Patent ID: 8943866
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: F41A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock and release mechanism comprising: a tube nut having an internally threaded shaft at one end and a projection at the other end, the projection including an upper external shoulder that includes at least one first engagement feature and including a lower external shoulder that includes at least one second engagement feature; a housing having a cavity at a first end, an internal shoulder, and an aperture though the internal shoulder that extends to a second end of the housing, the housing including at least one detent biased in a raised position on the internal shoulder, the tube nut configured to be positioned within the cavity of the housing with the internally threaded shaft extended into the aperture through the internal shoulder; wherein when the lower external shoulder of the tube nut is positioned on the internal shoulder of the housing the detent in the raised position engages the at least one second engagement feature of the tube nut to prevent rotation of the tube nut within the cavity of the housing; and a tool having at least one first mating feature configured to engage the first engagement feature on the upper external shoulder and at least one second mating feature configured to move the at least one detent to a lowered position.