Patent ID: 8789854
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A quick-connect fitting comprising: a polymeric first connector, and a polymeric second connector, the first connector being either a male fitting or a female fitting, and the other of the male fitting or the female fitting being the second connector, the female fitting having a longitudinal cylindrical cavity therein, and the male fitting having a generally cylindrical body forming a passageway having an end opening, a clip pivotably connected to the second connector moving between a first position connecting the female fitting to the male fitting when the male fitting is positioned within the female fitting and a second position in which the male fitting is removable from the female fitting, and a flow regulator positioned in the end opening in the cylindrical body operable to regulate flow through the quick-connect fitting, where the male fitting includes an aperture through a wall of the cylindrical body to the passageway near the flow regulator.