Patent ID: 8302220

Claim:
An overflow assembly adapted for interconnection to a bathtub, which has a bottom, side walls, end walls, and an overflow port in one end wall, comprising: an overflow pipe with an elbow portion defining an upper end portion and a lower end portion, said upper end portion having an outer end defining an inlet and having threads on an outer surface thereof; a lip extending radially outwardly from said outer surface of the overflow pipe between said elbow portion and said upper end portion and being spaced from the inlet; a sealing element associated with said outer end that closes said inlet to fluid flow; a nut element with a threaded portion that is compatible with said threads associated with said inlet for mounting said nut element to said upper end portion, said nut element having a plurality of lugs extending radially from said nut element wherein said nut element and said plurality of lugs constitute a single-piece unit; and a cap detachably interconnected to at least one of said plurality of lugs and covering the nut.