Patent ID: 7458615
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A61M,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector for use with a conduit to supply gases to a user comprising: male connector and a female connector adapted to fit together to form a pneumatic connection in use, said male connector including a sleeve fitted over and permanently connected to at least part of said male connector in such a manner that said sleeve can freely rotate relative to said male connector, said sleeve adapted to mate with said female portion in use, one of said connectors adapted for attachment to one end of said conduit, a collar which in use encloses said pneumatic connection that in use is made between said male connector and said female connector, said collar and said male and female connectors sized relative to one another so that in use said collar can freely swivel relative to each of said connector parts, said collar including interference protrusions adapted to retain said of male connector and said female connectors together, said interference protrusions and said male and female connectors further sized relative to one another so that said collar and said male and female connectors can be connected or disconnected from each other easily by a user, and wherein one of said male or said female connectors includes a plurality of guide slots, and the other of said connectors includes a plurality of complimentary guide ridges, said slots receiving said ridges in use, and said slots and ridges shaped so that a pair of mismatched connector parts cannot be connected.