Patent ID: 8096824

Claim:
A tubing connector, comprising: an elongated plug having an exterior, a forward end and a channel formed therethrough, a receptacle within which said plug forward end is receivable, said receptacle having a bore formed therein with an interior surface defined within said bore, a first engagement member formed on and within said receptacle bore, a second engagement member formed on said plug exterior, a latching component being sized and shaped to be assembled within said receptacle, said latching component having an exterior wall and a throughbore defined within said latching component which axially aligns with said receptacle bore when assembled, a third engagement member formed on said exterior wall of said latching component, said third engagement member sized and shaped to mate with said first engagement member, and a fourth engagement member formed on said latching component, said fourth engagement member sized and shaped to mate with said second engagement member, said fourth engagement member and said second engagement member mating when said plug forward end is received within said latching component, said first engagement member and said third engagement member mating in releasable engagement when said latching component is received within said receptacle bore with said members aligned.