Patent ID: 8602058

Claim:
A pushbutton stopcock assembly, comprising: a sleeve, being cylindrical and having a plurality of outer ports, each outer port extending outward from said sleeve and being connectable to fluid passageways, each outer port being arranged perpendicular to at least one adjacent outer port; a body portion, being cylindrical and received within an interior of said sleeve, said body portion having a spring affixed on a first end portion thereof and a cam means on a second end portion, said first end portion having a diameter smaller than other portions of said body portion, said body portion having a plurality of inner ports corresponding to said plurality of outer ports, said inner ports being in fluid communication with each other and being arranged perpendicular to at least one adjacent inner port, each inner port extending partially through said body portion; and a pushbutton, being connected to said body portion at said second end portion thereof, wherein said cam means is cooperative with a complementary cam means within said sleeve so as to rotate said body portion about an axis aligned with said sleeve, wherein said pushbutton moves between an extended position to a depressed position, said spring returning said pushbutton from said depressed position to said extended position, said pushbutton engaging said cam means when moving from said extended position to said depressed position such that said cam means and said complementary cam means rotate said body portion a set amount and direction about said axis aligned with said sleeve, and wherein alignment between said inner ports on said body portion and said outer ports on said sleeve corresponds to the set amount of rotation of said body portion.