Patent ID: 8029281

Claim:
An integrated separating ring comprising: a body being a resilient open ring and comprising a rear bar having two ends; two first side bars each having a proximal and distal ends, the proximal ends attached respectively to the ends of the rear bar, such that the rear bar and the first side bars lie substantially in a first plane; two second side bars attached to the distal ends of the first side bars and extending in a second plane disposed at an angle to the first plane; and two wedge legs being respectively formed on and protruding transversely from the second side bars and pointing inwardly toward each other, each wedge leg comprising a first planar section and a second planar section, the first planar sections being disposed at an angle with respect to the second plane and extending away from the rear bar and the second planar section being disposed at an angle with respect to the first planar section and terminating in a point.