Patent ID: 8267370

Claim:
A clamp assembly for flexible tubing, comprising: first and second clamp portions, each having first and second ends, associated with and self-securable to each other to define a tubing-receiving channel therebetween for a length of flexible tubing to be received thereinto, the first and second clamp portions axially moveable relative to one another in a direction transverse to the tubing-receiving channel between a first position in which the length of flexible tubing is substantially unengaged while extending through the assembly of the first and second clamp portions, and a second position, whereby the first and second clamp portions compress and occlude the flexible tubing therebetween when in the second position, wherein one of the first and second clamp portions include at least one tubing-engaging rib for engaging and pressing the flexible tubing against an impingement surface of the other of the first and second clamp portions when the first and second clamp portions are in the second position sufficiently to occlude the flexible tubing and wherein the second clamp portion includes a pair of detents that cooperate with a corresponding pair of recesses of the first clamp portion to secure together the clamp assembly when in the first position, each detent is defined on a free end of a spring arm defined on a respective latch arm of the second clamp portion spaced from the free end thereof wherein the spring arm is deflectable inwardly during assembly of the first and second clamp portions by one of the opposing side walls of the first clamp portion.