Abstract: A hinge for attaching a toilet seat to irregularly spaced toilet bowl mounting holes, the hinge body having a mounting plate cooperating with a bowl mounting hole and having a plurality of interconnected fixing holes for receiving a fixing bolt in one of a plurality of selected positions. An integral flexibly hinged cover closes over the hinge body and is frictionally secured thereto for concealing the fixing holes and bolt, and giving the hinge a finished appearance.

Abstract: An improved device and method for attachment of a plumbing fitting to a pipe or other drain receptacle is described in which the device has at least one elastomeric rib disposed about the outer circumference of the body of the device for forming a watertight seal against the interior wall of the drain receptacle. The ribs are angled in an axial direction opposite to the direction of insertion, allowing easy insertion into a drain receptacle, while causing a radial self-tightening force resisting movement in the direction of removal, and enhancing the seal. The device also allows lateral movement of the receptacle relative to the device, as well as expansion and contraction, without impairing the seal.