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US 5,689,921 AGranted
Footing connector and method of use
OwnerDouglas C. Carltoninventor
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Abstract
A footing connector and a method for use thereof. The connector is preferably T-shaped and includes integrally formed end caps which may be used to prevent cement or the like from entering into the connector. The connector is used in a drainage network to drain water away form the outside of a building and to evacuate unwanted gasses from the inside of a building.
Claims13
A connector for use with a collar and tubing in forming a fitting, the connector comprising:
- (a) at least a first hollow leg, the leg having a thread formed thereon, the leg being threadably connectable to a collar, and
- (b) at least one end cap integrally formed on and contiguous with the first hollow leg the at least one end cap projecting outwardly from the first hollow leg and being severable therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.