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An apparatus and method in which an adaptor mechanism that can be coupled with a faucet to permit the faucet to be installed or removed from the top of the counter top surface without the need for needing installation connection materials or installation connections underneath the countertop. Lugs o

An apparatus and method in which an adaptor mechanism that can be coupled with a faucet to permit the faucet to be installed or removed from the top of the counter top surface without the need for needing installation connection materials or installation connections underneath the countertop. Lugs or feet underneath the adaptor mechanism secure or firmly grasp the underside of a countertop to secure the adaptor mechanism once coupled to the faucet to the countertop to firmly mount the faucet and adaptor mechanism in place. At least four different embodiments for coupling the faucet with the adaptor mechanism are described.

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1. In combination, a faucet, a countertop and an a apparatus for easily installing and removing a faucet to a countertop, comprising: an adaptor mechanism including an engaging mechanism for coupling said faucet to said countertop, said adaptor mechanism including one or more boreholes into which co

1. In combination, a faucet, a countertop and an a apparatus for easily installing and removing a faucet to a countertop, comprising: an adaptor mechanism including an engaging mechanism for coupling said faucet to said countertop, said adaptor mechanism including one or more boreholes into which connecting elements are inserted connecting swinging locks or lugs or feet of said adaptor mechanism so that when said connecting elements are adjusted from above said adaptor mechanism said swinging locks or feet or lugs claps and engage a bottom surface of the countertop to secure said adaptor to said countertop said adaptor mechanism including a first bottom end portion with portions of surface of said adaptor mechanism that extend downward to a second bottom portion that provide a stop rest for said swinging lugs as they swing outward for approximately 180 degrees and rest on their respective sides on said stop rests. 2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said connecting elements are screws. 3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said adaptor mechanism has two bore holes into which two connecting elements are inserted. 4. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said faucet includes tongues for slidingly engaging grooves on an interior sidewall of said faucet toward or near a bottom of said faucet to locate said tongues in a circumferential track that is substantially perpendicular to said grooves so that when said tongues rotate within said track, the faucet is locked firmly in place with said adaptor. 5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said tongues rotate within said track said tongues rotate is in a clockwise direction. 6. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said tongues of said faucet are two tongues. 7. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said adaptor mechanism includes a ring of waterproof material going down into a sink cabinet for said faucet. 8. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said waterproof ring is made of silicon. 9. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said engaging mechanism includes said adaptor mechanism having recesses on its exterior sidewall and said recesses matingly engaging protuberances on an interior sidewall of said faucet for coupling engaging each other. 10. The combination according to claim 9 wherein said recesses on said adaptor mechanism and said recesses on said faucet are each two recesses. 11. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said engaging mechanism includes said adaptor mechanism having slits on its side wall that serve as a spring and cause said adaptor side wall to bend inward until said adaptor mechanism is firmly coupled in place within said faucet and said adaptor mechanism having a top part that has a lip having a slightly wider diameter than that of said slitted wall portion of said adaptor mechanism, said slitted wall portion having a taper wider at its bottom and narrower toward its top portion near said lip and said interior sidewall of said faucet having a matching and complimentary taper to said taper of said adaptor sidewall, said taper of said faucet interior sidewall being that is wider on its top portion and narrower on its bottom portion so that when said faucet is placed over said adaptor mechanism the tapered sidewall of said faucet force the tapered wall of said adaptor mechanism to collapse or bend inward until said lip reaches a groove on said interior side wall of said faucet so that said adaptor mechanism expands and locks said faucet firmly in place with said adaptor mechanism. 12. Combination according to claim 11 further comprising a set screw located on an exterior wall of said faucet to set said faucet in place with said adaptor mechanism so that said faucet does not rotate. 13. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said adaptor mechanism has a five start thread on its exterior bottom surface for quick fastening with a five start thread on a bottom of the interior surface of a sidewall of said faucet to lock the faucet firmly in place with the adaptor mechanism. 14. The combination according to claim 11 wherein said adaptor mechanism is threadably engaged to the faucet with less than a ¼ circular turn to provide for a fast installation/removal of said adaptor and said faucet from each other. 15. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said engaging mechanism includes said adaptor mechanism having a threaded segments thread segmented or separated by recesses on its exterior sidewall and said faucet having complimentary and matching said threaded segments segmented or separated by said recesses on its interior sidewall so that when said faucet is placed over said adaptor mechanism, the recesses said faucet line up with the threaded sections of said adaptor mechanism and the threaded sections of said faucet line up with the recesses of said adaptor mechanism said faucet to slide all the way down over said adaptor mechanism so that when said faucet is rotated, the threaded segments in said faucet engages the threaded segments of said adaptor to lock the faucet in place with said adaptor thereby providing for a fast installation and removal for mounting said faucet together with said adaptor mechanism. 16. The combination according claim 15 wherein said thread can be any number of thread and the number of recesses can be any number that matches the thread number. 17. The combination according to claim 15 wherein said faucet is rotated in a clockwise direction.