shape having an elbow portion defining an upper end portion and a lower end portion, the upper end portion having an outer end defining an inlet being adapted to fit through the bathtub overflow port; threads on an outer surface of the upper end portion and surrounding the inlet and normally extending through the bathtub overflow port; a lip extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the overflow pipe between the elbow portion and the upper end portion and being spaced from the inlet to engage an outer surface of the bathtub end wall around the bathtub overflow port; and a thin diaphragm sealed to the outer end of the upper end portion to close the inlet to fluid flow; a nut element compatible with the threads wherein the nut element has a threaded portion for threadibly mounting the nut to the upper end portion to clamp the overflow fitting to the end of the bathtub between the lip and the nut element, and at least one lug extending radially from the nut; and a cap detachably encased to the lug and covering the nut.