Patent ID: 6976710

Claim:
A method of repairing a broken pipe entering a first junction, the first junction having an unbroken pipe entering the junction, the method comprising the steps of: providing a multiplicity of similarly dimensioned sleeves, each with a female end and a male end, the male end with an outer diameter equal to the inner diameter of the first junction and the female end having an inner diameter equal to the outer diameter of the pipe, wherein the male end outer diameter is substantially equal to the female end inner diameter such that the male end of one sleeve may be inserted snugly into the female end of another sleeve; providing a second junction having dimensions substantially similar to the first junction; identifying the location of the break; making a first cut of the broken pipe such that the break is between the first cut and the first junction; making a second cut of unbroken pipe such that the cut allows the removal of the first junction; inserting at least one male member of a sleeve into one end of the second junction and at least one male member of another sleeve into a second end of the second junction such that a sleeved junction is created that has female ends thereof; attaching female ends of the sleeved junction to respectively overlap the first cut pipe and overlap the second cut pipe.