US 12,331,855 B2
Pre-assembled pipe coupling with manually manipulatable segments
Sandra M. Lippka, Warwick, RI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed by Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,886.
Application 18/738,886 is a continuation of application No. 18/447,634, filed on Aug. 10, 2023, granted, now 12,038,109.
Application 18/447,634 is a continuation of application No. 17/692,506, filed on Mar. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,754,209, issued on Sep. 12, 2023.
Application 17/692,506 is a continuation of application No. 16/616,145, granted, now 11,313,496, issued on Apr. 26, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2018/034915, filed on May 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/512,452, filed on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328547 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16L 21/06 (2006.01); F16L 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 21/02 (2013.01) [F16L 21/065 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pre-assembled pipe coupling, comprising:
a gasket disposed about a gasket axis, the gasket axis defining a plane perpendicular to the gasket axis;
a first segment, comprising:
one of a first mount or a first hook; and
one of a second mount or a second hook;
a second segment, comprising:
the other of the first mount or the first hook, the first mount defining a first aperture; and
a first tab defining a first fastener aperture;
a third segment, comprising:
the other of the second mount or the second hook, the second mount defining a second aperture, the first hook disposed in the first aperture and the second hook disposed in the second aperture, the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment each have a wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface facing the gasket axis; and
a second tab defining a second fastener aperture; and
a fastener disposed in the first fastener aperture and the second fastener aperture.