Patent ID: 9086087
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A63H,F16B

Abstract:
1. A connecting device, comprising: (a) a structure forming a male section, (b) a plug having at an end a face and a plurality of fins protruding axially from said face and radially from each other, with said fins having notches at their radial extremity and partway from their axial extremity, (c) said plug attached to said male section, forming a male-side, (d) a ring with a plurality of tabs extending radially toward the center, forming a tabbed ring, (e) a structure having at an end a partial cylinder with a plurality of radial slots and an axial hole sized to receive said plug axially and impede said plug radially, (f) said tabbed ring attaching to said partial cylinder, and when attached, said tabbed ring rotates about said partial cylinder with said tabs radially sliding in said partial cylinder radial slots, forming a female-side, (g) connecting means for connecting said male-side and said female-side by axially sliding said male-side fins into said female-side axial hole and twisting said female-side tabbed ring until said tabs slide into said notches, (h) separating means for separating said male-side and said female-side by reversing said connecting means, (i) whereby under said connecting means, said face abutting against said partial cylinder resists compression, said tabs passing through said radial slots and resting inside said notches resists tension, said fins resting inside said axial hole resists shear and torsion, so that said male-side and said female-side remain connected under compression, tension, shear, and torsion.