Patent ID: 7186337

Claim:
A quick change filtration system comprising: a quick change bracket system comprising: a bottom bracket having a pivotal portion and a top bracket having two side-by-side tubular fluid connectors: and a filter comprising: a top end and a bottom end with a longitudinal axis between said top end and bottom end, the top end having two side-by-side liquid ports that are transverse to said longitudinal axis, and are adapted to connect to and fluidly seal to said two tubular fluid connectors, and wherein the bottom end is received in the pivotal portion of the bottom bracket; wherein the filter top end is latched onto the quick change bracket system to prevent the two liquid ports from becoming detached from the two tubular fluid connectors and to prevent the filter from pivoting in said pivotal portion outward away from the top bracket; and the quick change filtration system further comprising a lock system wherein the two liquid ports each have a port inner surface with a single recessed slot, wherein each of the two two tubular fluid connectors has a connector outer surface with a single protruding tab extending outward therefrom, and wherein each of the single recessed slots is adapted to receive a respective one of the said single protruding tabs.