Patent ID: 7640639

Claim:
A quick connect coupling assembly structured to allow quick connection and quick release, said coupling assembly comprising: a first component and a second component cooperatively structured to assume an attached orientation, a locking assembly structured to retain said first component and said second component in said attached orientation, said locking assembly comprising a plurality of locking elements disposed in a movably engaging relation with said first component, each of said locking elements comprising a locking arm having a locking member disposed at one end thereof, said locking members structured to be disposed in an outwardly extending locking orientation, said outwardly extending locking orientation at least partially defined by said locking members structured to engage at least a portion of said second component in an abutting relation to prevent detachment of said second component from said first component while disposed in said attached orientation, a biasing mechanism structured to normally dispose and maintain said locking members in said outwardly extending locking orientation, said biasing mechanism comprising a magnetic biasing element mounted to each of oppositely disposed ones of said plurality of locking elements, and a release mechanism structured to permit said locking members to be temporarily disposed into an inwardly retracted release orientation.