Patent ID: 11867335
Assignee: nan
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A flexible unitary plastic tap tee fitting for use in connecting a lateral plastic drain pipe to a corrugated plastic drain pipe main, said tap tee fitting comprising
a tubular member having first and second ends and inner and outer walls, said first end of the tubular member split at the first end into first and second diametrically opposed curved rows of longer longitudinal tabs wherein the longer longitudinal tabs in each row are shorter at a first and a second end of each row separated by first and second diametrically opposed single shorter longitudinal tabs, said longer longitudinal tabs separated by longitudinal slots partially running a length of the tubular member,
each of said longer longitudinal tabs in said first and second diametrically opposed curved rows of longer longitudinal tabs having a circumferential ridge on the outer wall at the first end of the tubular member, said ridge having an outer face canted outwardly towards the second end of the tubular member, said ridge having a plurality of outwardly facing cavities, and
said tubular member having at least one outwardly facing reinforcement rib below the longitudinal slots in the outer wall.