Patent ID: 8060954
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. A toilet flush actuator mechanism for a toilet tank which has a valve seat surrounding a discharge port having a central axis and a flush valve, said flush valve for opening and closing the valve seat and having a vertical axis, comprising: (a) a rigid trip lever having an axis of elongation, a first end pivotally carried by said toilet tank, and a free end; (b) a first resilient guide member carried by said trip lever adjacent said free end and extending laterally therefrom; (c) a second resilient guide member carried by said trip lever intermediate said free end and said first end at a pre determined distance from said free end, where said second resilient guide member is substantially parallel to and co-planar with said first resilient guide member; and (d) a linkage member carried by said flush valve adjacent said upper end of said flush valve and in fixed relationship therewith, said linkage member having an open void region and a peripheral surface where said open void region is bounded at least in part by said peripheral surface and where said free end extends telescopically through said open void region and where said peripheral surface comprises an engagement portion interposed between said first and second resilient guide members for slidable bearing engagement relative thereto such that upon sufficient rotation of said trip lever, said engagement surface will compressibly bear against said trip lever thereby vertically displacing said flush valve from said valve seat.