Patent ID: 8800070

Claim:
A flush toilet configured to permit user control of a flush cycle time and corresponding water usage, the toilet comprising: a bowl; a tank in fluid communication with said bowl; a flush handle assembly carried by said tank and comprising a flush handle and a lever arm coupled thereto; a flapper valve in said tank; and a rigid, adjustable-length, flapper control rod coupled between said lever arm and said flapper valve so that operation of said flush handle in a first direction causes said rigid, adjustable-length flapper control rod to pull open said flapper valve and so that operation of said flush handle in a second direction causes said rigid, adjustable-length, flapper control rod to push closed said flapper valve thereby permitting user control of the flush cycle time and corresponding water usage said rigid, adjustable-length flapper rod comprising a body portion with first and second hook ends, at least one of said first and second hook ends comprising four continuous segments with the first three segments defining a triangle and the fourth segment lying parallel to the first segment and in spaced relation therefrom.