Patent ID: 7690691

Claim:
A concrete pipe to plastic pipe coupler comprising a plurality of sections connected to one another, each having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said sections fabricated to cooperatively surround a plastic pipe of a first outer diameter, each said interior surface being directly adjacent the plastic pipe of a first outer diameter, at least two brackets, with one bracket being secured to said exterior surface of a section of said coupler adjacent a section of said coupler to which another bracket is secured, said brackets each having a base plate, a pair of sidewall plates attached to said base plate, and a crosspiece having a first end and a second end, each said first end in contacting relationship with one of said pair of sidewall plates, each said second end in contacting relationship with the other of said pair of sidewall plates, a fastening means engaging a concrete pipe of a second outer diameter, a connecting element having a first end portion secured to said fastening means and a second end portion secured to said crosspiece.