Intercoupled piping assembly
AssigneeShelterLogic Corp.
InventorGeorge Lemoine
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Abstract
An intercoupled piping assembly comprising first and second elongated pipes, and a coupler for orthogonally coupling them together. A preferred embodiment provides for the intercoupling piping assembly to be used in connection with tubular building structures having a plurality of elongated pipes coupled together to form a coverable structure and a fabric to cover the structure.
Claims8
An intercoupled piping assembly comprising:
- a first elongated pipe having a first aperture in a first side surface and a second aperture in an opposite side surface, wherein the alignment of the first and second apertures is in a direction at least essentially orthogonal to the first elongated pipe's direction of elongation;
- a second elongated pipe having a first aperture in a first side surface and a second aperture in an opposite side surface, wherein the alignment of the first and second apertures is in a direction at least essentially orthogonal to the second elongated pipe's direction of elongation;
- a coupler for coupling the first elongated pipe to the second elongated pipe, wherein the coupler comprises:
- a first sidewall and a second sidewall at least essentially in facing alignment, wherein the first and second sidewalls create a first receiving section for receiving a portion of the first elongated pipe,
- a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall in at least essentially facing alignment, wherein the third and fourth sidewalls create a second receiving section, orthogonally oriented relative to the first receiving section, for receiving a portion of the second elongated pipe, wherein when the first elongated pipe is positioned in the first receiving section and the second elongated pipe is positioned in the second receiving section, the first elongated pipe is at least essentially orthogonally positioned relative to the second elongated pipe,
- wherein (i) the first sidewall includes an aperture and the second sidewall includes an aperture and (ii) the third sidewall includes an aperture and the fourth sidewall includes an aperture;
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- a securing assembly comprising:
- a first elongated member that extends through the aperture in the first sidewall, the first aperture in the first side surface of the first elongated pipe, through the second aperture in the opposite side surface of the first elongated pipe and through the aperture in the second sidewall;
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- a second elongated member that extends through the aperture in the third sidewall, the first aperture in the first side surface of the second elongated pipe, through the second aperture in the opposite side surface of the second elongated pipe and through the aperture in the fourth sidewall;
- whereby the first and second elongated pipes are intercoupled via the coupler and are resisted from shifting from their orthogonal alignment due to their respective coupling to the coupler.
A coupling assembly for intercoupling a first elongated pipe and a second elongated pipe, wherein the first elongated pipe comprises a first aperture in a first side surface and a second aperture in an opposite side surface, wherein the alignment of the first and second apertures is in a direction at least essentially orthogonal to the first elongated pipe's direction of elongation and the second elongated pipe comprises a first aperture in a first side surface and a second aperture in an opposite side surface, wherein the alignment of the first and second apertures is in a direction at least essentially orthogonal to the second elongated pipe's direction of elongation, wherein the coupling assembly comprises:
- a coupler comprising:
- a first sidewall and a second sidewall at least essentially in facing alignment, wherein the first and second sidewalls create a first receiving section for receiving a portion of the first elongated pipe,
- a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall in at least essentially facing alignment, wherein the third and fourth sidewalls create a second receiving section, orthogonally oriented relative to the first receiving section, for receiving a portion of the second elongated pipe, wherein when the first elongated pipe is positioned in the first receiving section and the second elongated pipe is positioned in the second receiving section, the first elongated pipe is at least essentially orthogonally positioned relative to the second elongated pipe,
- wherein (i) the first sidewall includes an aperture and the second sidewall includes an aperture and (ii) the third sidewall includes an aperture and the fourth sidewall includes an aperture;
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- a securing assembly comprising:
- a first elongated member that extends through the aperture in the first sidewall, the first aperture in the first side surface of the first elongated pipe, through the second aperture in the opposite side surface of the first elongated pipe and through the aperture in the second sidewall;
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- a second elongated member that extends through the aperture in the third sidewall, the first aperture in the first side surface of the second elongated pipe, through the second aperture in the opposite side surface of the second elongated pipe and through the aperture in the fourth sidewall;
- whereby the first and second elongated pipes are intercoupled via the coupler and are resisted from shifting from their orthogonal alignment due to their respective coupling to the coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.