Patent ID: 7992585

Claim:
A retrofit kit for assembling a frost resistant hydrant comprising a spout assembly, a body tube, and valve assembly to a water supply fixture, the retrofit kit comprising a valve assembly having a drive adapter and a plurality of hydrant adapters, wherein the drive adapter has chord faces on an annular wall portion thereof, and each of the plurality of hydrant adapters has an inlet end and an adapter end, the adapter end having segment keys disposed to be in registry with the chord faces when the adapter end is coupled to the drive adapter, and the inlet end being configured to couple an existing water supply fixture whereby upon selection of a single hydrant adapter from the plurality and coupling the adapter end of the selected hydrant adapter to the drive adapter with the segment keys in registry with the chord faces, the valve assembly can be installed in the body tube of a frost resistant hydrant and coupled to the existing water supply fixture for which the inlet end is configured to complete a frost resistant hydrant retrofitted to the existing water supply fixture.