RECESSED POINT DRAIN ASSEMBLY

• US 20180171618A1
• Filed: 09/15/2017
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qd Holdings I LLC
• Original Assignee: Qd Holdings I LLC
• Inventors: Erlebach, Josef
• Granted Patent: US 10,676,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/20 Connecting baths or bidets to the wastepipe
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/0407 Floor drains for indoor use
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/0408 specially adapted for showers

Abstract

A recessed point drain assembly is described. Embodiments of the recessed point drain assembly can include, but are not limited to, a base plate having a recess, a drain body adapted to be coupled to the base plate by a first plurality of fasteners, and a clamping collar adapted to be coupled to the drain by a second plurality of fasteners. A gasket can be sandwiched between the drain body and the clamping collar. Typically, a top of the recessed point drain assembly can be configured to be substantially flush with a top of a subfloor.

Claims

1. A point drain assembly comprising:

a rigid plate being defined by;

a recess;

a flange extending outwardly from a top of the recess; and

a bottom of the recess including a substantially circular hole;

wherein the bottom of the recess is adapted to be located below a subfloor;

a drain body having a substantially tubular structure with a flange located proximate a top of the tubular structure, the drain body adapted to be coupled to the rigid plate by a first plurality of fasteners; and

a clamping collar configured to mate with the drain body, the clamping collar adapted to be coupled to the drain body by a second plurality of fasteners.

2. The point drain assembly of claim 1, wherein (i) the flange of the drain body includes a plurality of counterbores for receiving the first plurality of fasteners;

and (ii) a top of each of the first plurality of fasteners sit flush with a top of the flange of the drain body.

3. The point drain assembly of claim 1, wherein (i) the flange of the drain body includes a plurality of holes adapted to mate with the second plurality of fasteners;

and (ii) the clamping collar includes a plurality of holes to interface with the second plurality of fasteners.

4. The point drain assembly of claim 1, wherein a top of the flange of the drain body includes a plurality of protrusions extending away from the top of the flange.

5. The point drain assembly of claim 4, wherein a bottom of the clamping collar includes a plurality of holes adapted to interface with the plurality of protrusions.

6. The point drain assembly of claim 5, wherein when the plurality of protrusions are interfacing with the plurality of holes, a plurality of fastener holes of the clamping collar are aligned with a plurality of fastener holes of the drain body.

7. The point drain assembly of claim 1, wherein a top of the flange of the drain body includes a plurality of depressions.

8. The point drain of claim 4, wherein a bottom of the clamping collar includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the bottom of the clamping collar, the plurality of protrusions adapted to interface with the plurality of depressions of the drain body.

9. The point drain assembly of claim 1, wherein the point drain assembly further includes:

a substantially ring shaped plate having at least two interior protrusions extending towards a center of the ring.

10. The point drain assembly of claim 9, wherein the substantially ring shaped plate is adapted to be threadably engaged to a pipe.

11. A recessed point drain assembly comprising:

a plate having a substantially frustoconical shape with a flange extending out radially from a top of the plate and a hole located approximate a middle of a bottom of the plate;

a drain body having a substantially cylindrical tube shape with a flange extending out radially from a top of the tube, the drain body including;

a first set of holes located a first radial distance from a center axis of the drain body;

a second set of holes located a second radial distance from a center axis of the drain body; and

a third set of holes located a third radial distance from a center axis of the drain body;

a clamping collar including;

a first set of holes located at approximately the second radial distance from a center axis of the clamping collar; and

a second set of holes located at approximately the third radial distance from a center axis of the clamping collar.

12. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 11, wherein the drain body is configured to partially insert into the hole of the plate.

13. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 11, wherein the plate includes a set of holes located at approximately the first radial distance from a center axis of the plate.

14. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 13, wherein the first set of holes of the drain body are each adapted to receive a first fastener.

15. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 14, wherein each of the first fasteners are adapted to mate with one of holes of the plate.

16. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 11, wherein the clamping collar is coupled to the drain body by second fasteners configured to pass through the first set of holes of the clamping collar and mate with the second set of holes of the drain body.

17. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 11, wherein the bottom of the plate is adapted to be located below a subfloor.

18. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 11, wherein each of the holes of the third set of holes of the drain body is adapted to receive a rod.

19. The recessed point drain assembly of claim 18, wherein the second set of holes of the clamping collar are adapted to receive the rods.

20. A recessed drain point assembly comprising:

a rigid plate being defined by;

a recess;

a flange extending outwardly from a top of the recess; and

a bottom of the recess including a substantially circular hole;

wherein the bottom of the recess is adapted to be located below a subfloor;

a drain body having a substantially cylindrical tube shape with a flange extending out radially from a top of the tube, the flange of the drain body including;

a first set of holes located a first radial distance from a center axis of the drain body;

a second set of holes located a second radial distance from a center axis of the drain body; and

a plurality of protrusions extending up from a top of the flange located a third radial distance from a center axis of the drain body;

a clamping collar including;

a first set of holes located at approximately the second radial distance from a center axis of the clamping collar; and

a second set of holes located at approximately the third radial distance from a center axis of the clamping collar, each one of the second set of holes adapted to receive one of the plurality of protrusions;

a plurality of fasteners adapted to couple the drain body to the rigid plate and the clamping collar to the drain body.