Patent ID: 7552949

Claim:
A joint restraint for a rigid pipe, said joint restraint comprising: an annular shell, formed with a radial opening, having a cylindrical surface and an axial entry opening for receiving an end portion of the pipe, and a pair of arms spaced radially outwardly away from said cylindrical surface and engaging a pair of radially outwardly extending circumferentially-spaced lugs on a substantially cylindrical, closed periphery pipe fining having a through-opening, wherein a rigid pipe is receivable within said through-opening of the fitting; a split ring receivable within said shell and having a pair of flanges projecting radially from opposite ends thereof and through said radial opening of said shell; and a closure element engaging said flanges for closing the ring about the end portion of the pipe and securing the pipe end portion and ring against relative axial movement; said shell engaging said ring enabling the ring to provide an axial stop for restraining movement of the fitting axially away from the pipe.