Patent ID: 7357424

Claim:
A guard assembly comprising: a conduit having a generally cylindrical external surface and an end couplable to a connection; a nut received over the conduit external surface for coupling the conduit end to the connection, the nut extending longitudinally along a central axis thereof intermediate a forward end portion couplable to the connection and a rearward end portion having an outer radial surface formed has having one or more projections; and a guard received coaxially over the conduit external surface, the guard comprising an elongate, generally-annular body extending longitudinally along a central axis thereof intermediate a first end and a second end, the body first end having an inner radial surface fitted over the outer radial surface of the nut rearward end portion, wherein the body first end is pushed onto the nut over the rearward end portion thereof joining the guard body to the nut, the one or more projections engaging the inner radial surface of the body first end delimiting the guard body from being pulled off of the nut.