Patent ID: 8870189

Claim:
An article comprising: a pipe clamp flexible seal strip comprising an elongate axial portion, called a major portion, which has a full length and a width shorter than the full length, and which has two opposite ends distanced from one another by the full length of said elongate axial portion, said elongate axial portion being curved and extending peripherally about a central longitudinal axis, corresponding to a central longitudinal axis of a pipe to be sealed by said seal strip; two minor portions, each minor portion connected to one of said ends of said major portion by a severable bridge member so as to form a combined seal with a length equal to said length of said elongate axial portion plus a length of each said minor portion, wherein said two minor portions are of unequal length; and a dividing cut that extends across a width of said seal strip to almost completely divide said major portion from each said minor portion, said width being parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and wherein the length of the combined seal becomes shorter upon severing each said minor portion from said major portion.