Patent ID: 8172271

Claim:
A hose coupling locking clip adapted for constraining locking arms of a hose coupling that includes a clevis portion with a rotatably interconnected locking arm, comprising: a plate having a right edge with a right wall extending therefrom and a left edge with a left wall extending therefrom; a left shoulder interconnected to said left wall; a right shoulder interconnected to said right wall; wherein said left shoulder is a wall that is angled relative to said left wall and said right shoulder is a wall that angled relative to said right wall, wherein said left shoulder and said right shoulder are angled towards each other; wherein when the locking arm of the hose coupling is positioned adjacent to said plate, said left shoulder and said right shoulder prevent movement of the locking arm; a left clevis plate interconnected to said left wall; a right clevis plate interconnected to said right wall, said left clevis plate and said right clevis plate being adapted to be associated with the clevis portion of the hose coupling with the locking arm positioned between said left clevis plate and said right clevis plate; wherein said right clevis plate and said left clevis plate include an aperture for receiving a pin that rotatably interconnects the locking arm with the clevis portion; wherein each clevis plate has a retention means for engaging the clevis portion to prevent rotation of the locking clip relative to the hose coupling; and wherein when the locking arm of the hose coupling is positioned adjacent to said plate, said left shoulder and said right shoulder restricts movement of the locking arm.