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Flexible pipe connector

  • US 5,335,945 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1992
  • Issued: 08/09/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flexible pipe connector for connecting lengths of corrugated pipe, said connector comprising:

  • a flexible and stretchable tube member having a cylindrical wall with a thickness of approximately 0.02 to 0.04 inches and inner and outer surfaces, said member defining at least one female end having a receiving length with a mouth at a first end and a stop means formed at a second end, said mouth being adapted to slideably receive an end of said corrugated pipe until said pipe end contacts said stop means;

    wherein said receiving length is capable of stretching sufficiently radially outward and exerting sufficient radially inward compressive forces to create a water-tight seal when a corrugated pipe end is inserted into said receiving length.

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