Patent ID: 8061715

Claim:
A glad hand and gasket combination, comprising: a unitary annular gasket having a bore through the center, a flat annular outer surface, an inner surface having a rib, and a side having a lip; the bore having a vertical planar sidewall surface; said sidewall surface meeting an angled edge extending from said bore sidewall surface to the rib; the rib having a second angled surface opposite said angled edge and extending toward the perimeter of the gasket; the lip extending from the rib to the perimeter of the gasket, and from the perimeter of the gasket to a vertical surface on the side of the gasket, which is perpendicular to and which meets, the flat annular outer surface; a glad hand fitting adapted to receive the gasket, having an opening, a groove adapted to receive said lip, and a stepped portion inside of said groove; the stepped portion having a bearing surface approximately perpendicular to the center line of the gasket abutting the rib of the gasket; wherein the bore sidewall surface and the vertical surface on the side of the gasket are parallel to each other from the outer annular surface to the lip.