Patent ID: 8596691

Claim:
A fitting connectable to an end portion of a pipe, the fitting comprising: a housing formed of a rigid plastic material and configured for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe into the housing; an insert member formed of a rigid plastic material and being fixedly secured to and disposed at least partly within the housing, the insert member being configured to be received at least partly within the end portion of the pipe when at least part of the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; the housing and insert member cooperatively defining a passageway therebetween for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe between the insert member and the housing when at least part of the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; a retention member formed of a rigid plastic material and movable relative to the housing for connecting the fitting to the end portion of the pipe, the retention member being selectively moved into the passageway between the housing and the insert member to engage at least part of the end portion of the pipe when the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; and the insert member and the retention member having sufficient rigidity to retain the pipe within the housing by compressing a wall of the pipe radially therebetween.