The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Joseph William Beagen, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
Inventor:
Joseph William Beagen, Jr., Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 17/02 (2006.01); F16L 21/02 (2006.01); F16J 15/02 (2006.01); F16L 17/04 (2006.01); F16L 21/06 (2006.01); F16L 17/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/065 (2013.01); F16L 17/025 (2013.01); F16L 17/04 (2013.01); F16J 15/022 (2013.01); F16J 15/025 (2013.01); F16L 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An annular gasket includes an annular body; an annular body; a pair of sealing ribs each extending substantially radially inwardly from the annular body and having an innermost radial extent; and at least one center rib extending substantially radially inwardly from the annular body, the at least one center rib having an innermost radial extent closer to the annular body than the innermost radial extent of each of the pair of sealing ribs.