One-piece side outlet drain

Abstract

A one-piece side outlet drain cooperates with a top component, a grate, and a plurality of gaskets. The one-piece side outlet drain has a unitary construction to eliminate leaks between the one-piece side outlet drain and the external environment. The one-piece side outlet drain attaches to the main piping/plumbing of the structure, cooperates with apertures in the structure floor, the shower pan, and the shower floor, and the top component inserts into the one-piece side outlet drain and is secured in a threaded male to female relationship. A grate attaches to an upper side of the top component through a slip-fitting. A plurality of gaskets secure the seal between the one-piece side outlet drain and the structure floor and the top component and the shower floor.

What is claimed and sought to be protected by Letters Patent is: 
     
         1 . A one-piece side outlet drain comprising:
 a) the one-piece side outlet drain having a one-piece construction;   b) a top component being secured to the one-piece side outlet drain; and   c) a grate being secured to an upper side of the top component.   
     
     
         2 . The one-piece side outlet drain of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a) the one-piece side outlet drain having a side outlet, wherein the side outlet attaches to a main piping/plumbing of a structure, wherein the one-piece side outlet drain is installed under a structure floor and cooperates with a structure floor aperture to provide access to a drain opening; 
 b) a shower pan with a shower pan aperture being installed over the structure floor and the shower pan aperture aligning with the structure floor aperture, wherein the one-piece side outlet drain cooperates with the shower pan aperture to provide access to the drain opening; and 
 c) a shower floor with a shower floor aperture being installed over the shower pan and the one-piece side outlet drain and the shower floor aperture aligning with both the shower pan aperture and the structure floor aperture, wherein the one-piece side outlet drain cooperates with the shower floor aperture to provide access to the drain opening. 
 
     
     
         3 . The one-piece side outlet drain of  claim 2  further comprising:
 a) the top component having a top component flange and a top component base, wherein the top component base has threading on its exterior, further wherein the top component base is inserted into the drain opening and the connection between the top component and the one-piece side outlet drain being secured in a male to female threaded relationship between the threading on the top component base and a threading on an interior of the one-piece side outlet drain; and 
 b) the grate being secured to the top component, wherein the top component has a top component opening and the grate inserts into the top component opening and is secured in a slip fitting. 
 
     
     
         4 . The one-piece side outlet drain of  claim 2  further comprising:
 a) at least one bottom gasket sealing the connection between the structure floor and the one-piece side outlet drain; 
 b) at least one paper ring being inserted between the one-piece side outlet drain and the at least one bottom gasket; and 
 c) at least one top gasket sealing the connection between the shower floor and the top component. 
 
     
     
         5 . The one-piece side outlet drain of  claim 3  further comprising:
 a) at least one bottom gasket sealing the connection between the structure floor and the one-piece side outlet drain; 
 b) at least one paper ring being inserted between the one-piece side outlet drain and the at least one bottom gasket; and 
 c) at least one top gasket sealing the connection between the shower floor and the top component.