Wall-hung fixture carrier combination with a device facilitating wall finishing

Claim 1

FOR SUPPORTING A WALL HUNG CLOSED FIXTURE HAVING A MOUNTING FLANGE IN PREDETERMINED RELATION TO A SOIL LINE FITTING, THE COMBINATION OF: A FIXTURE CARRIER RIGIDLY MOUNTED REARWARDLY OF THE WALL INCLUDING TWO HORIZONTALLY SPACED UPPER FIXTURE-MOUNTING STUDS AND AT LEAST ONE LOWER FIXTURE MOUNTING STUD, SAID STUDS ADJUSTABLY THREADEDLY ENGAGED IN THE CARRIER TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY BEYOND A WALL FINISH LINE AND BEING SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO A VERTICAL CENTERLINE OF THE CARRIER TO PROJECT THROUGH THE FIXTURE FLANGE; NIPPLE MEANS SUPPORTED ON THE CARRIER FOR CONNECTING THE FIXTURE OUTLET TO THE FITTING; A RIGID FRAME HAVING A RIM PORTION ADJACENT AND RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO THE RIM PORTION HAVING ALSO APERTURED LOCALIZED WEB PORTIONS FOR RECEIVING SAID STUDS WITHIN SAID RIM PORTION, SAID FRAME BEING OTHERWISE GENERALLY OPEN WITHIN SAID RIM PORTION AND INDEPENDENT OF OTHER ABOVE DESCRIBED PARTS OFTHE COMBINATION AND SAID RIM PORTION ADAPTED IN SHAPE OF THE COMBINATION AND SAID RIM NIPPLE MEANS AND TO LIE WITHIN THE OUTLINE OF THE FLANGE OF A FIXTURE MOUNTED ON THE STUDS, AND MEANS ON EACH STUD CLAMPING THE APERTURED PORTIONS OF THE FRAME WITH THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID FRAME ADJUSTED TO THE PLANE OF THE FINISHED WALL SURFACE.