IP Library Granted Patent US 12,123,184
Granted Patent B2
US 12,123,184 · App. 17/237,762 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Gasket seals for drain closures

Inventors: Robert Clifton Jones, Jr. (Rockwall, TX); Muhammad Towheed Hossain (Dallas, TX); Casey J. Fregoe (The Colony, TX)
Assignee: Danco, Inc.
E03C1/2306F16J15/3268F16J15/3284
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Patent No.
US 12,123,184
App. No.
17/237,762
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary embodiment, among others, of the present disclosure is directed to a drain closure assembly. Such an assembly has a domed cap at a top portion of the drain closure assembly and a flange that is positioned below the domed cap. The assembly further includes a stem that extends from below the flange to a bottom portion of the drain closure assembly and a gasket seal that is positioned around the stem at a bottom of the drain closure assembly. The gasket seal has a frusto-conical shape, wherein a top portion of the gasket seal has a wider diameter than a bottom portion of the gasket seal, and the gasket seal has a central circular opening that fits closely around the stem.

Claims (13)

1. A drain closure assembly comprising:

a domed cap at a top portion of the drain closure assembly, wherein the domed cap is a solid monolithic piece and is configured to be pressed to open and close a drain passage for the drain closure assembly, wherein the domed cap includes a dome top portion, a tapered middle portion, and an opening at a bottom portion;

a flange that includes an opening for at least the bottom portion of the domed cap to be pressed into;

a stem that extends from below the flange to a bottom portion of the drain closure assembly, wherein the stem and flange form a solid monolithic piece; and

a gasket seal that is positioned around the stem at a bottom of the drain closure assembly before an end of the stem such that the gasket seal is not in contact with the flange, wherein the gasket seal has a frusto-conical shape, wherein a top portion of the gasket seal has a wider diameter than a bottom portion of the gasket seal, and wherein the gasket seal has a central circular opening that fits closely around the stem.

2. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the stem features a groove upon which the gasket seal is positioned.

3. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the gasket seal at the top portion is 38.1 mm in width and the outer diameter of the gasket seal at the bottom portion is 34.29 mm.

4. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the gasket seal at the top portion is 47.63 mm in width and the outer diameter of the gasket seal at the bottom portion is 35.16 mm.

5. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gasket seal is an elastic resilient material.

6. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the domed cap of the drain closure assembly is a metallic material.

7. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the domed cap of the drain closure assembly is a plastic material.

8. The drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gasket seal has an angled slope of 45 degrees.

9. A drain closure assembly of claim 1 , wherein the drain closure assembly is part of a drain closure assembly kit that includes an additional gasket seal of a same shape as and of different dimensions as the gasket seal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: DANCO, INC.
To: DANCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 075986/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: JONES, ROBERT CLIFTON, JR; HOSSAIN, MUHAMMAD TOWHEED; FREGOE, CASEY J.
To: DANCO, INC.
Reel/Frame 056018/0907 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16161475 · Oct 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62577304 · Oct 26, 2017
Related Publication 20210238833A1 · Aug 5, 2021