Flexible pipe coupling

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PIPE COUPLING FOR JOINING TOGETHER TWO AXIALLY ALIGNED SECTIONS OF FLANGED PIPES, A FIRST MEMBER OF CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION WITH A CENTRALLY POSITIONED AXIALLY ALIGNED APERTURE THERETHROUGH, THE RADIALLY OUT WARD PERIPHERY OF SAID MEMBER HAVING A SPERICAL CONTOUR SYMMETRICAL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, ONE OF THE SIDES MEMBER CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ATTACHMENT MEANS ANCHORED THEREIN, SAID MEANS POSITIONED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID MEMBER, THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID MEMBER HAVING A SURFACE WITH A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SMALL APERTURES THEREIN, A SECOND MEMBER OF SIMILAR CONFIGURATION TO SAID FIRST MEMBER AND IN JUXTAPOSED POSITION THEREWITH, THE SURFACES OF SAID MEMBERS THAT CONTAIN THE SMALL APERTURES PLACED ADJACENT EACH OTHER, PINS MOVABLY POSITIONED WITHIN THE SMALL APERTURES OF SAID FIRST MEMBER AND EXTENDING INTO THE RESPECTIVE APERTURES IN SAID SECOND MEMBER, INTERLOCKING FLANGE COUPLERS INTERCOUPLING MEANS THEREON SO THAT THEY MAY BE CONNECTED TOGETHER, SAID FLANGE COUPLERS POSITIONED RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FLANGE COUPLERS DEFINING A SPHERICALLY CONTOURED SEAT UPON WHICH THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS CAN ROTATE, LOAD DISPERSION CUSHIONS PLACED BEHIND THE BULBOUS ENDS OF SAID PIPES, FLANGE BEARING MEMBERS SEATED ON SAID CUSHIONS AND CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY POSITIONED APERTURES THROUGH WHICH PASS SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS, AND A SEALING GASKET INTERDISPOSED BETWEEN THE ENDS AND IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ENDS OF SAID PIPES AND A REENTRANT PORTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, THUS PROVIDING A SEALED FLUID TIGHT PIPE COUPLING CAPABLE OF ANGULAR MOVEMENT WITH LITTLE RESULTING BENDING MOMENT THEREIN.