Patent ID: 7055864

Claim:
A pneumatic device configured to supply pressurized air, the pneumatic device comprising a plurality of pneumatic supply lines, a plurality of pneumatic receiving lines configured to receive pressurized air from the plurality of pneumatic supply lines, and a pneumatic coupling configured to couple and uncouple the plurality of pneumatic receiving lines from the plurality of pneumatic supply lines, the pneumatic coupling including a two-piece housing, a plurality of supply line fittings configured to receive the plurality of pneumatic supply lines, a plurality of receiving line fittings configured to receive the plurality of pneumatic receiving lines, and an over-center latch configured to couple the two-piece housing together, the two-piece housing including a pair of identical housings, each identical housing including a plurality of channel bodies defining channels sized to receive the plurality of supply and receiving line fittings and a plurality of parallel ribs coupled to the channel bodies, each of the ribs having a cantilevered portion extending away from at least one of the channel bodies, the channels having an exterior end and an interior end, the plurality of supply and receiving pneumatic lines being positioned within the exterior ends of the channels, the interior ends of the channels of one of the identical housings being positioned adjacent to the interior ends of the channels of the other identical housing, each of the plurality of supply and receiving line fittings being sized for insertion through the interior ends of the channels to couple with at least one of the supply and pneumatic receiving lines, the over-center latch being configured to couple the cantilevered portions of the ribs of one of the identical housings to the cantilevered portions of the ribs of the other identical housing to separably couple the two-piece housing together.