Patent ID: 7976071

Claim:
A fluid connector assembly comprising: a tubular conduit including first and second locking elements spaced apart from each other and offset from an open free end, the first and second locking elements adapted to lock the tubular conduit in first and second positions; a housing having an end opening configured to receive the tubular conduit and the housing also including a coupling portion and a seal housing portion; a seal fitted in the seal housing portion which seals against the outside surface of the free end of the tubular conduit in the first and second positions; a retainer element located inside the coupling portion, the retainer element configured to successively retain the first and second locking elements in order to releasably lock the housing and tubular conduit together in the first and second position; wherein when the tubular conduit is inserted into the housing in the first position, the first locking element is retained by the retainer element and when the tubular conduit is inserted into the housing in the second position, the second locking element is retained by the retainer element and the first locking element is housed between the retainer element and the seal housing portion such that the first locking element is no longer retained by the retainer element; wherein each locking element comprises an annular rib; wherein the retainer element includes a release mechanism to allow the retainer element to be released from the first or second locking element and allow the tubular conduit to be dismantled from the housing; wherein a window is defined in the coupling portion of the housing; wherein a window is defined in the coupling portion of the housing and the release mechanism is operable through the window; and wherein the housing and the tubular conduit form a substantially obstruction free flow path in both the first and second positions.