Patent ID: 8585622

Claim:
A connector for attaching at least one flexible tube to a fluid passage of another object, the connector comprising a body, at least one connector port on the body sized and shaped for connecting the connector port in fluid communication with the fluid passage of the object, at least one tube port projecting from the body and adapted for fluid communication with the connector port, a portion of the body at least partially surrounding the tube port and defining an interior space containing at least a portion of the tube port, the tube port being sized and shaped for being received in an end of the flexible tube to establish fluid communication with the flexible tube, and a tube retainer at least partially disposed in the interior space defined by said portion of the body and having an engaging portion disposed in relation to the tube port to restrain the flexible tube from lateral movement with respect to the tube port, the tube retainer includes an extension portion projecting laterally from an interior surface of said portion of the body toward the tube port.