Patent ID: 9340338
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: E03C,F16L

Claim Text:
1. A water pipe end cap comprising: a front end and a rear end, the front end having a generally frustoconical tapered tip, the tapered tip having a proximal end and a distal end, a flattened head disposed upon the distal end of the tapered tip; a tapered buttress disposed upon the proximal end of the tapered tip; the rear end having an elongate cylindrical male piece, the male piece having a forward end and a rearward end; at least one rigidly flexible raised ridge circumferentially disposed upon the male piece around a longitudinal axis of the male piece, each of the at least one ridge configured to adapt to and frictionally engage an inner wall surface of a water pipe; a tapered heel disposed upon the rearward end of the male piece, the tapered heel configured to frictionally engage an inner wall surface of a water pipe; and an elongated cylindrical inner cavity continuously disposed within each of the male piece, the tapered buttress, and the tapered tip, the inner cavity having an aperture disposed proximal the tapered heel.