Patent ID: 6454312
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A connector for connecting in fluid communication a first conduit with at least a second conduit, comprising a clip member, a fluid conveying member and at least one strap, said clip member being adapted to be positioned against the first conduit with said fluid conveying member being adapted to extend at a first end thereof into the first conduit and to be connected at a second end thereof to the second conduit such that the first and second conduits are in fluid communication by way of said fluid conveying member, said strap having opposed ends adapted to be connected to said clip member for securing said clip member against the first conduit, and said strap being detachably mounted to said clip member, said opposed ends of said strap comprising a proximal end adapted to be first secured to said clip member by way of cooperating attachment means provided on said clip member and said strap, and a distal free end adapted to be thereafter locked to said clip member with sufficient tightness such that said clip member is firmly mounted to the first conduit, said attachment means comprising first and second connecting means provided on one and another of said strap and said clip member, there being at least two discrete and spaced apart of at least one of said first and second connecting means for providing at least two different relative positions of said proximal end of said strap with respect to said clip member and thus two different useful effective lengths of said strap, wherein said first and second connecting means comprise detachably engageable male and female members, and wherein said male members comprise cylindrical anchors and said female members comprise clamp means adapted to detachable receive said cylindrical anchors.