Abstract: A device for installing a toilet, having a rearwardly extending discharge pipe, on a floor opening, surrounded by a floor ring anchored in the floor and having upright threaded bolts configured to fasten a toilet having a downwardly extending discharge pipe, has a base having an underside configured to be placed onto the floor ring. A U-shaped pipe section having a first end and a second end is provided wherein the first end has a 90° bend section connected to the base. The second end has a diameter matched to a diameter of a rearwardly extending discharge pipe of a toilet to be installed. The 90° bend section has an end portion facing the floor ring, wherein the end portion has a diameter matched to a diameter of the floor ring. The base has securing elements secured to the floor indirectly by the floor ring, the threaded bolts, and the base.

Abstract: A floor flange apparatus for use with a plumbing fixture positioned on a floor surface includes a conduit section having a fixture end and a drain end and defining a bore therethrough. The conduit section is adapted to be coupled to a drain pipe proximate the drain end and to be coupled to a plumbing fixture proximate the fixture end for draining water from the plumbing fixture. A flange is positioned proximate the fixture end of the conduit, and the flange is configured to engage a plumbing fixture and couple the fixture to the conduit section. Elevation structures extend from the flange and are configured for interfacing with a floor surface to elevate the flange above the floor surface. At least a portion of the elevation structures are removably coupled with the flange for being selectively removed to allow the elevation of the flange to be selected.

Abstract: A replaceable mounting ring is disclosed for use with a water closet coupling which is interposed between a water closet drain and a sewer pipe. The mounting ring fits on a channel in a flange near the inlet end of the water closet coupling. The mounting ring comprises two arcuate members, each having a U-shaped cross section formed by a base and a leg on each side of the base, with the base having a lower surface between the two legs. A corresponding end of each arcuate member has an extension from the lower surface of its base of a size which allows the extension to engage the lower surface of the base of the opposite end of the other arcuate member. These extensions enable the ends of the arcuate members to form a mounting ring having a U-shaped cross section.

Abstract: A plastic mounting ring comprises two plastic arcuate members each having a flat upper profile, a flat lower profile and a predetermined thickness. Each plastic arcuate member has a lip extending radially inwardly with an inside diameter that allows it to engage the sides of the channel formed by the flange on the water closet coupling on which it is to be mounted. A corresponding first end of each arcuate member has a notch out of the lower level of its thickness. A second corresponding end of each arcuate member has an extension, coplanar with its flat lower profile, which engages the lower surface of the base of the opposite end of the other arcuate member. The members are fitted together to form a mounting ring having a flat upper profile and a flat lower profile. The mounting ring can be used to replace a flange formation of an installed water closet coupling without removing the total water closet coupling.

Abstract: A closet bolt is provided for mounting a toilet bowl to a specific installation. The closet bowl has a cylindrical shaft in which a hollow passage is formed. The hollow passage advantageously facilitates shortening of the closet bolt through cutting. Also, the hollow passage may be formed with a non-circular cross-section which can be engaged by a similarly-shaped tool to prevent unwanted rotation of the closet bolt.

Abstract: There is provided replacement flange for attachment to a plumbing fitting having an inlet end, an outlet end attachable to a pipe and a pre-existing attachment groove. The replacement flange comprises a rim having a central opening. The central opening is sized and shaped to allow attachment of the rim to the inlet end while the outlet end is attached to the pipe. The flange also includes a lip projecting inwardly from the rim along a portion of a perimeter of the central opening. The lip is sized and shaped to engage a portion of the groove. The flange also includes at least one locking tab mounted to the rim and being movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, the tab being sized, shaped and positioned such that the rim is detachable from the plumbing fitting when the locking tab is in the unlocked position, but not when the tab is in the locked position.

Abstract: A toilet bowl stabilizer base of a plurality of interlocking plates nest together for compression between the bottom of the new toilet bowl and the supporting floor. The plates are congruent and of the same dimensions and have opposing planar surfaces with a circular opening for receipt of the mounting flange and passage of waste. Each base plate has a pair of alignment pegs and cooperating recesses on the opposing side of the plate to interlock the plates together.

Abstract: An improved connection of a toilet bowl to the floor over which the bowl is located utilizing the combination of an externally threaded toilet bolt with a head and a hollow shaft down its axis, a screw of longer length than the toilet bowl and positioned down the axial hollow shaft of the toilet bowl, and a flange positioned between the toilet bowl and the floor, said flange having an opening therein capable of receiving the head of the toilet bolt. The hollow shaft down the axis of the toilet bolt may be cylindrical or polygonal in shape. The method of making the improved connection is also described.

Abstract: This invention is a prefabricated very strong in wall support for universal fixtures mounted on a wall. Fixture support connectors or arms extend from the support and hold up the fixture. The in wall support is rigidly bolted to the floor so the support bears all the weight of the fixture and transmits the weight directly to the floor. The support is manufactured to accommodate standard fixtures. The height of the mounted fixture can be varied by moving the brackets which hold the fixture support connectors up and down. Brackets can be mounted on both the front and back of the support, thereby allowing the mounting of a fixture on both sides of a wall using a single support.

Abstract: An adjustable-length closet fastener (1) has a fastener shank (2, 32) with an anchor-ridge head (3, 33) which is sized and shaped for positioning side walls of the anchor-ridge head against walls (5) of a predetermined retainer cavity (6) to arrest rotation of the fastener shank and which is sized and shaped for positioning a fastener shank-side surface (9) of the anchor-ridge head against a ceiling (10) of the predetermined retainer cavity at opposite sides of a shaft orifice in the predetermined retainer cavity to prevent exit of the adjustable-length closet fastener from the predetermined retainer cavity. A length-adjustment sleeve (11) with internal machine threads (12) is attached to the fastener shank for extension a predetermined distance towards a predetermined fastening position (13). A length-adjustment bolt (16) with external machine threads (17) that match the internal machine threads of the length-adjustment sleeve is screwed a desired length-adjustment distance into the length-adjustment sleeve.

Abstract: A foam type elevator base that may be purchased large enough to fit most commodes and that is easily cut with a sharp tool or a hot wire and that is given a finished look using a thin plastic cover fastened adhesively over the edge is disclosed.