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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Steward Plastics, Inc., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Carlson, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Tamsen Hughes, Trabuco, CA (US);
Robert Manson, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Daniel Chronister, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Craig Brittain, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
STEWARD PLASTICS, INC., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/08 (2006.01); F16L 11/115 (2006.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 23/18 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); B29C 53/58 (2006.01); B29D 23/18 (2006.01); F16L 11/112 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/115 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); F16L 11/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/08 (2013.01); B29C 53/582 (2013.01); B29C 53/585 (2013.01); B29C 53/587 (2013.01); B29D 23/18 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2023/005 (2013.01); B29L 2023/18 (2013.01); F16L 11/08 (2013.01); F16L 11/081 (2013.01); F16L 11/112 (2013.01);
Abstract
Plastic tubing including a thermoplastic ribbon helically wrapped and heat bonded to itself to form a tubing wall and a thermoplastic reinforcement located helically around and along the tubing wall. At least a thickness of the tubing wall or a size of the thermoplastic reinforcement is varied along the tubing wall.