A pipe connector includes a clip, first pipe fitting, and second pipe fitting. The clip includes a cross member having a first end and a second end and a leg extending from each end. The first pipe fitting includes a connecting portion comprising a first end, a second end, and a sidewall having two
A pipe connector includes a clip, first pipe fitting, and second pipe fitting. The clip includes a cross member having a first end and a second end and a leg extending from each end. The first pipe fitting includes a connecting portion comprising a first end, a second end, and a sidewall having two slots. The second pipe fitting includes a connecting portion and a first end, a second end, a sidewall extending therebetween, and a circumferential groove in an outer diameter of the sidewall. The circumferential groove aligns with the slots in the sidewall of the first pipe fitting when the second pipe fitting is inserted into the first pipe fitting, and the legs of the clip engage the circumferential groove in the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting, allowing the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting to rotate with respect to one another.
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1. A pipe connector comprising: a clip comprising a cross member having a first end and a second end and a leg extending from each of the first end and the second end of the cross member;a first pipe fitting comprising a connecting portion having a circular cross-section and comprising a first end,
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A pipe connector comprising: a clip comprising a cross member having a first end and a second end and a leg extending from each of the first end and the second end of the cross member;a first pipe fitting comprising a connecting portion having a circular cross-section and comprising a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending therebetween, the sidewall comprising two slots and two extension portions, each extension portion defining one of the two slots, each slot having at least one opening; anda second pipe fitting comprising a connecting portion having a circular cross-section and comprising a first end, a second end, a sidewall extending therebetween, and a first circumferential groove in an outer diameter of the sidewall, wherein the sidewall of the second pipe fitting has an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first pipe fitting and the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting is adapted to be inserted into the connecting portion of the first pipe fitting, and wherein the first circumferential groove in the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting aligns with the two slots in the first pipe fitting when the second pipe fitting is inserted into the first pipe fitting, and wherein the legs of the clip engage the first circumferential groove in the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting when the second pipe fitting is inserted into the first pipe fitting and the legs of the clip extend through the two slots, thereby allowing the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting to rotate with respect to one another,wherein a width of the legs of the clip is greater than a depth of the first circumferential groove,wherein the legs each comprise an arcuate portion, and wherein the arcuate portions engage the first circumferential groove. 2. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein each of the two slots have two openings. 3. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting further comprises a flange having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the sidewall of the first pipe fitting and the flange abuts the first end of the first pipe fitting to limit the distance which the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting may then be inserted into the first pipe fitting. 4. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein the second pipe fitting further comprises a second circumferential groove on the outer diameter of the sidewall of the connecting portion and an O-ring inserted in the second circumferential groove. 5. The pipe connector of claim 4, wherein the second circumferential groove containing the O-ring is closer to the first end of the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting than the first circumferential groove. 6. The pipe connector of claim 4, wherein the O-ring has a thickness greater than a depth of the second circumferential groove. 7. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein the sidewall of the connecting portion of the first pipe fitting comprises two portions: a first portion adjacent the first end and having a first inner diameter and a second portion adjacent the second end and having a second inner diameter, wherein the second inner diameter of the second portion is smaller than the first inner diameter of the first portion and a ledge is created where the first portion meets the second portion. 8. The pipe connector of claim 7, wherein the sidewall of the connecting portion of the second pipe fitting comprises two portions: a first portion adjacent the first end and having a first outer diameter, and a second portion adjacent the second end and having a second outer diameter, wherein the second outer diameter of the second portion is greater than the first outer diameter of the first portion and a ledge is created where the first portion meets the second portion. 9. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein at the second end of the first pipe fitting, the inner diameter of the sidewall is reduced creating a ledge. 10. The pipe connector of claim 9, wherein the first end of the second pipe fitting abuts the ledge. 11. The pipe connector of claim 1, wherein the distance between the legs of the clip is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the second pipe fitting at a bottom of the first circumferential groove. 12. A pipe connection arrangement for a flush valve, comprising: a flush valve comprising a first pipe fitting including a connecting portion having a sidewall, the sidewall comprising two slots;an elbow pipe fitting comprising a connecting portion adapted to be inserted into the connecting portion of the first pipe fitting, the connecting portion of the elbow pipe fitting including at least one circumferential groove; anda clip comprising two legs adapted to extend through the two slots in the sidewall of the first pipe fitting and, when the first pipe fitting is inserted into the elbow pipe fitting and the clip is inserted into the two slots, the legs of the clip engage the at least one circumferential groove in the connecting portion of the elbow pipe fitting such that the elbow pipe fitting and first pipe fitting are connected and rotate with respect to one another. 13. The pipe connection arrangement of claim 12, wherein the first pipe fitting comprises an extended portion and a non-extended portion, the extended portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the non-extended portion, and wherein the extended portion of the first pipe fitting comprises the two slots. 14. The pipe connection arrangement of claim 12, wherein each of the legs comprise an arcuate portion, wherein the arcuate portions engage the first circumferential groove. 15. The pipe connection arrangement of claim 12, wherein the elbow pipe fitting further comprising a second circumferential groove on the outer diameter of the sidewall of the connecting portion and an O-ring inserted in the second circumferential groove. 16. The connection arrangement of claim 12, wherein at the second end of the first pipe fitting, the inner diameter of the sidewall is reduced creating a ledge, and wherein the first end of the elbow pipe fitting abuts the ledge. 17. A pipe connection arrangement for a flush valve, comprising: a flush valve comprising a connecting portion having a sidewall, the sidewall comprising two openings, the connecting portion adapted to receive a connecting portion of an elbow pipe fitting; anda clip comprising two legs each having arcuate portions, the two legs adapted to be inserted into the two openings in the sidewall of the connecting portion of the flush valve and, when the flush valve and the elbow pipe fitting are engaged and the clip is inserted into the two openings, the arcuate portions of the legs engage an outer sidewall of the elbow pipe fitting such that the elbow pipe fitting and flush valve are connected, wherein the clip facilitates the elbow pipe fitting to rotate with respect to the flush valve. 18. The pipe connection arrangement of claim 17, wherein the connecting portion of the flush valve comprises two extended portions opposite each other, the two extended portions defining the two openings.
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