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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shannon Bard, Wheeling, IL (US);
Thomas N Prassas, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Aquapore Moisture Systems, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 12 ; 285177 ; 285175 ; 285247 ; 285150 ; 285155 ; 285156 ; 285423 ; 285901 ; 285906 ; 285238 ; 138 89 ;
Abstract
A tee shaped fitting for connecting together porous and non-porous irrigation tubing and also threaded garden hose as desired in which the three openings each have exterior male threads to engage the hose and interior compression rings to engage the tubing. The fitting is closable at one or more openings with caps so that the one fitting can be used as an elbow, coupling, tee, or end cap thus avoiding the stocking or purchase of many different kinds of fittings.