Patent ID: 7104573

Claim:
A combination of a restraining gasket together with a gland, for use in a stuffing box assembly when connecting a male pipe portion to a female pipe portion, wherein said gland is adapted to be tightenably connected to the female pipe portion, and said restraining gasket comprises: a) a deformable body having a spigot-facing surface, a radially outward surface, a gland-facing surface in communication with said gland, and a gutter positioned at or radially inward of the radially outward surface and between the a radially outermost area of the locking member and a surface of the gasket that contacts the female pipe portion when the gland is connected to the female pipe portion with the gasket therein between, b) a locking member disposed at least partially between the gutter and said gland-facing surface, said member having a tooth portion and an embedded body portion, wherein at least a portion of the tooth portion is positioned to engage the male pipe portion.