Support system

A method of connecting a first conduit to a second conduit, the method comprising:

• connecting the first conduit to a body of a coupler by extending the first conduit into an internal body passage that is defined by the body, with the coupler inserted in a first axial insertion direction into a first open end of the internal body passage at a first axial end of the body, the body further including a second open end of the internal body passage at a second axial end of the body opposite the first axial end, the second open end defining a second axial insertion direction opposite the first axial insertion direction;
• and
• connecting the second conduit to the coupler by:
• resting the second conduit on a landing surface of the coupler that is included on a tongue that extends from the second axial end of the body in a tongue direction that is opposite the second axial insertion direction;
• and
• moving the second conduit from the landing surface in the second axial insertion direction, to extend the second conduit into the internal body passage of the coupler at the second open end,
• the second conduit being guided to one or more of the landing surface or the second open end by wings of the coupler that extend upwardly from the landing surface and laterally outwardly from the landing surface to be laterally wider than the second open end.

20 A. coupler for joining conduit, the coupler comprising:

• a body that includes an exterior wall surrounding an internal body passage, the internal body passage including a first open end to receive a first conduit in a first axial insertion direction and a second open end to receive a second conduit in a second axial insertion direction;
• a tapered entry extending from the first open end;
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• a cylindrical insertion passage extending from the tapered entry, opposite the first open end, with a greater internal width than the first open end;
• the tapered entry extending from the first open end, in a direction opposite the first axial insertion direction;
• and
• the insertion passage extending from the tapered entry, in a direction opposite the first axial insertion direction.