Snap lock fitting
AssigneeIcon Containment Solutions, LLC
InventorJason Mitchell
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Abstract
Disclosed is a snap-lock fitting for encircling a pipe that passes through an opening and sealing the opening with respect to the pipe. The snap-lock fitting includes a pair of half portions that are configured to join together around a pipe. The half portions include at least one half-cylinder portion extending from a first end to a second end, where the at least one half-cylinder portion has a first mating surface with a ridge and a second mating surface with a recess, and where the ridge of a first of the pair of half portions is configured to engage a recess of a second of the pair of half portions. Also disclosed is a method of installing the snap-lock fitting.
Claims20
A snap-lock fitting, comprising:
- a pair of half portions that are configured to join together around a pipe, where each of the half portions comprises:
- a flange;
- at least one half-cylinder portion extending outward from the flange, where the at least one half-cylinder portion has a first mating surface with a ridge and a second mating surface with a recess, and where the ridge of a first of the pair of half portions is configured to engage a recess of a second of the pair of half portions.
A snap-lock fitting, comprising:
- a pair of half portions that are configured to join together around a pipe, where each of the half portions comprises:
- at least one half-cylinder portion extending from a first end to a second end, where the at least one half-cylinder portion has a first mating surface with a ridge and a second mating surface with a recess, and where the ridge of a first of the pair of half portions is configured to engage a recess of a second of the pair of half portions.
A method comprising:
- providing a pipe fitting comprising:
- a pair of half portions that are configured to join together around a pipe, where each of the half portions comprises at least one half-cylinder portion extending from a first end to a second end, where the at least one half-cylinder portion has a first mating surface with a ridge and a second mating surface with a recess, and where the ridge of a first of the pair of half portions is configured to engage a recess of a second of the pair of half portions;
- and
- applying a solvent weld to at least one of the pair of half portions;
- and
- joining the pair of half portions around a pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.