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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Reagan Woodard, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Matthew Basnight, Richmond, TX (US);
Etienne Marc, Houston, TX (US);
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
William Hopewell, Richmond, TX (US);
Reagan Woodard, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Matthew Basnight, Richmond, TX (US);
Etienne Marc, Houston, TX (US);
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
William Hopewell, Richmond, TX (US);
Fairfield Industries Incorporated, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A coupler including an at least partially cylindrically shaped external body portion having a longitudinal axis, which further includes an integral first and second, axially opposed ends that have a taper along the longitudinal axis. The coupler includes an integral gate consisting of two axially opposed, disconnected tongue sections having an open space there between. The at least partially cylindrically shaped external body portion has an open space at least partially enclosed by an inner surface of the body portion and disposed over at least a portion of the at least partially cylindrically shaped external body portion. The external body portion is characterized by a maximum radial dimension, including a circumferential region of the at least partially cylindrically shaped external body portion intermediate the first and second axially opposed ends where the gate is disposed.