Patent ID: 6890007

Claim:
A coiled tubing connector comprising: a first, hollow sub including an internal recessed portion, and an engagement portion adjacent to a first end of the sub; at least one arcuate segment, each said segment defining a protuberance extending radially from an inner surface thereof; a second, hollow sub including an engagement portion adjacent to a first end thereof; the first sub being moveable on an exterior surface of a length of unwound coiled tubing; each said protuberance being engagable with a corresponding circumferentially extending recess in the coiled tubing; the second sub being moveable on said exterior surface of the coiled tubing; and the engagement portion of the first sub being engagable with the engagement portion of the second sub to cause in use each said arcuate segment to be retained within the internal recessed portion of the first sub to thereby maintain engagement of each said radially extending protuberance with the circumferentially extending recess in the coiled tubing.