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US 2009/0260704 A1Published application
Animal Resistant Tubing System
AssigneeSenet Partners, LLC
InventorBradley Senet
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Abstract
There is disclosed an animal-resistant irrigation tubing system. The animal-resistant irrigation tubing system may include a flexible tube disposed within a coil shield. The coil shield may have an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the flexible tube. The coil shield may be free to move radially, axially and rotationally about the flexible tube.
Claims20
An animal-resistant tubing system, comprising:
- a flexible tube disposed within a coil shield wherein
- the coil shield has an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the flexible tube, and
- the coil shield is free to move radially, axially and rotationally about the flexible tube.
An animal-resistant tubing system, comprising:
- a flexible tube having a first length between a first end and a second end a coil shield surrounding the flexible tube, the coil shield having a uncompressed length longer than the first length
- first and second fittings engaged with the first and second ends of the flexible tube respectively
- wherein the length of the coil shield is compressed between the first fitting and the second fitting.
A method of installing an animal-resistant tubing system, comprising:
- cutting a flexible tube to a first length
- cutting a coil shield to an uncompressed length longer than the first length
- installing a first fitting to a first end of the flexible tube
- installing a second fitting to a second end of the flexible tube, wherein the length of the coil shield is compressed between the first fitting and the second fitting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.