Patent ID: 6263895
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A quick connect system for joinder of piping or tubular elements including:a) a first of such elements including an insertable male end portion;b) a second of such elements including a receiving female end portion;c) said male end portions being receivable into said female end portions;d) each of said female end portions including a locking aperture through a wall thereof;e) each of said male end portions including a spring loaded detent interiorly thereof extending through an aperture formed through a wall thereof with said detent being receivable into said locking aperture of said female end portion for joinder of said elements;f) positioning means for retaining said detent within said male end portion, including a pair of arms normally biased outwardly towards the walls of said male end portion to frictionally engage the walls thereof, said detent being carried by one of said arms and registering with said apertures of said male and female end portions and a stop member arranged transversely across said male end portion received between said arms and of a size to prevent movement of said arms therepast.