External pipe protector
CA 2038296 C · Owner: Ratzlaff, Bernard · Inventors: Ratzlaff, Bernard
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An external pipe protector for protecting steel or plastic pipe against damage is disclosed. The protector includes a flexible sheet of shock absorbing material which is shaped and sized to encircle at least part of the length of the pipe. Opposite ends of the shock absorbing material are positioned and secured in overlapping relationship to one another by fastening elements provided on the opposite overlapping ends of the shock absorbing material. The fastening elements are confronting adhesive surfaces attached to the opposite overlapping ends of the shock absorbing material. Strippable covers are initially attached to the adhesive surfaces prior to use thereof and are, easily removed to …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed March 14, 1991 and granted September 10, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 14, 2013.
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