Cable sheath pressure tap fitting

Claim 1

A CABLE SHEATH PRESSURE TAP FITTTING COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICALLY CURVED SURFACE-CONTACTING BASE MEMBER FORMED OF PLIABLE ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND AN APERTURED RISER INTEGRAL WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID LATTER MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A GASKET ATTACHED TO AND COVERING A MAJOR PART OF THE AREA OF THE INNER FACE THEREOF, SAID GASKET BEING COATED WITH A PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE, SAID GASKET BEING ADAPTED WHEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID CABLE SHEATH TO ACT AS A SEAL BETWEEN SAID SHEATH AND THE INNER FACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID GASKET EXTENDING NEARLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID BASE MEMBER, FLAT RIDGES LOCATED AT LEAST ON SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES HAVING AN INNER BEVEL ADAPTED TO PROVIDE LEVERAGE ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID GASKET AS A FULCRUM AND INSURE FIRM CONTACT OF SAID EDGES WITH THE SURFACE OF SAID CABLE SHEATH WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED UPON SAID RIDGES BY MEANS OF A TENSION BAND.