Tapping sleeves

Claim 1

A TAPPING SLEEVE WHICH INCLUDES: A FIRST MEMBER FORMED OUT OF A RESILIENT POLYMERIC MATERIAL, SAID FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING A SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SURFACE HAVING EDGES; A SECOND MEMBER FORMED OT OF A RESILIENT POLYMERIC MATRIAL, SAID SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING A SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SURFACE HAVING EDGES; COACTING RATCHET MEANS FORMED ON SAID MEMBERS AS AN INTEGRAL PART THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID EDGES, SAID RATCHET MEANS BEING CAPABLE OF SECURING SAID EDGES TO ONE ANOTHER SO AS TO DEFINE A CYLINDRICAL PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS; BOSS MEANS FORMED ON SAID FIRST MEMBER SO AS TO LEAD FROM SAID PASSAGE, SAID BOSS MEANS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID FIRST MEMBER AND BETWEEN SAID EDGES OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, THE EXTREMITY OF SAID BOSS MEANS REMOTE FROM SAID FIRST MEMBER BEING THREADED; CAP MEANS POSITIONED UPON SAID BOSS MEANS, SAID CAP MEANS BEING THREADED UPON SAID THREADS OF SAID BOSS MEANS, SAID CAP MEANS INCLUDING AN END EXTENDING WITHIN SAID BOSS MEANS, SAID CAP MEANS BEING OF A RINGLIKE SHAPE; SLEEVE MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHI SAID BOSS MEANS, SAID SLEEVE MEANS INCLUDING A SHOULDER ENGAGED BY SAID END OF SAID CAP MEANS, SAID SLEEVE MEANS BEING OF A CYLINDRICAL SHAPE AND INCLUDING AN END LOCATED WITHIN SAID FIRST MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SHAPE CORRESPONDING TO THE SHAPE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID END OF SAID SLEEVE BEING FORMED SO AS TO INCLUDE A GROOVE EXTENDING AROUND THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS THE END OF SAID SLEEVE REMOTE FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL END BEING INTERNALLY THREADED; AND AN ELASTOMERIC O-RING SEALING MEANS LOCATED WITHIN SAID GROOVE SO AS TO EXTEND THEREFROM, SAID SEALING MEANS BEING CAPABLE OF FORMING A SEAL AROUND THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A PIPE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PASSAGE.