Patent ID: 7249788

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a male member having an circumferential external shoulder on an outer surface thereof; a female member having a cavity defined by an inner circumferential wall for receiving the male member, the cavity extending from a first end to an interior portion of the female member, the circumferential wall defining an internal shoulder, the female member having a circumferential external shoulder on an outer surface thereof; and a retainer member surrounding a portion of the male member, the retainer member including a plurality of circumferentially spaced resilient internal retainer arms and an annular external retainer flange, the external flange being radially spaced from the internal retainer arms and connected thereto by a radial joining member, the internal retainer arms each having a distal end for simultaneously engaging the male member external shoulder and the female member internal shoulder when the male member is within the female member, the external flange having a distal end defining a radially inwardly extending protrusion for engaging the female member external shoulder when the male member is within the female member.