Patent ID: 7261324

Claim:
A containment apparatus configured for attachment to a ruptured pipe, comprising: (a) an outer casing having (1) a body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first and second ends of the body include a collar sized to fit around a pipe in close fitting relationship to the pipe; and (2) an interior channel in the body that extends between the first and second ends configured to receive a section of the pipe, wherein the length of the interior channel is sufficient to enclose a rupture in the pipe between the first and second ends of the body, and wherein the interior channel is lined with a closed cell foam material that presses firmly against the pipe and adapts to the shape of the rupture without a forming void around the rupture to seal against fluid flow from the rupture when the containment apparatus is attached to the pipe; (b) one or more seals at the first and second ends of the body configured to seal the outer casing around a rupture when a ruptured pipe is received in the interior channel, wherein the one or more seals are disposed between the collar and the pipe such that the collar compresses the one or more seals against the pipe to provide positive, fluid tight seals around the rupture; and (c) a securing mechanism configured to maintain the containment apparatus with the one or more seals against a pipe when the containment apparatus is attached to the pipe.