Patent ID: 7207824

Claim:
A quick-release plug connector arrangement, comprising: (a) a female socket member ( 3 ) having a first end surface ( 3 a ) containing a cylindrical chamber ( 12 ) having a bottom wall; (b) a plug member ( 2 ) having a cylindrical first end portion inserted axially within said chamber, said plug member first end portion being externally threaded to define a plurality of screw threads ( 6 ); (c) retaining means normally retaining said plug member first end portion within said chamber, said retaining means including a plurality of radially inwardly directed spring fingers ( 5 a ) supported circumferentially within said chamber about said plug member first end portion, said spring fingers being biased inwardly toward locking engagement at their free extremities with said plug member external screw threads ( 6 ); and (d) quick-release means ( 4 ) for releasing said spring fingers from locking engagement with said screw threads, thereby to permit separation of said plug member from said socket member.