Patent ID: 7448820

Claim:
An internal tube connector comprising: a hollow receiving tube having a substantially continuous inside and outside surface, a receiving opening, and a fastener opening in a sidewall thereof; a hollow extending tube having a substantially continuous inside and outside surface removeably positioned within said receiving opening in said receiving tube, said receiving tube having a greater inner diameter than an outer diameter of said extending tube; a securing member slidingly extending through opposing apertures in the tubular sidewall of said extending tube, said securing member having a centrally oriented fastener receiving aperture extending therethrough; a receiver having an outer surface coincident in shape with and engaging said inside surface of said receiving tube, said receiver having a centrally oriented fastener opening; and a fastener removeably extending through said fastener opening in said receiving tube and said fastener aperture in said receiver, said fastener being removeably secured in said fastener receiving aperture in said securing member.