Patent ID: 8166584

Claim:
An overflow assembly for a bathtub, which has a bottom and adjacent side and end walls, and an overflow port in an end wall, comprising: an overflow pipe with an elbow portion defining an upper end portion and a lower end portion, the upper end portion having an outer end defining an inlet; threads on an outer surface of the upper end portion and surrounding the inlet; a lip extending radially outwardly from an outer surface of the overflow pipe between the elbow portion and the upper end portion and being spaced from the inlet; a sealing element associated with said outer end that closes the inlet to fluid flow; a nut element compatible with the threads wherein the nut element has a threaded portion for threadably mounting to said upper end portion, said nut element having at least one lug extending radially therefrom; and a cap detachably associated to the lug and covering the nut.