Patent ID: 8327474

Claim:
A drain stopper assembly for opening and closing the top opening of a drain pipe, the drain pipe having a side opening spaced from the top opening, the drain stopper assembly comprising: a drain stopper including a body sized for insertion into the drain pipe, a cap attached to the top of the body and sized for selectably closing the top opening of the drain pipe and a magnet attached to the body at a location spaced from the cap; an actuating lever pivotally mountable in the side opening of the drain pipe and having an interior portion inside the drain pipe and an exterior portion outside the drain pipe when the actuating lever is mounted in the side opening, at least the interior portion including a magnetic material for engagement with the magnet of the drain stopper, and wherein the actuating lever comprises a core of non-magnetic material; and a sleeve of magnetic material covering at least some of the interior portion of the actuating lever.