Patent ID: RE43773

Claim:
A quick connect assembly for providing an interface for the attachment of equipment to a well casing, the assembly comprising: a tubular male receiver comprising, a first end for coupling to the well casing, a second end forming a mouth, and a first annular lip formed around the second end, the annular lip having a lower surface sloping upward in a radially outward direction; and a fitting mounted over the second end of the male receiver, the fitting comprising, a first section having a cylindrical inner surface having a diameter at least as large as the outer surface diameter of the annular lip, a second section over the first section, a surface at an upper end of the second section for interfacing with the equipment to be mounted, at least a threaded opening formed radially through the first section, and a fastener threaded through the opening and having a frusto-conical tip portion for engaging the lower sloping surface of the first lip for pulling the fitting against the male receiver and for fastening the fitting to the male receiver.