Patent ID: 8875320
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. A pressure flange for installing toilets comprising: a sealing ring disposed so as to make direct contact with a bottom of a toilet base; a rigid main column configured to connect the toilet to a sewer line in a bathroom facility, the column having an upper tube section with a larger inner diameter section above a vertical tube section having a smaller inner diameter; the column having an oval shaped collar at a top of the upper tube section, the oval shaped collar having oppositely extending ears; a flex-line type pressure gasket disposed around at least the vertical tube section of the column, the pressure gasket comprising an accordion or corrugated-type of gasket that enables the pressure gasket to be fitted into the sewer line by applying downward pressure, wherein the pressure gasket further comprises a bottom lip that extends below and engages a bottom edge of the vertical tube section to prevent the pressure gasket from slipping when inserting the pressure flange into the sewer line; and wherein the pressure flange can be installed without the use of tools by pushing the pressure flange down into the sewer line in the bathroom and tightening and connecting the pressure flange with anchor bolts and wing nuts to a toilet base.