Patent ID: 6641177
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A61H,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for clamping a flexible tubing which is coupled to a port of a plumbing fixture, the port having a barb with a larger diameter than an inner diameter of the flexible tubing, said apparatus comprising:a clamping member having a first end, a second end, a clamping portion between said first and second ends, and an axial channel therethrough, said first end of said clamping member being formed as a plurality of axially extending fingers, each tapering inward toward a center of said channel and having an radially inwardly directed catch which includes a blunt inner portion, said fingers defining a first interior diameter measured at said catch, said second end having a second interior diameter, and said clamping portion having a third interior diameter larger than said first interior diameter and smaller than said second interior diameter.