Patent ID: 9700108
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A44C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A coupler including: a female coupler into which a male coupler can be inserted; and a guide housed in said female coupler, and detachably supporting said male coupler, wherein at least one of said female coupler and said guide includes a lock that engages with said male coupler inserted in said female coupler to keep said male coupler inserted in said female coupler, said guide includes a base wall, and at least one pair of walls extending in a common direction from said base wall such that they face each other, at least one of said walls is elastic, said at least one of said walls moves towards and away from the other of said walls, said lock engages with said male coupler when the male coupler is inserted in the female coupler and disengages from said male coupler when said at least one of said walls moves towards or away from the other of said walls, the female coupler includes a first body part and a second body part that are rotatable relative to each other, the guide further includes a pair of position walls that each comprises a first portion that extends from the base wall in a direction in which the at least one pair of walls extends and a second portion that extends outward from a distal end of the first portion, and each of the pair of positioning walls is detachably engaged with at least one of the first body part and the second body part through the second portion.