Patent ID: 8051879

Claim:
An open ended cap for an industrial pipe comprising a flexible tubular body having first and second open ends, said first end having an inwardly-extending radial rim serving as an abutment surface for a pipe when inserted into the end cap, the rim extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body of the end cap, and a finger grip member extending inwardly from an inner periphery of the rim and residing in the same plane as said rim, with the finger pull grip member being connected to a tear strip extending across said rim and downwardly along at least a portion of the longitudinal extent of the tubular body, wherein said tubular body has an interior wall surface having multiple compressible longitudinal fit beads extending from said interior wall surface and spaced about the circumference of said interior wall surface, said beads configured to provide engaging contact along the longitudinal surface of the beads with pipe threads along the external surface of a pipe upon being inserted into said end cap, an end of said longitudinal fit beads closest to said first open end being tapered.