US 12,259,080 B2
Pipe thread protector with removable end member and interference-fit protrusion
John Danneffel, Port Coquitlam (CA); and Max Danneffel, Port Coquitlam (CA)
Assigned to Universal Moulding Co. Ltd., Port Coquitlam (CA)
Filed by Universal Moulding Co. Ltd., Port Coquitlam (CA)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,395.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,424, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,766, filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243856 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 57/00 (2006.01); B65D 59/02 (2006.01); B65D 59/06 (2006.01); F16L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 57/005 (2013.01) [B65D 59/02 (2013.01); B65D 59/06 (2013.01); F16L 15/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe thread protector assembly comprising:
a tubular body shaped to protect a threaded end portion of a pipe or a pipe coupling and receive a cylindrical member therethrough for drifting the pipe; and
an impact-absorbing end member threadably connecting to and extending laterally across the tubular body, the end member being selectively removable from the tubular body and the end member being shaped to inhibit inward deformation of the tubular body.