Patent ID: 7832773

Claim:
A device for connecting an item having an interior space to an object having an interior space, the device comprising: (a) a casing member having a casing interior space and an item opening and an object opening each adjoining the casing interior space, wherein the object opening is of a size and shape adapted to receive the object; (b) an internal member positioned within the casing interior space, the internal member comprising: (i) a core member having: (A) a core interior space and an internal object opening and an internal item opening each adjoining the core interior space, wherein the internal object opening is of a size and shape adapted to receive the object; and (B) at least two tab openings in the core member, each of the at least two tab openings being of a size and shape adapted to receive a tab member; and (ii) at least two tab members, wherein each of the at least two tab members corresponds to a tab opening in the core member and is slideably positioned within one of the at least two tab openings; and (c) internal member sealing means adapted for sealing the internal member to the casing member and the object in a manner that creates a chamber in the space bounded by the casing member, the internal member, and the object, wherein the space within the chamber is in fluid communication with the interior space of the object; (d) wherein: (i) a portion of the object is adapted to extend through the object opening and the internal object opening into the core interior space of the internal member; (ii) the object is adapted to be held in position relative to the at least two tab members by friction between the object and the at least two tab members; and (iii) the item opening is adapted to be connected to the item, permitting the interior space of the item to be in fluid communication with the fluid-tight chamber and the interior space of the object.