Extender for use in bathroom fixture installations

Abstract

An extender (E) for connection to an outlet of a water supply pipe (WSP) and to a water inlet of a bathroom fixture when the outlet end of the water supply pipe and the water inlet of the bathroom fixture are some distance apart.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An extender for connecting a water supply pipe to a water inlet of a bathroom fixture in which an outlet of the water supply pipe is a distance from the fixtures water inlet comprising:
 a hollow cylindrical sleeve the length of which is sufficient to reach from the water supply pipe's outlet to the fixture's water inlet;   a connector at an inlet end of the sleeve for connection to an outlet end of the water supply pipe;   a connector at an outlet end of the sleeve for connection to the fixtures water inlet; and   a water shut-off valve installed in the sleeve, at an upper end of the sleeve, and interposed between the inlet and outlet of the sleeve to control water flow through the sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The extender of  claim 1  which is of a lightweight metal construction. 
     
     
         3 . The extender of  claim 1  in which the sleeve can slide up and down over the outlet end of the water supply pipe for properly locating the extender with the water supply pipe and bathroom fixture.