Patent ID: 8490276

Claim:
A device for mounting a plumbing fixture on a surface, the plumbing fixture having a body with at least one externally-threaded inlet tube for connection to an end of a supply line having a threaded connecting nut, and the surface having at least one hole, each of which is arranged for insertion of a corresponding one of the inlet tubes therethrough, the device comprising: an elongate member, having first and second ends; a collar member, attached to or integral with the first end of the elongate member, the collar member having an aperture sized to be slidingly received on one of the at least one inlet tubes; a guide member, open at both ends and internally threaded, attached to or integral with the collar member at or near the second end of the elongate member; a rod, externally threaded along at least part of the length thereof for rotating engagement in the guide member with a first end of the rod extending from the first open end of the guide member and a second end of the rod extending from the second open end; and a means for retaining the inlet tube in the hole, positioned at a first end of the rod.