Patent ID: 6014985
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: E03C,Y10T

Abstract:
A drop-in faucet valve assembly installable to a sink from above a sink countertop comprising:an outer cylindrical sleeve, said outer sleeve having a first predetermined diameter less than a second predetermined diameter of a hole in the sink countertop,a valve being seated within said cylindrical sleeve;said cylindrical sleeve including a water flow fitting portion having a third predetermined diameter less than or equal to said first predetermined diameter of said cylindrical sleeve;said water flow side fitting portion extending coterminous with, and axially parallel to, said cylindrical sleeve, and,said water flow fitting portion including a pair of female threaded couplings engageable with a pair of flexible water flow conduits,a first coupling of said pair of couplings being obliquely oriented off of an axis of said cylindrical sleeve, and,a second coupling of said pair of couplings being oriented parallel to the axis of said cylindrical sleeve.