Patent ID: 7516753

Claim:
A plumbing fixture assembly for installation in a toilet tank at an opening of a wall of the toilet tank to provide a removable connection between a portion of a float valve and a water supply line, the assembly comprising: an attachment pipe connectable to the toilet tank at the opening of the wall of the toilet tank when the plumbing fixture assembly is installed in the toilet tank, and including an internally threaded first end, an externally threaded distal end, a flange therebetween constructed and arranged to mount and seal the attachment pipe to the toilet tank wall through the wall opening, and a bore extending therethrough and constructed and arranged to provide a fluid path from the water supply line; a lower portion including a first base having generally circular shape and planar first front and rear faces, an externally threaded hub extending from the first rear face for engagement with the internally threaded first end of the attachment pipe when the lower portion is connected to the attachment pipe, and first extensions extending radially away from the periphery of the first base; an upper portion including a second base having generally circular shape and planar second front and rear faces, an internally threaded hub extending from the second rear face and constructed and arranged to engage the float valve portion when the plumbing fixture assembly is installed in the toilet tank, and second extensions extending radially away from the periphery of the second base, wherein the first and second extensions are complementarily shaped to be matingly engageable with one another when the upper portion is turned relative to the lower portion to connect the lower and upper portions; and a hub carrying a seal and extending from the second front face of the upper portion into a bore of the lower portion.