Patent ID: 8230532

Claim:
A fulcrum element for repair of a toilet flush system, comprising: at least one fulcrum piece associated with the fulcrum element, the at least one fulcrum piece having a fulcrum hole adaptably sized to receive a fulcrum pin of a toilet flush system actuator unit, and at least one retention piece configured to mount the fulcrum element to a toilet flush valve body and wherein the fulcrum element is formed from a single lamina sheet, comprising: two retention arms each formed from the ends of the lamina sheet, the retention arms each comprising an inner wall, wherein each inner wall is parallel and facing an opposing inner wall, and wherein a distal portion of each inner wall extends away from a body portion of the lamina sheet in a manner such that each distal portion is perpendicular to the fulcrum element and parallel to each other; an outer wall, a rear edge, and a front edge, the front edge terminating at an end of the lamina sheet; and a bridge surface formed from a middle portion of the lamina sheet, wherein the fulcrum element is configured to be mounted on the toilet flush valve body by sliding the two retention arms over respective support arms of the toilet flush valve body, and is further configured such that when the fulcrum element is mounted on the toilet flush valve body each of the two retention arms substantially surround a portion of a respective support arm and a face of the bridge surface is substantially flush against a portion of a bridge material of the toilet flush valve body disposed between the two support arms and the bridge material is substantially tightly sandwiched between the face of the bridge surface and the front edge of each retention arm, and wherein each distal portion of each inner wall comprises a fulcrum hole, each fulcrum hole being aligned with an opposing fulcrum hole and adaptably sized to receive a fulcrum pin of a toilet flush system actuator unit.