Patent ID: 8163256
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A tubular pipette tip for use with a pipette having a mounting shaft defining a first coacting surface, the pipette tip comprising: an upper section; a locking chamber surrounded by said upper section; a body section leading from said upper section and tapering downwardly to a reduced diameter end; and at least two elongated, resilient fingers each having a second coacting surface and projecting in cantilever fashion into said locking chamber, said at least two resilient fingers being discrete and circumferentially spaced about said upper section with said at least two resilient fingers and their respective associated second coacting surfaces being deflectable relative to said upper section and configured to engage the first coacting surface such that said pipette tip is mechanically interlocked in snap engagement with the pipette when said pipette tip is received on the mounting shaft.