Patent ID: 7162818
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: E02F,F16B

Abstract:
1. A connector pin assembly comprising: a body having a passage longitudinally extending through an outer surface thereof and having a polygonally shaped side surface section extending completely around a longitudinal portion of the interior of said passage; a lock member received in said passage and circumscribed by said side surface section, said lock member being rotatable relative to said body between locking and unlocking positions; and a resilient detent structure carried by said lock member for rotation therewith relative to said body and being circumscribed by said side surface section, said resilient detent structure being operative to releasably retain said lock member in either of said locking and unlocking positions and being slidingly engageable with and deformable by said side surface section, during rotation of said lock member relative to said body, in a manner yieldingly resisting rotation of said lock member relative to said body from said locking to said unlocking position.