Patent ID: 7156425

Claim:
A quick connect and quick disconnect plumbing apparatus configured to interconnect a first device and a second device, said quick connect and quick disconnect plumbing apparatus comprising: (a) a union portion having a union tail and a union nut, said union nut being internally threaded and having an internal flange, said union nut defining a first connecting means, said union portion having first and second ends, said union tail having an internally threaded grippable head, an external flange and an inwardly tapered external seat, said grippable head received in said first connecting means at said first end of said union portion, an inside diameter of said internal flange being smaller than an outside diameter of said external flange said internal threads of said grippable head of said union tail adapted for connecting said union portion to the first device; and (b) a tee portion having an upper section, an intermediate section and a lower section, (c) said upper section having an externally threaded member with an inwardly tapered internal seat, said tee portion having first and second ends, said second end of said union operatively connected to said first end of said tee portion, another externally threaded member defining a second connecting means at said second end of said tee portion, said second connecting means sized and shaped for connecting said tee portion to the second device, a passage formed in said union portion and tee portion from said first end of said union portion to said second end of said tee portion when said union portion and said tee portion are connected, said external seat of said union tail being seated in said internal seat of said upper section.