Patent ID: 8628118
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A multiple application fitting for joining a hose to a fitting interface end, the multiple application fitting comprising: a hollow cylinder, the hollow cylinder having an inside surface, an outside surface, a distal end, and a proximal end, the distal end having a fitting interface end, the proximal end having a taper, the taper having a taper step and an insertion surface; one or more o-ring grooves, each o-ring groove circumferentially encircling the hollow cylinder, each o-ring groove having a groove depth, and a groove diameter; o-ring groove flats on each side of each o-ring groove, a first side of each o-ring groove flat bordering one of the o-ring grooves, each o-ring groove flat having a diameter, a second side of each o-ring groove flat bordered by a groove, the diameter of the grooves being less than the diameter of the flats; and o-ring steps on the outside surface of the hollow cylinder, the o-ring steps having an o-ring step diameter greater than the diameter of the flats each groove bordered by either one of the o-ring steps or the taper.