Patent ID: 8950789
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B05B,F16L

Abstract:
1. A barbed connection for irrigation tubing, the barbed connection comprising a hollow tubular body having a central axis and an open end, a first circumferential barb extending from the body to a first circumferential maximum radius from the central axis and at least one corner barb extending from the body and positioned on an opposite side of the first circumferential barb from the open end of the body, each of the corner barbs having a pair of corners extending to a corner maximum radius from the central axis and an intermediate structure extending between the pair of corners and having a midpoint at a midpoint maximum radius from the central axis, wherein the corner maximum radius is greater than the first circumferential maximum radius and the midpoint maximum radius is less than the first maximum radius, and wherein the corner maximum radius is the radially outermost part of the corner barb.