Owner Omega Flex, Inc.

Inventors Treichel, Steven A.; Miller, Mark

Agent Cullens

Pub. Number AU-B-2005259962

PCT Pub. Number WO2006/004720

Priority 60/582,904 25.06.04 US

Filing date 24 June 2005

Wipo publication date 12 January 2006

Acceptance publication date 9 September 2010

F16L 25/00 (2006.01) Construction or details of pipe joints not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups

F16L 17/00 (2006.01) Joints with packing adapted to sealing by fluid pressure

F16L 19/06 (2006.01) Joints in which sealing surfaces are pressed together by means of a member, e.g. a swivel nut, screwed on, or into, one of the joint parts

F16L 21/02 (2006.01) Joints with sleeve or socket - with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings

F16L 21/06 (2006.01) Joints with sleeve or socket - with a divided sleeve or ring clamping around the pipe ends

F16L 35/00 (2006.01) Special arrangements used in connection with end fittings of hoses, e.g. safety or protecting devices