Patent ID: 7784242
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: E04D,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a drain in a structure, said method comprising the steps of: a) forming an opening in a deck; b) providing a receptacle body of a drain, said receptacle body having a first end and a second end, said first end of said receptacle body having at least one protrusion extending away from said receptacle body, said second end of said receptacle body adapted to fasten to a drain pipe; c) providing a drain support plate having a body, said body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion of said body is spaced from said second portion of said body, said first portion of said body defining a peripheral edge, said second portion of said body having an inner edge defining a center passageway spaced radially and axially apart from said peripheral edge of said first portion of said body and adapted to receive said receptacle body, and said second portion of said body defining at least one slot adapted to receive a fastener; d) attaching said receptacle body of said drain to said second portion of said body of said support plate via said fastener passing through an underside of said drain support plate through said slot in said second portion of said body and said receptacle body forming a receptacle body/support plate assembly, wherein a distance between said first portion and said second portion of said body permits said second portion of said body to be positioned completely below the protrusion of said receptacle body, and wherein said slot in said second portion of said body is adapted to be aligned with said receptacle body for receiving said fastener for securing said receptacle body to said body, whereby said receptacle body extends through said center passageway of said body; and e) subsequently installing said receptacle body/support plate assembly with said attached receptacle body to an upper surface of said deck, wherein said receptacle body extends through said opening in said deck.