Patent ID: RE43697

Claim:
A quick connect assembly for providing an interface for the attachment of equipment to a well casing, the assembly comprising: a tubular male receiver comprising, a first end for coupling to the well casing, a second end above the first end, said second end forming a mouth, and a first annular lip formed around the second end, the annular lip having a lower annular surface extending circumferentially around the second end below an upper surface and a peripheral surface between the lower and upper surfaces, said lower surface sloping upward in a radially outward direction; and a fitting mounted over the second end of the male receiver, the fitting comprising, a first section having a cylindrical inner surface having a diameter at least as large as the an outer surface diameter of the annular lip, said cylindrical inner surface surrounding and being adjacent to said lip peripheral surface, a second section over above the first section, a surface at an upper end of the second section for interfacing with the equipment to be mounted, and at least a threaded opening formed radially through the first section , ; and a fastener threaded through the opening and having a frusto-conical tip portion for engaging the lower sloping surface of the first lip for and pulling the fitting against the male receiver and for fastening the fitting to the male receiver.