Water closet protector stabilizer

Claim 2

A water closet protector stabilizer of the type used to secure a plastic soil pipe within the body of a concrete slab and to provide a cavity between the concrete slab and the pipe in which a portion of a closet mounting ring can be inserted and wherein said closet mounting ring is of the type having a tube portion fitting around said pipe and a flange portion attached to the top of said tube portion onto which a water closet abuts with and in conjunction with a gasket seals the flange portion the improvement which comprises: collar means, said collar means having a cylindrical section thereof for mating with and attaching to said soil pipe and an annular flnage integrally attached to the top of said cylindrical section, said collar means having a closet retaining means, cover means, said cover means having an upstanding continuous integral wall, said wall defining a chamber within said cover means, said cover means having a top detachably connected to said upstanding wall, attaching means for connecting said cover means to said collar means.

Claim 3

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 1 wherein: said upstanding wall of said cover means forms a frustrum shaped surface having a bottom and a top opening, said top opening being of a smaller dimension than said bottom opening, said detachably connected top of said cover means integrally fitting with and detachably connecting to the upper perimeter of said upstanding wall of said cover means.

Claim 4

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 1 wherein: said upstanding wall of said cover means forms a frustrum shaped surface having a bottom and a top opening, said top opening being of a smaller dimension than said bottom opening, and said detachably connected top of said cover means integrally fitting with and detachably connecting to the upper perimeter of said upstanding wall of said cover means, said attaching means comprising in combination said annular flange having a plurality of symmetrically staggered slots and a plurality of symmetrically staggered fingers on the bottom portion of said upstanding wall at least two of said fingers having a dog on the end thereof such that said fingers fit into said slots and said dogs demountably attach said cover means to said collar means.

Claim 5

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 3 wherein: said slots in said annular flange are proximal to but not touching the outer edge of said flange.

Claim 6

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 3 including: said closet retaining means comprising in combination said annular flange having two passage holes, two bolts, and at least two nuts, said passage holes being on opposite sides of said annular flange on an imaginary line passing through the center of said annular flange, said bolts passing through said passage holes and secured there by said nuts, said holes in said annular flange being positioned such that when said cover means is attached to said collar means, said bolts pass through said bottom opening in said cover means and project from said annular flange within the chamber of said cover means toward the top of said cover means.

Claim 7

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 3 including: said top and said upstanding wall detachably connected by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said top and said wall.

Claim 8

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 6 wherein: said detachably connected top comprises a flat disk having at least two sections, said sections fitting one within the other and said sections detachably connected by at least one small breakable bridgepoint between said sections.

Claim 9

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 7 wherein: the detachably connected top comprises a flat disk having four sections, the first section being a ring having a break therein, the two ends of the ring formed by the break abutting adjacent to each other, the second section being a ring, the outer edge of the second section ring abutting adjacent to the inner edge of the first section ring, the third section being a disk having a notch in one side thereof, the outer edge of said disk abutting adjacent to the inner edge of said section ring, the fourth section being a tab fitting in part into and abutting against the edge of said notch in said third section disk and in the remaining part fitting against and abutting against the inner edge of said second section ring and said first, second, third and fourth sections connected respectively by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said sections.

Claim 10

A water closet protector stabilizer of the type used to secure a plastic soil pipe within the body of a concrete slab and to provide a cavity between the concrete slab and the pipe in which a portion of a closet mounting ring can be inserted and wherein said closet mounting ring is of the type having a tube portion fitting around said pipe and a flange portion attached to the top of said tube portion onto which a water closet abuts with and in conjuntion with a gasket seals against the flange portion, the improvement which comprises: collar means, said collar means having a cylindrical section for mating with and attaching to said soil pipe and an annular flange integrally attached to the top of said cylindrical section, cover means, said cover means having an upstanding continuous integral wall, said wall defining a chamber within said cover means, said cover means having a top detachably connected to said upstanding wall, said upstanding wall of said cover means forming a frustrum shaped surface having a bottom and a top opening, said top opening being of a smaller dimension than said bottom opening, and said detachably connected top of said cover means integrally fitting with and detachably connecting to the upper perimeter of said upstanding wall of said cover means by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said top and said wall, said detachably connected top having a flat disk, said flat disk having four sections, the first section being a ring having a break therein, the two ends of the ring formed by the break abutting adjacent to each other, the second section being a ring, the outer edge of the second section ring abutting adjacent to the inner edge of the first section ring, the third section being a disk having a notch in one side thereof, the outer edge of said disk abutting adjacent to the inner edge of said section ring, the fourth section being a tab fitting in part into and abutting against the edge of said notch in said third section disk and in the remaining part fitting against and abutting against the inner edge of said second section ring and said first, second, third and fourth sections connected respectively by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said sections, attaching means for connecting said cover means to said collar means which comprises said annular flange having a plurality of symmetrically staggered slots proximal to but not touching the outer edge of said flange, and said cover having a plurality of symmetrically staggered fingers on the bottom portion of said upstanding wall at least two of said fingers having a dog on the end thereof such that said fingers fit into said slots and said dogs demountably attach said cover means to said collar means, said collar means having a concrete holding means, said concrete holding means comprising the portion of said flange extending between said slots and the outer edge of said flange.

Claim 11

A water closet protector stabilizer of the type used to secure a plastic soil pipe within the body of a concrete slab and to provide a cavity between the concrete slab and the pipe in which a portion of a closet mounting ring can be inserted and wherein said closet mounting ring is of the type having a tube portion fitting around said pipe and a flange portion attached to the top of said tube portion onto which a water closet abuts with and in conjuntion with a gasket seals against the flange portion, the improvement which comprises: collar means, said collar means having a cylindrical section for mating with and attaching to said soil pipe and an annular flange integrally attached to the top of said cylindrical section, cover means, said cover means having an upstanding continuous integral wall, said wall defining a chamber within said cover means, said cover means having a top detachably connected to said upstanding wall, said upstanding wall of said cover means forming a frustrum shaped surface having a bottom and a top opening, said top opening being of a smaller dimension than said bottom opening, and said detachably connected top of said cover means integrally fitting with and detachably connecting to the upper perimeter of said upstanding wall of said cover means by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said top and said wall, said detachably connected top having a flat disk, said flat disk having four sections, the first section being a ring having a break therein, the two ends of the ring formed by the break abutting adjacent to each other, the second section being a ring, the outer edge of the second section ring abutting adjacent to the inner edge of the first section ring, the third section being a disk having a notch in one side thereof, the outer edge of said disk abutting adjacent to the inner edge of said section ring, the fourth section being a tab fitting in part into and abutting against the edge of said notch in said third section disk and in the remaining part fitting against and abutting against the inner edge of said second section ring and said first, second, third and fourth sections connected respectively by a plurality of small, breakable bridgepoints between said sections, attaching means for connecting said cover means to said collar means which comprises said annular flange having a plurality of symmetrically staggered slots proximal to but not touching the outer edge of said flange, and said cover having a plurality of symmetrically staggered fingers on the bottom portion of said upstanding wall at least two of said fingers having a dog on the end thereof such that said fingers fit into said slots and said dogs demountably attach said cover means to said collar means, said collar means having a concrete holding means, said concrete holding means comprising the portion of said flange extending between said slots and the outer edge of said flange.

Claim 12

A water closet protector stabilizer of claim 9 including: said collar means having closet retaining means, said closet retaining means comprising in combination said annular flange having two passage holes, two bolts and at least two nuts, said passage holes being on opposite sides of said annular flange on an imaginary line passing through the center of said annular flange, said bolts passing through said passage holes and secured there by said nuts, said holes in said annular flange being positioned such that when said cover means is attached to said collar means, said bolts pass through said bottom opening in said cover means and project from said annular flange within the chamber of said cover means toward the top of said cover means.