Patent ID: 8141910

Claim:
A plumbing fitting formed of frangible plastic material and configured for adhesive attachment of plastic pipe, said fitting comprising: an elongate body formed of frangible plastic material and defining a through bore having a centerline, said body providing for sealing connection of respective end termination portions of opposite pipes into respective opposite ends of said through bore; said body also defining an orthogonal branch boss disposed intermediate of opposite ends of said elongate body and providing a branch bore opening on said orthogonal boss and communicating with said through bore and having a respective centerline, said body providing for sealing connection of a respective branch pipe end termination portion into said branch bore; wherein said respective centerline of said branch bore is offset from said through bore centerline in end elevation view of said body, and intersects orthogonally with said through bore centerline in side elevation view, and further wherein said elongate body and said orthogonal branch boss are substantially coextensive along a side of said fitting; wherein said through bore is stepped in order to provide a pair of oppositely disposed pipe sockets for adhesively sealingly receiving opposite end termination portions of respective opposite polyvinyl chloride pipes; wherein said through bore defines a pair of oppositely disposed shoulders each defining an end for a respective one of said pair of oppositely disposed pipe sockets, and each of said pair of oppositely disposed shoulders being circumferentially interrupted; wherein each of said pair of oppositely disposed shoulders is circumferentially interrupted by a respective V-shaped notch, with said V-shaped notch having one straight line segment disposed parallel with said branch bore.