Patent ID: 7387524

Claim:
A quick release connector, comprising: a connector body having an inside formed with a mounting chamber and having a peripheral wall formed with two opposite receiving holes connected to the mounting chamber and two opposite guide slots connected to the mounting chamber; a positioning ring mounted on the peripheral wall of the connector body and provided with a plurality of flexible locking blocks movably mounted in the receiving holes and the guide slots of the connector body and extendable into the mounting chamber of the connector body; a mounting sleeve movably mounted on the connector body and having an inner wall provided with a plurality of inwardly extending push blocks that are movable to press the locking blocks of the positioning ring to push the locking blocks of the positioning ring into the mounting chamber of the connector body; an elastic member mounted on the connector body and biased between the connector body and the mounting sleeve to push the mounting sleeve outwardly relative to the connector body and to push the push blocks of the mounting sleeve to press the locking blocks of the positioning ring; wherein each of the receiving holes of the connector body is provided with two outwardly extending catch walls each formed with a positioning groove to retain the positioning ring.