Escutcheon

An escutcheon mountable on a pipe having a compression ferrule thereon, comprising:

• a body having an annular body wall portion with a forward face, an outer perimeter edge portion extending about the annular body wall portion, and an inner body sidewall portion defining a body opening, the body opening being sized larger than the outer diameter of the compression ferrule to permit the body opening to receive the pipe therein and the body to be moved inward along the pipe sufficiently to pass beyond the compression ferrule to a position inward of the compression ferrule, the inner body sidewall portion defining the body opening being sized to be spaced laterally outward of and out of contact with the pipe and out of fluid-sealing engagement with the pipe when the escutcheon is installed on the pipe;
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• an insert having an annular insert wall portion, an outer insert sidewall portion extending about the annular insert wall portion, and an inner insert annular portion, the outer insert sidewall portion being sized to fit within the body opening with the outer insert sidewall portion, the inner insert annular portion comprising a plurality of flexible and resilient, inwardly extending members, each with an outward end portion attached to an inward edge portion of the annular insert wall portion and an inward free-end portion positioned inward of the annular insert wall portion, the inward free-end portions defining an insert opening being sized to contact the pipe and bend forward when the escutcheon is pressed onto the pipe and bend sufficiently further forward when engaging the ferrule to allow the insert to pass by the ferrule and then bend backward sufficiently to grip the pipe after the insert passes by the ferrule.

An escutcheon mountable on a pipe having a compression ferrule thereon, comprising:

• a body having an annular body wall portion with a forward face, an outer perimeter edge portion extending about the annular body wall portion, and an inner body sidewall portion defining a body opening, the body opening being sized larger than the outer diameter of the compression ferrule to permit the body opening to receive the pipe therein and the body to be moved inward along the pipe sufficiently to pass beyond the compression ferrule to a position inward of the compression ferrule, the inner body sidewall portion defining the body opening being sized to be spaced laterally outward of and out of contact with the pipe and out of fluid-sealing engagement with the pipe when the escutcheon is installed on the pipe;
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• an insert having an annular insert wall portion and an outer insert sidewall portion extending about the annular insert wall portion and sized to fit within the body opening, the insert further having a plurality of flexible and resilient, inwardly extending members, each with an outward end portion attached to the annular insert wall portion and an inward free-end portion positioned inward of the annular insert wall portion, the inwardly extending members being resiliently bendable between a first position and a second position, in the first position the inward free-end portions being in gripping contact with the pipe and in the second position the inward free-end portions defining an insert opening sized to permit the insert to pass by the ferrule on the pipe as the escutcheon is pressed onto the pipe, the inward free-end portions being sufficiently resilient to return to the first position after the insert passes by the ferrule.

An escutcheon mountable on a pipe extending outward through an aperture in a wall and having a compression ferrule thereon at a location outward of an outward surface of the wall, comprising:

• a disk-shaped body having an annular body wall portion with a forward face, an outer perimeter edge portion extending about the annular body wall portion, and an inner body sidewall portion defining a body opening, the body opening being sized larger than the outer diameter of the compression ferrule, the inner body sidewall portion defining the body opening being sized to be spaced laterally outward of and out of contact with the pipe and out of fluid-sealing engagement with the pipe when the escutcheon is installed on the pipe, the body having a thickness sufficiently thin to be positioned on the pipe between the compression ferrule and the outward surface of the wall;
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• an insert having an annular insert wall portion and an outer insert sidewall portion extending about the annular insert wall portion and sized to fit within the body opening, the insert further having a plurality of flexible and resilient, inwardly extending members, each with an outward end portion attached to the annular insert wall portion and an inward free-end portion positioned inward of the annular insert wall portion, the inwardly extending members being resiliently bendable between a first position and a second position, in the first position the inward free-end portions being in gripping contact with the pipe and in the second position the inward free-end portions defining an insert opening sized to permit the insert to pass by the ferrule on the pipe as the escutcheon is pressed onto the pipe, the inward free-end portions being sufficiently resilient to return to the first position after the insert passes by the ferrule.