Patent ID: 8042787

Claim:
A flush valve assembly comprising: a housing mountable to a valve body having diaphragm valve disposed therein with a stem extended downwardly therefrom; a handle pivotally mounted to the housing and engagable with the stem via a plunger; the plunger having an outer end for engaging the handle, an inner end for engaging the stem, and a shank therebetween, the plunger being axially slidable through a passage in a bushing, the bushing positioned between the handle and the valve; the passage in the bushing comprising a first axis and a second axis, the axes in substantially the same vertical plane and intersecting at a point, the point of intersection being a pivot point of the plunger; wherein actuation of the handle in a first direction moves the plunger axially along the first axis and actuation of the handle in a second direction moves the plunger axially along the second axis.