Collar for adjustable mounting of water closet bowls or the like

Claim 1

AN ADAPTER OF ELONGATED PLATE-LIKE CONFIGURATION FOR COOPERATION WITH A WATER CLOSET AT SUBSTANTIALLY FLOOR LEVEL, THE SAID ADAPTER BEING TRANSVERSELY APERTURED TO COOPERATE WITH THE LOWER DEPENDING ELONGATED HOLLOW PORTION DEFINING A DISCHARGE OPENING LIP FROM THE WATER CLOSET AND LEADING TO A SEWAGE CONDUIT, THE SAID ADAPTER HAVING A RECESS DEFINED BY A RAISED RIM ON AN UPPER SURFACE THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY ESTABLISHING ITS OUTER PERIPHERAL LIMITS, THE SAID RIM HAVING AT LEAST A SURFACE PORTION THEREOF COOPERATING WITH SAID CLOSET BOWL LIP TO EFFECT A FLUID SEAL THEREBETWEEN, THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID ADAPTER APERTURE BEING ECCENTRICALLY ARRANGED RELATIVE TO THE SAID RIM, SAID ADAPTER HAVING ANNULAR LIP MEANS THEREON FOR EFFECTING A FLUID TIGHT SEAL WITH THE WATER CLOSET DISCHARGE OPENING COOPERATING WITH SAID ADAPTER APERTURE, AND HAVING THEREON REMOVABLE MEANS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE RIM FOR EFFECTIVE SELECTIVE ATTACHEMENT THEREOF TO THE LOWER LIP PORTION OF THE WATER CLOSET DEFINING THE DISCHARGE THEREFROM WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN THE ADAPTER IN FLUID SEALING FIXED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE SAID CLOSET DISCHARGE OPENING LIP AND TO THE SEWAGE CONDUIT AND WITH THE ECCENTRICALLY POSITIONED APERTURE OF THE ADAPTER SUBSTANTIALLY RECEIVING SAID CLOSET HOLLOW PORTION DEFINING SAID DISCHARGE OPENING LIP AT A RECESS THEREON DEFINED BY SAID RIM TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ECCENTRICALLY POSITIONED CLOSET APERTURE.