US 12,454,819 B2
Pipe connector
Steve Donnelly, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (CA)
Assigned to Maax Bath Inc., Lachine (CA)
Filed by Maax Bath Inc., Lachine (CA)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,362.
Application 16/575,583 is a division of application No. 14/523,003, filed on Oct. 24, 2014, granted, now 10,465,370, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 17/875,362 is a continuation of application No. 16/575,583, filed on Sep. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,447,943.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/895,515, filed on Oct. 25, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364348 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E03D 11/16 (2006.01); E03C 1/12 (2006.01); F16L 5/02 (2006.01); F16L 5/12 (2006.01); F16L 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 11/16 (2013.01) [F16L 5/025 (2013.01); F16L 5/027 (2013.01); F16L 5/12 (2013.01); F16L 27/1275 (2019.08); E03C 1/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe connector for connecting a first pipe and a second pipe, the pipe connector comprising:
a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end and defining an interior space;
a floor flange integrally formed with the side wall and extending laterally and outwardly from the first end of the side wall, the floor flange including a plurality of holes each for receiving a screw therethrough in order to secure the flange to a floor; and
a guiding assembly integrally formed with the side wall, the guiding assembly extending from the second end of the side wall towards the first end of the side wall within the interior space and comprising at least one resilient retaining finger defining an adjustable aperture configured for receiving the first pipe, the at least one resilient retaining finger positioned parallel to and offset from the side wall, the adjustable aperture configured to adapt to an external diameter of the first pipe, and the at least one resilient retaining finger being securable to the first pipe when the second pipe is slidably engaged into the first pipe.