Patent ID: 7185894

Claim:
A corrugated pipe saddle gasket comprising a leading member, a primary sealing member, and an arm member, said gasket having a contoured surface extending along at least a portion of the bottom of said primary sealing member and said arm member, said primary sealing member being intermediate said leading member and said arm member, said leading member being of a first length, said primary sealing member being of a second length, said arm member being of a third length, said third length being greater than the sum of said first and second lengths, said leading member having a leading face, said leading face having a top edge and a bottom edge, said leading member having a bottom surface and a channel, said channel having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a bottom surface, said first sidewall being adjacent said leading face, said channel having a width that extends from said first sidewall to said second sidewall, said first sidewall having a height that extends from said top edge of said leading face to said channel, said width of said channel being greater than said height of said first sidewall, at least a portion of said arm member having a durometer different from the durometer of said primary sealing member.