Patent ID: 8672240

Claim:
A rollable irrigation pipe comprising: a pipe having a plurality of molded-directly-on-the-pipe pipe connectors provided on a pipe wall thereof; wherein: at least in the vicinity of each pipe connector, the pipe wall comprises a multilayered material having oppositely facing top and bottom layers of which at least one layer is made of a water-repellant material, and an inner layer made of a porous material; each pipe connector has a first surface configured for attachment of a lateral connector for a branching pipe, and an outer sidewall provided with a circumferential slot; the circumferential slot comprises opposing top abutment and bottom abutment surfaces which are mirror images of one another; a portion of the pipe wall is tightly fitted in the circumferential slot with the oppositely facing top and bottom layers of the multilayered material being abutted by corresponding opposing top and bottom abutment surfaces of the circumferential slot, to thereby prevent fluid within the pipe from being absorbed by the inner layer of the multilayered material; and the irrigation pipe is rollable onto a reel.