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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138178 ; 138140 ; 138137 ;
Abstract
A cover assembly including a crushable support (100) for supporting an elastomeric tube is described, the elastomeric tube being recoverable to at least a part of its original size and shape after collapse of said support, comprising: a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending portions (12); a plurality of connection portions (14), each longitudinally extending portion (12) being connected to, and spaced apart from neighboring longitudinally extending portions (12) by at least one of said connection portions (14) to form a rigid structure; and said at least one of said connection portions (14) including at least one frangible zone (16).