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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Kraig Herman Allen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Inventor:
Kraig Herman Allen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A grommet device and method of using a grommet device is provided. The grommet device includes a base structure and a top structure connected to the base structure with a plurality of sidewalls, wherein an aperture having a central axis is formed interior of the plurality of sidewalk. At least one flexible bowed element having a first end, a second end and a middle portion is connected to the base structure at the first end and the top structure at the second end, wherein the middle portion is positioned within the aperture.