Patent ID: 8141831
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: E03C,F16L

Abstract:
1. A connector for connecting a piece of flexible tubing to a pair of brackets, said connector comprising: a) a bend support having an arcuate body with first and second ends, a passageway formed along said body between said first and second ends and a head formed proximate said first end, said head including a collet in alignment with said passageway and an outer wall concentric with and spaced apart from said collet, said outer wall having a radially outwardly extending barb formed thereon, said passageway and said collet sized to receive a piece of tubing; b) a front clamping member and a rear clamping member positionable on opposite sides of the brackets in abutting relationship therewith, said rear clamping member having a support receiver for receiving said head of said bend support, said radially outwardly extending barb on said head of said bend support engaging a portion of said rear clamping member adjacent said support receiver to retain said bend support in said support receiver, said front clamping member including a tubing receiver for passing the tubing therethrough and a wedge adjacent said tubing receiver; and c) at least one fastener interconnecting said front and rear clamping members and adapted for drawing said front and rear clamping members toward one another and against the brackets to fix the position of said connector relative to the brackets; wherein d) as said fastener draws said front and rear clamping members together with a piece of tubing extending through said collet and said tubing receiver, said wedge engages said collet to compress said collet against the tubing to fix the tubing relative to the connector.