Patent ID: 6880587

Claim:
A refrigerant material transfer device for transferring a refrigerant from a pressurized container to the connector on an automotive air conditioning system including: an actuator adapted for attachment to the pressurized container for selectively receiving refrigerant material from the pressurized container, a quick connect fitting fluidically connectable to the automotive air conditioning system, a fluid conveying tube fluidically connecting said fitting and said actuator to allow the flow of refrigerant material from said actuator to said quick connect fitting, said quick connect fitting having a one piece plastic body having one end attached to said tube and another end selectively attachable to and detachable from the air conditioning connector on the automotive air conditioning system, said plastic body having a fluid passageway extending from said one end attached to said fluid conveying tube to said other end for fluidically connecting to the automotive air conditioning system and, a plastic locking sleeve mounted on said plastic body for selectively locking and unlocking said body to the air conditioning connector, one of said body and said locking sleeve having at least one locking tab integrally formed therewith, said one locking tab having a hinge portion and a connector engaging lip pivotal about said hinge portion and engagable with the air conditioner connector, said one locking tab moveable between a secured position in which said connector engaging lip is engageable by the air conditioning connector and an unlocked position, said body and said locking sleeve movable with respect to each other between a tab unlocking position and a tab locking position to lock said locking tabs in said secured position.