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A method of reseating a toilet seat employs a flat, rigid member arcuately curved to conform to the outer circumference of a toilet sewage drain. The flat member has a plurality of anchor fastening openings therethrough as well as at least one elongated closet bolt slot. The member is utilized to re

A method of reseating a toilet seat employs a flat, rigid member arcuately curved to conform to the outer circumference of a toilet sewage drain. The flat member has a plurality of anchor fastening openings therethrough as well as at least one elongated closet bolt slot. The member is utilized to reseat a toilet atop the upper extremity of a toilet drain when the closet flange originally utilized in seating the toilet has broken, deteriorated, or corroded. According to the method a closet bolt is inserted into the closet bolt slot in the flat member such that the closet bolt head bears against the structure of the flat member and the closet bolt shank projects upwardly therefrom. With the toilet removed from atop the drain, the flat member is placed on the floor adjacent the upper extremity of the drain and secured to the floor by means of a plurality of anchor fasteners. The anchor fasteners extend into the floor through at least some of the anchor fastener openings. A conventional sealing ring is positioned beneath the toilet and the toilet is remounted atop the upper extremity of the drain with the closet bolt shanks projecting upwardly through openings in the toilet base. Closet bolt nuts are then tightened onto the distal ends of the closet bolt shanks to reseat the toilet atop the flat member which provides support for the closet bolt head.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of reseating a toilet having a base with closet bolt openings therein on a floor atop an upper extremity of a drain from which at least a portion of a radially projecting closet flange is missing utilizing a sealing ring, a closet bolt having an enlarged head at one end wit

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of reseating a toilet having a base with closet bolt openings therein on a floor atop an upper extremity of a drain from which at least a portion of a radially projecting closet flange is missing utilizing a sealing ring, a closet bolt having an enlarged head at one end with a shank projecting therefrom to terminate in a distal end and a closet bolt nut engageable with said distal end of said shank, a plurality of anchor fasteners, anda completely flat, rigid member arcuately curved to conform to the outer circumference of said drain and having a plurality of anchor fastener openings therethrough as well as at least one elongated closet bolt slot, comprising the steps of:inserting said closet bolt into said closet bolt slot such that said closet bolt head bears against the structure of said flat member and said closet bolt shank projects through said closet bolt slot,placing said flat member atop said floor adjacent said upper extremity of said drain such that said closet bolt shank projects upwardly,securing said flat member to said floor by means of said plurality of anchor fasteners that extend into said floor through at least some of said anchor fastener openings,positioning said sealing ring beneath said toilet,mounting said toilet atop said upper extremity of said drain so that said sealing ring is compressed therebetween and laterally adjusting the position of said closet bolt such that said closet bolt shank resides in registration with and projects upwardly through one of said closet bolt openings in said base, andtightening down said closet bolt nut onto said distal end of said closet bolt shank to thereby exert a compressive force on said sealing ring to seal said sealing ring to said toilet and to said upper extremity of said drain.