Patent ID: 7533976

Claim:
A sealing component comprising: an elastomeric material; an exterior side surface of the elastomeric material to define at least three first seals, including a top first seal, a middle first seal, and a bottom first seal, with a first external mating member into which the sealing component is insertable; and, an interior surface of the elastomeric material to define a second seal and a third seal with a second external mating member insertable into the sealing component, the second external mating member being different than the first external mating member, wherein the exterior side surface of the elastomeric material further defines a compression region into which the elastomeric material is compressed upon insertion of the sealing component into the first external mating member, wherein the compression region is defined as a first groove between a first portion of the exterior side surface and a second portion of the exterior side surface, a side profile of the first portion being collinear with a side profile of the second portion, wherein the first groove is a top-most groove within the elastomeric material, where a top of the elastomeric material is a part of the elastomeric material at which the second external mating member is inserted into the sealing component, wherein the first groove is defined between the top first seal and the middle first seal, a second groove defined between the middle first seal and the bottom first seal, the second groove being larger than the first groove, and wherein the interior surface of the elastomeric material is at least substantially curved where the second seal is defined with the second external mating member prior to defining the second seal with the second external mating member and remains at least substantially curved where the second seal is defined with the second external mating member upon the second seal being defined with the second external mating member.