Patent ID: 8342579

Claim:
A single piece of pipe connectable to a similar adjacent pipe, said single piece of pipe comprising: a female end with an interior surface and a female leading edge terminating said female end, said interior surface of said female end defining a male end receiving chamber; at least one interior circumferential groove on the interior surface of said female end; a plurality of rigid fingers extending from said interior circumferential groove into said male end receiving chamber at an acute angle directed away from said female leading edge, said plurality of rigid fingers being displaceable; said plurality of rigid fingers extending from and formed continuously with a band seated within said at least one interior circumferential groove; a male end with a male leading edge and an exterior surface, said exterior surface having a circumference smaller in diameter than the diameter of said male end receiving chamber of said female end; at least one exterior circumferential groove on the exterior surface of said male end being sized and positioned to receive therein a plurality of rigid fingers extending from a corresponding at least one interior circumferential groove in the female end of said similar adjacent pipe; and, an intermediate length between said female end and said male end.