Patent ID: 7878556

Claim:
An apparatus for making a removable sealed fluid connection, said apparatus comprising: a first male connector and a second male connector, each of said first and second male connector having a connector base that is substantially cylindrical, each of said first and second male connector having a plug end distal to said connector base, said plug end having a diameter less than an outside diameter of said connector base, each said plug end having a resilient seal distal to a groove that is circumferential; a base having a bore dimensioned and configured to receive and secure said connector base of said first male connector, said base having an inside diameter smaller than said outside diameter of said connector base of said first male connector, said base being resilient such that said first male connector is retained relative to said base when said connector base of said first male connector is positioned in said base; and a socket with a cavity and a lip, said cavity dimensioned and configured to receive said plug end of said first male connector and said plug end of said second male connector, said socket connected to said base with said bore in sealed fluid communication with said cavity, said lip defining an opening having an inside diameter less than an outside diameter of said plug end of said second male connector, said socket being resilient such that said opening is expandable to receive said plug end, and said lip configured to engage said groove in said second male connector when said groove is in register with said lip and said plug end of said first male connector is proximate said plug end of said second male connector.