Patent ID: 7029036

Claim:
A fluid quick connector for joining first and second fluid operative elements in fluid flow communication, the quick connector comprising: a first housing having a through bore, the first housing adapted to be fluidically coupled to a first fluid operative element; seal means mounted in the through bore of the first housing for sealing engagement with a second fluid operative element inserted into the bore; a second housing having a bore for receiving the second element therethrough; a retainer mountable in the second housing for lockingly coupling the second element to the second housing; the first housing having an annular recess spaced from a first end of the first housing and opening to the through bore, the recess defining a radially inturned lip at the first end; a plurality of separate latch fingers extending axially from one end of the second housing, each having a radially outward extending projection defining an adjacent recess; the lip of the first housing engagable in the recesses on the second housing and the projections on the latch fingers engaging the recess in the first housing to connect the first and second housings to each other while permitting rotational displacement of the first and second housings relative to each other; and a collar extending axially from the projection on each latch finger, the collars retaining the seal means in the first housing when the first and second housings are joined together.