Wall closet carrier

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A CARRIER DEVICE FOR HANGING AND SUPPORTING A WALL HUNG WATER CLOSET FOR INSTALLATION BEHIND THE FINISHED SURFACES OF A WALL OF THE TYPE CONSTRUCTED WITH SPACED VERTICAL STUDS AND HORIZONTAL SILL FORMING A SPACE FOR A COIL DRAIN FITTING, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF UPSTANDING LATERALLY SPACED, ELONGATED CLOSET HANGER PLATES, EACH HAVING A FRONT PORTION PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE WALL AND A REARWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE PORTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE FRONT PORTION, SAID SIDE PORTIONS BEING SECURABLE TO OPPOSING SURFACES OF SPACED VERTICAL STUDS DEFINING THE SPACE FOR A SOIL DRAIN FITTING; EACH OF SAID HANGER PLATES HAVING A LOWER END HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING TOE PORTION LYING IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO BUT OFFSET FORWARDLY OF THE FRONT PORTION, SAID LOWER ENDS AND TOE PORTIONS BEING SECURABLE TO WALL SURFACES OF A HORIZONTAL SILL ADJACENT SAID SPACE; AN ELONGATED UPPER AND LOWER VERTICAL SLOT IN THE FRONT PORTION OF EACH HANGER PLATE; VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE SECURING MEANS FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID LOWER SLOTS TO SECURE AND POSITION A SOIL DRAIN; AND VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE CLOSET SUPPORT MEANS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL MEMBER OF U-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, SAID MEMBER HAVING A BOTTOM PROVIDED WITH SPACED PORTS AND REARWARDLY EXTENDING END SECTIONS, A STUD-LIKE MEMBER EXTENDING FORWARDLY THROUGH EACH OF SAID PORTS AND AN UPPER SLOT IN THE FRONT PORTION OF A HANGER PLATE AND CONNECTING SAID HORIZONTAL MEMBER AND PLATE TO SUPPORT A WALL HUNG WATER CLOSET; SAID REARWARDLY EXTENDING END SECTIONS OF SAID HORIZONTAL MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS DIRECTLY TO VERTICAL STUDS DEFINING SAID SPACE.