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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Thomas A. King, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Duane K. Smith, St. Charles, MO (US);
Thomas A. King, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Duane K. Smith, St. Charles, MO (US);
Abstract
A pipe-fitting adaptor assembly connectable to the coupling end of a pipe fitting is provided for reconfiguring existing pipe fittings with alternate pipe coupling ends. The fitting adaptor assembly has a tubular receptacle member configured to fit over and seal against an insert member of the fitting. A sliding retention ring carried along a ramped section of the fitting insert member interlocks with an opening formed in the sidewall of the receptacle member of the fitting adaptor assembly, such that decoupling forces tend to expand the locking ring further into the sidewall opening of the fitting adaptor assembly. The fitting adaptor assembly has a coupling end configured differently than the insert member for connection to otherwise incompatible alternative pipe sizes and/or pipe coupling configurations.