Patent ID: 8789854

Claim:
A quick-connect fitting comprising: a polymeric first connector, and a polymeric second connector, the first connector being either a male fitting or a female fitting, and the other of the male fitting or the female fitting being the second connector, the female fitting having a longitudinal cylindrical cavity therein, and the male fitting having a generally cylindrical body forming a passageway having an end opening, the cylindrical body sealably positionable within the cylindrical cavity of the female fitting, the female fitting being in fluid communication with the passageway when the male fitting is positioned within the female fitting, a clip pivotably connected to the second connector moving between a first position connecting the female fitting to the male fitting when the male fitting is positioned within the female fitting and a second position in which the male fitting is removable from the female fitting, and a flow regulator positioned in the end opening in the cylindrical body operable to regulate flow through the quick-connect fitting, where the male fitting includes an aperture through a wall of the cylindrical body to the passageway near the flow regulator.