Patent ID: 7866710

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a male member having a first external shoulder on an outer surface thereof; a female member having a cavity defined by an inner circumferential wall for receiving the male member, the cavity extending from a first end to an interior portion of the female member, the circumferential wall defining an internal shoulder; and at least two plastic retainer portions rigidly secured in snap-fit relation to one another to define an annular retainer member surrounding a portion of the male member, each of said at least two retainer portions forming a respective sector of said annular retainer member, the retainer member including a plurality of circumferentially spaced resilient internal retainer arms and an annular external retainer flange for engaging an outer portion of the female member, the external flange being radially spaced from the internal retainer arms and connected thereto by a radial joining member, the internal retainer arms each having a distal end for engaging the male member first external shoulder and the female member internal shoulder when the male member is within the female member.